Monday, August 30, 2010

Container Cabin

Container stack collapse on ship

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Refugium of a Forester / Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Sweden, 2007


Is it a bit too much?

One of The Kind

It has been a long while that containers architecture has emerged around the globe. It seems like the images of its design are still limited. People still have the negative feedback about living in containers. How can we, architects, get rid of the picture of "cheap containers" away? Actually, we did but you guys have never known!
Friday, August 20, 2010

Adam Kalkin: Shipping Container Architecture

TOKYO DESIGN WEEK - CONTAINER SHOW


Logical Homes Prefab Container Homes


Standard Shipping Container Dimensions



20 Ft Standard
Length - 20 ft
Width - 8 ft
Height - 8 ft 6 in
Internal Length -19 ft 3 in
Internal Width - 7 ft 7 in
Internal Height - 7 ft 9 in
Door Opening Width - 7 ft 6 in
Door Opening Height - 7 ft 5 in
Floor Area - 150 sq ft
Cubic Capacity - 1160 cu ft
Weight - Approx. 4400 lb


40 Ft Standard
Length - 40 ft
Width - 8 ft
Height - 8 ft 6 in
Internal Length -39 ft 4 in
Internal Width - 7 ft 7 in
Internal Height - 7 ft 9 in
Door Opening Width - 7 ft 6 in
Door Opening Height - 7 ft 5 in
Floor Area - 305 sq ft
Cubic Capacity - 2360 cu ft
Weight - Approx. 9000 lb.
How much will containers hold?
20' Standard ==> 1,150 cu ft
40' High Cube ==> 2,700 cu ft
40' Standard ==> 2,400 cu ft

Container Design Guide



There are 4 fundamental components for standard box containers.


Container Frame
- Steel framework
- 4 corner posts
- 2 bottom side rails
- 2 top side rails
- 2 bottom cross members
- 1 front top end rail
- 1 door header

Bottom Cross Members
- serve as supports for the floor

Side and End Walls
- bear the least lead
- 12-16 gauge steel

Roof Panel
- prevent water pooling on top
- support several hundred pounds
- serve as supports for the floor
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Collapsible Cargoshell Shipping Container


Muvbox Resto: Fast Food Restaurant





Container Disco: Rock The Box!

9h The Pod Hotel, japan

Six container cabin design by InterModal Design

Cherokee Lofts by Pugh+Scarpa Architects


Container Architecture contains 6441 Containers by Jure Kotnik


HABODE: An eco-friendly concept of two shipping container sized frames


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