x Design Association container design competition winners Here are photographs of the five winning installations from the Dezeen x Design Association container design competition to win a free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week. Asif Khan and Peter Liversidge from the UK (top), Luis Eslava - Diego Ramos from Spain (above and below), and Creative Cluster, EP3 Musashino University and The Nature Sound Orchestra from Japan were each given a free 20ft shipping container at the Container Ground exhibition at Jingu-Gaien in central Tokyo, plus an installation and construction budget of up to 200,000 Yen. Entries were judged by a panel consisting of Design Association president and art director Katsumi Asaba, Design Association executive director Kenji Kawasaki and Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. Photographs by Luke Hayes; captions provided by the designers. Above and below: 20ft x 20 lights x 5 days by Asif Khan and Peter Liversidge, UK. The light components are fully modular. Above: The Nature Sound Orchestra, Japan.
Shipping Container Homes Weburbanist has a great article all about Shipping Container Homes - it's almost an "how to guide". Something interesting from the article: ... most containers are made of metal which makes them sturdy even when stacked - not to mention resistant to weather, fires, and other natural (and unnatural) elements.
Solar Cooling with a solar fridge & freezer 1:07 Entertainment & the Arts | One man's treasure-from-trash is a Centralia tourist attraction CENTRALIA — Wheels spin. Steel spikes stab the sky, and bright plastic balls float above Richard Tracy's sprawling outdoor art gallery, where sculptures shaped like monsters, dogs and humans have been crafted from the most unlikely objects — tomato cages, Styrofoam blocks and roller skates. Although many in this conservative blue-collar community consider Tracy's Flash Gordon-meets-Vincent Price style of art as an eyesore spread over three full lots, it's through his 20-year project that the former schoolteacher who prefers to be known as "Richart" is earning his city of 15,000 national recognition. Over the past few years, his unrestrained collection has been added to Web sites about quirky roadside attractions, included in books on a similar theme and compared to Los Angeles' Watts Tower — once considered junk, now priceless folk art. Ask most anyone in the city and they'll know exactly the place you mean — the corner lot on Harrison Avenue and M Street. Richart turned that down.
avantage inconvénient dela maison en containers janvier 24th, 2011 by Laetitia Comment recycler les containers de transport maritime ? En leur offrant une seconde vie dans l’habitat évidement ! C’est une tendance née de l’imagination d’architectes spécialisés et inspirés dans les constructions modulaires et le recyclage. Cette modularité, et la simplicité de mise en œuvre en font un outil idéal pour l’auto-construction. Comme dans toute construction, le permis de construire est obligatoire pour un bâtiment de plus de 20 m². Son coût dépend des matériaux et technologies utilisés. Les normes RT2005 et 2012 pour les modules de plus de 60m² rendent les logements containers très peu gourmands en énergies. Avantages : Inconvénients : Prix de la location de matériaux pour assembler les containersInconvénients esthétiques ou techniques pour certaines personnesUne architecture assez atypique qui va probablement créer quelques soucis avec les PLU.L’isolation thermique Exemple : Container City - Londres Etes vous fan de la série Dexter ?
Shipping Container Homes - Cargo Container Houses Want your own container house? There's a six-month waiting list for the Quik House by architect Adam Kalkin, who is based in New Jersey. The distinctive Quik House comes in a prefabricated kit, based on recycled shipping containers (in fact a completed house is about 75% recycled materials by weight). The standard Quik House offers 2,000 square feet, three bedrooms and two and one-half baths, though larger options are also available. The Quik House comes in two colors (orange or natural rust bloom), and the estimated total cost, including shipping and assembly, is $184,000.
Free Watermaker Project 1:07 Extraordinary Art from Ordinary Objects Extraordinary Art from Ordinary Objects Using ordinary materials to create art has its advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, limiting ones palette means having to work around problems that may arise as well as relying on variable quality of the materials available. On the other hand, there is an implicit element of novelty and there are inherent opportunities for imbuing works with multiple meanings. These artists and materials may be unusual but the results range from conventional to extraordinary. Creative Carvings from Ordinary Objects: What do egg shells, books and pencils have in common? Portraits and Sculptures from Ordinary Objects: Who would have thought toothpicks could be turned into incredibly intricate sculptures, that nails could be used to hammer out a gigantic portrait or that packing tape could be transformed into compelling layered portraits? Creative Art Cars and Art Car Designs: Nothing is more ubiquitous than the automobile in modern culture.
Econtainer Recycled Shipping Container Bridge to Provide Gateway to Tel-Aviv's Ariel Sharon National Park The architects were inspired by the Ariel Sharon National Park itself, which is turning an old urban rubbish dump into a flourishing green space. The reuse of shipping containers makes perfect sense, as an estimated 800,000 containers are abandoned by the maritime services each year. The use of containers will also save on production, costs and construction time, and the modular units are flexible enough to adapt to any changes required. Yoav Messer Architects‘ Econtainer Bridge is made of a continuous line of containers punctuated by balconies that provide space to stop, take a rest and enjoy the gorgeous views on each side. The bridge is set upon four columns, minimizing its impact on the ground. A great (re)use for shipping containers that we haven’t seen before, the Econtainer Bridge will provide access to the park while serving as a destination in its own right. + Yoav Messer Architects Via Arch Daily Images © Yoav Messer Architects
Cargo Container House Plans Continue to Expand With the recession in full force, many people are saving money any way they can – producing more and more demand for designing, buying and building shipping container architecture. More and more people are planning and building their very own cargo container residence – either themselves or with the help of architects and builders – inspired, in part, by pictures and drawings that are circling the world about already-built shipping container structures. There are many plans available for you to create your own container home and architects who specialize in residential reuse of cargo containers, but few home shipping container structures to date rival the creativity and functionality of Container City – which makes it an excellent case study for anyone considering creating their own container home. Some architects claim that containers are here to stay as a basic architectural building block of the future.
Recycled Plastic Block Houses Plastic block press showing all parts and measurements. Final plastic block under 3,400 pounds per front wheel weight. The block compressed about three quarters of an inch with the weight on it. The block returned to its original shape when the weight was removed. December 15, 2010, was a big day for Harvey Lacey, the maker of a hand-operated press that turns plastic trash into building blocks. That was the day Harvey made his first plastic block. Harvey says, “I see a solution to two problems facing us today. Harvey goes on to explain, “One of the things I’m trying to do with the block press is make it like someone would under more difficult circumstances. Basic facts: The inside width of the press is eight inches, which is also the standard width for a building block made of concrete. Half blocks are used at corners and at window and door openings. Harvey believes this block can be produced in developing regions under the worst circumstances. Photos courtesy Harvey Lacey
1:06 Adaptive Reuse: 20 Brilliant Recycled Buildings Adaptive Reuse: 20 Brilliant Recycled Buildings Article by Urbanist, filed under Offices & Commercial in the Architecture category. Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability – it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Spiral island (shown above) is just one such example: an incredible mobile private island floating on 250,000 recycled plastic bottles off the coast of Mexico. 'The container architecture', à la maison de l'architecture de Haute-Normandie, Rouen La maison de l’architecture de Haute-Normandie, située à Caen, accueille, depuis le 5 octobre 2012 et jusqu’au 11 janvier 2013, l’exposition itinérante 'The container architecture', conçue par l’architecte slovène Jure Kotnik. L’exposition 'Container Architecture', conçue et réalisée par Jure Kotnik, architecte slovène, est une première mondiale. Elle dévoile les projets les plus pointus réalisés à partir de containers ISO, venant des quatre coins du monde, en présentant toutes les utilisations possibles : constructions temporaires, édifices publics, logements... L’exposition 'Container Architecture' démontre qu’une architecture de qualité ne dépend pas du matériau avec lequel on construit, mais de comment on construit. L’exposition itinérante 'Container Architecture' s'est tenue pour la première fois au Musée d'architecture et de design de Ljubljana (Slovénie), où elle a fortement retenu l'attention du public et des médias. Les avantages des containers Projets exposés