Shipping Container Habitats

Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya

Container Habitat — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:29:36 +0000

Lakeside retreat in Sri Lanka made using a stray shipping container and timber from weapon boxes. Designed by Sri Lankan architect Damith Prematikake, the architect handled the renovation project at ‘Maduru Oya’ Army Camp where the training school for Special Forces of the Sri Lankan army is located.

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office/studio space

Container Habitat — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:09:35 +0000

12 office/studio spaces constructed from 32 recycled shipping containers on an abandoned strip of Providence history – the former Harris Lumber site. Website: boxoffice460.com

Keetwonen

Container Habitat — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:54:06 +0000

Living in a converted shipping container was a new concept in the Netherlands when launched by Tempohousing, but the city of Amsterdam took the courageous step to contract Tempohousing to go and realize it. It turned out to be a big success among students in Amsterdam and it is now the second most popular student dormitory offered by the student housing corporation “De Key” (www.dekey.nl) in Amsterdam (and they have many).

Digicel, school from containers

Container Habitat — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:50:03 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: The first school built under an partnership between Digicel and the United States Agency for International Development USAID was opened here yesterday.

Smart Green Home 2010

Container Habitat — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:15:59 +0000

Containers to Clinics

Container Habitat — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:05:43 +0000

Anshen + Allen performed the work pro bono to support the nonprofit organization Containers to Clinics (C2C), which delivers primary health care to women and children in the developing world.

According to Anshen + Allen, the project was completed in one-third the time that it would have required if the designers had relied on 2D software instead of 3D. In addition to material, profile, window, and rendering tools in ArchiCAD, Anshen + Allen also used ArtLantis to produce renderings.

Elizabeth Sheehan, executive director of C2C is a trained physicians assistant, and while working in clinics and hospitals in countries like Nepal, India and Indonesia, she saw the need for improved access to preventive health care.

Then last year, Sheehan read an article titled “The Global Health Burden” in Foreign Affairs magazine, in which health economist Laurie Garrett highlighted the lack of preventive health care in developing countries and laid out a solution: convert shipping containers into health clinics for use there.

“Shipping Containers litter the world,” Sheehan says, “they’re often used once and they sit there.” Sheehan founded the group Containers to Clinics, or C2C, that turns the containers into health clinics.

Containers to Clinics

Krabi province, Thailand Shipping Container Home

Container Habitat — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:27:02 +0000

Here is another great example of a resourceful builder using shipping containers as building blocks.
The home is in Krabi province, Thailand. Thailand Shipping Container Home

Boxman Studios

Container Habitat — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:24:05 +0000

Introducing Boxman Studios, a revolutionary new way to host events using the latest in recycled technology – shipping containers.

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Introducing Boxman Studios, a revolutionary new way to host events using the latest in recycled technology – shipping containers. That’s right, we custom fabricate these dinosaurs of logistics and outfit them with all the modern-day comforts. From seating for nearly 30 guests to a double-sided bar, solar powered electrical hookup and 500 square feet of covered space, we deliver our venues virtually anywhere and handle all the set up and break down (which takes only about 20 minutes.) Bam! – instant party. Just add people.
www.boxmanstudios.com

Bower Studio 2010

Container Habitat — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:19:20 +0000

Students from the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne are converting old shipping containers into new community centres for the Gudorrka Community and Knuckey’s Lagoon Community in the Northern Territory.

Students are posting updates on the progress of the project at www.bower2010.com

Pop-up container clinic

Container Habitat — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:38:51 +0000

Driven by the belief that basic health interventions can save the lives of millions in the developing world, Containers to Clinics developed a new clinical model for health service delivery.

By repurposing shipping containers, C2C exports access to better health around the world and closes the gap between available treatments and the women and children who desperately need them.
www.containers2clinics.org

Source: springwise.com