This is a webpage devoted to listing as many examples
of people using shipping containers and ISBUs
(intermodal steel building units) as architectural
elements as I can find, in an effort to embolden people
to use containers in building projects, when and where
doing so is feasible and appropriate.
Be aware that containers are not a perfect building
material, but no material is perfect and they have
been used very effectively in many cases.
This is mainly a links page, and I cannot
guarantee anything at all about the sites that
I am offering links to,
but I try to periodically search for and add links
that are fresh and offer something useful and
interesting, and I remove bad links and projects where
information is incomplete.
If you have a site worth adding, or experiences to
relate in using containers for building, please contact me.
Of Interest
Here's an interesting documentary by
philosopher Alain de Botton on the subject of
pastiche architecture:
The perfect Home.
The List Examples of using shipping containers as architectural elements
Note that non-container projects by container-using architects are also listed.
General architecture
Sean Godsell (architect in Melbourne, Australia)
Photo by Earl Carter.
Future Shack project
: may have gained the interest of the UN's
Habitat Pacific project
project prototype completed
The Box Office project, the focus of which is to use "33 shipping containers to make Class A office space that will use 35% less energy than your average office space".
A number of news articles have appeared in the Australian news media explaining that in places like
Karratha, which is a city serving a nearby mining area, container-based housing is on the rise
because conventional housing prices have gone through the roof.
Clemson's architecture
department has started the SEED
project to find ways to use
shipping containers to provide
cheap, safe housing for the
Carribean, such as Haiti.
A small food market and deli based on two containers
for the market, plus several more perhaps for storage, joined
with the common walls removed to make a larger space.
It is said that the US army has used containers
since the 50's for various uses.
A recent radio program (NPR?) described
explained that they were being used
as living quarters in the Green Zone in Baghdad.
US is using them for housing in Afghanistan:
story
This person is providing a rationale for wider use of containers in the US Army.
Disturbing Police State Uses
This page
describes
a rather disturbing use of containers
(the story is disturbing too): to contain anti-Bush protestors
in Sweden.
Books about Shipping Container Architecture
Container Architecture by Jure Kotnik
Videos about Shipping Container Architecture projects
Box Office project:
Amanda Congdon of Sometimes Daily interviews
Peter DeMaria about his container projects.
Clemson University SEED video 1:
Clemson University SEED video 2:
Shipping container home for seasonal farm worker:
Keetwonen student housing video:
Interior view of student container housing unit in Amsterdam:
If you have a site link that you would like to list then please email me here with that asking me to add it: Zack Smith.
If you have a question, please keep in mind that
I am neither an architect, nor a structural engineer,
therefore
I cannot review plans or make recommendations.
A mountain of evidence & simply the laws of physics
support the argument that
9/11 was perpetrated by criminal elements
in the US government.
Their official story about 9/11 cannot explain
the presence of:
Particles of military-grade demolition explosives (called nano-thermite) throughout multiple independent samples of World Trade Center dust. Peer-reviewed scientific paper explains it.
Pools of molten iron under WTC after 9/11.
Nor can the official story explain the
free-fall collapse of 47-story WTC building 7
at 5:20pm on 9/11, seen here:
