What is durable living containers?
Durable living containers are prefabricated modular housing units designed to replace temporary tent settlements with safer, more resilient, and more hygienic accommodation. In Northern Syria, where millions of displaced people continue to live in vulnerable conditions, these modular living units provide a vital step toward dignified, weather resistant, and structurally secure housing.
Produced in factory controlled environments, durable living containers are engineered to meet international humanitarian standards for safety, insulation, ventilation, sanitation, and fire protection. They can be delivered as fully equipped living units with electrical and mechanical installations, doors, windows, flooring, and thermal insulation ready for rapid deployment and use on site.

Advantages
Durable living containers offer a major improvement in safety and quality of life compared with tents. Their robust steel or modular structure resists harsh weather, wind, heavy rain, and temperature extremes, protecting families from seasonal risks and environmental hazards. Thermal insulation helps maintain healthier indoor comfort conditions, while secure doors and windows support privacy and protection.
Hygiene and health conditions are significantly improved through proper flooring, ventilation, and the ability to integrate sanitation systems. These units reduce exposure to mud, dust, pests, and flooding while supporting safer electrical usage compared to improvised systems in tent settlements.
Because they are modular, living containers can be transported efficiently, installed quickly, and organized into planned communities with safe access routes, social areas, and support facilities. They are also long lasting, reusable, and maintainable, providing a durable mid to long term shelter solution that bridges the gap between emergency tents and permanent housing.

Usage Areas
In Northern Syria, durable living containers are widely used in displacement settlements and resettlement zones where tents have reached the limits of safe and humane living. They provide family housing units, women and child safe spaces, accessible housing for vulnerable groups, and accommodation for humanitarian personnel.
They are also used in structured humanitarian housing projects that seek to stabilize communities, reduce disaster risk, and support more permanent urban planning. Beyond emergency contexts, durable modular homes can be used in remote rural areas, reconstruction projects, and community support initiatives that require fast delivery and reliable quality.
Education, health, and social facilities within camps can also be established using the same modular technology, creating integrated settlement infrastructure around the living areas.

Dorce’s Difference/Conclusion
Dorce delivers durable living containers through a comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and turnkey delivery model that supports the humanitarian community’s transition from tents to safe, structured housing. Every unit is designed in line with international standards and NGO requirements for safety, durability, and user wellbeing.
Factory controlled production ensures consistent quality, traceability, and compliance, while Dorce’s global logistics and installation capability enable rapid deployment even in difficult to access regions. Layout planning prioritizes privacy, safety, hygiene, accessibility, and community organization to create stable and dignified living environments.
By transforming temporary shelters into durable, human centered housing, Dorce contributes to long term resilience, social stability, and dignity for displaced families in Northern Syria. These modular homes are more than physical structures. They represent recovery, protection, and hope for communities rebuilding their lives.