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CROU | www.olgga.fr. The 8747 house. Container Heads Rejoice A New Container Baby | The Cordell Shipping Container House. Photographer: Jill Hunter Container Heads around the world, start rejoicing. Yes, a new container house has been born and it’s a Texan. The developers (Numen) and family are calling it the Cordell House and here is what they have to say about their new baby. Developer -The Cordell House is the result of a 2-year design discussion between the builders and the designers. It was conceived as an exercise in efficient building, with the most expensive aspects of the house – the structural elements and mechanical core – being partially prefabricated in a shop environment.

The roof and infill floor areas are a panelized system that, in conjunction with the modular steel structure, allowed a very rapid dry-in time for the building, reducing on-site time and susceptibility to weather-related delays. Before I the let developer babble on with traditional boring speak about this new container baby, I would just like to say, this thing is sexy. Container Homes. PREFAB FRIDAY: LOT-EK MDU Shipping Container House. It wouldn’t be a stretch to call LOT-EK one of the original pioneers of shipping-container prefab. Their Modular Dwelling Unit, a simple yet brilliant design, has now been on the scene since 2002, and serves as a great prefab archetype for an array of other module-based designs were now seeing gaining huge popularity and attention.

The idea is simple: transform a single shipping container into a single dwelling unit that is complete in its flexibility, mobility, and scalability. Designed for the modern-day nomad, the MDU can easily be transported from one spot to the next, fully-loaded with all the live/work amenities you could ask for. Structurally, the MDU is a fully-functional, sturdy, and thoughtfully-constructed unit that combines both engineering prowess with design sensibility.

The built-in furniture based system facilitates domestic functions from cooking and eating to more private spaces, storage, and leisure. . + LOT-EK+ Lot-ek Recycled Airplane Library. ¡Mi casa es un container! Tags: Contiene una casaManel MorónPol Bofill La España de ladrillo y pandereta esta de capa caída. Las panderetas se siguen vendiendo como churros, pero el ladrillo, hormigón y el encofrado, otra fuente de riqueza inagotable y siempre creciente deberán ver cómo llegan tiempos mejores. ¿Alternativas? Algunas. Manel Morón, un publicitario con ganas de vivir en una vivienda aislada pero pocas ganas de pagar lo que quisiera un constructor, decide liarse la manta a la cabeza y abrazar la filosofía del Do It Yourself (Hazlo Tú Mismo). Para Morón, además de la materialización de su propia casa, el proyecto ha sido la reivindicación de algo real y posible. La casa se encuentra en la provincia de Tarragona y se puede visitar. ¿Qué sistema se emplea para el aislamiento térmico de la vivienda?

Utilizamos doble aislamiento. ¿Existe algún problema de licencias para construir de esta manera? Ningún problema de licencias. Reciclamos y reutilizamos contenedores marítimos prácticamente en desuso. 10 Clever Architectural Creations Using Cargo Containers: Shipping Container Homes and Offices. Cargo Architecture: 10 Shipping Container Homes & Offices Article by Urbanist, filed under Offices & Commercial in the Architecture category.

With the green theme growing in popularity across every stretch of the world, more and more people are turning to cargo container homes for green alternatives for office, and even new home, construction. There are countless numbers of empty, unused shipping containers around the world just sitting on the shipping docks and taking up space. The reason for this is that it’s too expensive for a country to ship empty containers back to the their origin in most cases, it’s just cheaper to buy new containers from Asia. The result is an extremely high surplus of empty shipping containers that are just waiting to become someone’s home or office. Design, buy or build your shipping container home today! And click here for an additional 70 Works of Recycled Art and Design.

There are plenty of benefits of to the so-called shipping container architecture model.