Book Review: Container Atlas - A Practical Guide to Container Architecture. Container Atlas - A Practical Guide to Container Architecture, edited by Prof.
Han Slawik, Julia Bergmann, Matthias Buchmeier and Sonja Tinney (available on Amazon UK and USA). Publisher Gestalten says: This book presents a wide range of projects in container architecture - a contemporary architectural phenomenon. It features container structures used as pop-up stores and temporary exhibits as well as sophisticated housing and office spaces that provoke and inspire while setting new standards in functionality and aesthetics. But the book is not only visually inspiring. Adam Kalkin, 12 Container House Here's one book i picked up thinking i'd have nothing but a moment of harmless fun. Interestingly, the volume opens on the history of container transportation. Containers have since then been used as emergency housing for asylum seekers, temporary buildings in disaster areas or as construction site offices. Life Inside the Box: Container Cities « Amazing Homes and Offices Built From Shipping Containers from The Daily Green by Brian Clark Howard Invented more than five decades ago, the modern shipping container is the linchpin in our global distribution network of products.
In the containers go toys from China, textiles from India, grain from America and cars from Germany. In go electronics, chocolate and cheese. While a number of resourceful people have converted shipping containers to makeshift shelters at the margin of society for years, architects and green designers are also increasingly turning to the strong, cheap boxes as source building blocks. Discover some of the exciting possibilities of shipping container architecture, from disaster relief shelters to luxury condos, vacation homes and off-the-grid adventurers. Manifesto House / James & Mau, for Infiniski. Project: Infiniski Manifesto House Architects: James & Mau Location: Curacaví, Chile Built Area: 160 m2 ( + 15 m2 terraces 2nd floor) Landscaping: Infiniski General Contractor and manager: Infiniski Renewable strategy: Infiniski + Geotek Project year: 2009 Execution Time: 90 days Total Cost: 79.000 € Photograph: Antonio Corcuera Furniture: Cómodo Studio, gt_2P Infiniski designs and builds eco-friendly houses and buildings based on the use of recycled, reused and non polluting materials and the integration of alternative and renewable energy.
The Infiniski projects are designed by James&Mau – Architects and designers, Jaime Gaztelu and Mauricio Galeano, founders and partners of Infiniski. James & Mau offer Innovative and contemporary designs based on bioclimatic and modular architecture. Infiniski is not only green, it is cheaper and faster … it tries to think the values of architecture and construction differently; a contribution to the needs of our changing environment. PREFAB FRIDAY: “Box Office” Shipping Container Office. Thinking inside of the box may become the newest trend for creative thinkers thanks to this new 12-unit office and studio building called the “Box Office.”
Constructed of 32 shipping containers, the building is meant to be a working haven for companies and individuals looking for a cheerful, comfortable, and eco-friendly place to think. Joe Haskett, the principal at Distill Studio, designed the building to ensure that it would provide a well-insulated and environmentally sensitive environment for its future occupants, which among other features includes high-performing windows and doors and an efficient HVAC system. The project is developed by Truth Box Inc. and recently broke ground this week in Providence, R.I. We have always been big supporters of shipping container design because it uses currently abandoned and structurally sound materials for building. An interesting invention of the developers is also the lease, which will encourage lease holders to conserve energy. . + Box Office.
Müvbox Fast Food Shipping Container Restaurant. Fast Food Nation meets Shipping Container Nation in a brilliant concept that not only looks amazing, but probably tastes just as good.
The Müvbox is a new concept, which recently emerged from Montreal, Canada and is a shipping container that opens up into a full-fledged mobile, outdoor fast food restaurant. Think Adam Kalkin’s Push Button House with a gourmet kitchen inside and a fabulous graphic paint job. Oh, and they serve local lobster from the Magdalen Islands. Daniel Noiseux, owner of well-known Montreal Pizzaiolle restaurants, placed his first concept restaurant at the Old Port in Montreal and is serving fresh, local and gourmet food at reasonable prices. The fact that his Müvbox is portable means he can pick it up and take it anywhere he wants – an outdoor festival, a new venue, a convention.