Thursday, January 24, 2013

20 FT Shipping Container Hotel - Belgium - Sleeping Around


20 FT Shipping Container Hotel - Belgium - Sleeping Around

Sleeping Around transformed 20 feet containers into luxurious hotel rooms.
They provide a superior and comfortable night’s stay and include: box spring bed with high quality linen, walk-in shower, Rituals amenities, air conditioning
pop-up hotel offers a readymade answer: a compact yet luxurious hotel room, equipped with all the mod cons: a box-spring bed, rain shower, iPod docking station and air conditioning – all contained in a 20ft recycled sea container.
Without an address, guests locate their room by GPS

http://www.sleepingaround.eu

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6x 40 FT Shipping Container Home - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, - Delta Containers, Danilo Corbas,

6x 40 FT Shipping Container Home - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, - Delta Containers, Danilo Corbas,


made from shipping containers will be unveiled. The 240 square-meter house is located in a horizontal condominium in Curitiba’s Orleans neighborhood. Besides being more ecological and more quickly constructed, the total cost per square meter is 20 percent cheaper than traditional construction methods.
Developed by the Paraná-based company Delta Containers and designed by architect Danilo Corbas, the house consists of six 40 square-meter “High Cube” type shipping containers, each measuring 12 meters long by 2.90 meters high. They were then modified at the company headquarters in Campo Largo to include windows and doors, and finally unloaded by crane into correct position for installation.

http://www.deltacontainers.com.br/

http://www.archilovers.com/danilo-corbas/

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Kathy Tafel, KTainer, - California - 4 Shipping Container Home

Kathy Tafel, KTainer, - California - 4 Shipping Container Home

I like the 24' length. It divides into spaces really easily - in half, thirds, fourths, sixths, and twelfths. A 20' container naturally divides in half, fourths, fifths, and tenths. I really like harmonic thirds. Having the high cube means 9' 6" ceilings. Many homes only have 8' ceilings in places.

Putting the four together, half the space is public, half private. The public half are two containers next to each other for living, kitchen, and dining. The private half are stacked on top of each other, for bedroom, half-bath, study and guest sleeping. The two sections are joined together with an 8 foot overlap, or, in thirds.

The long side of the house is then 40' long, and 24' wide, a nice 3/5 ratio. The long side of the house will face north-south, the short side east-west, for maximum passive solar optimization. Also the tall side of the house shades the living quarters for the better part of the morning.


http://www.geeksville.com/~kathy/ktainer.html

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Monday, January 7, 2013

The Sauna Box, Castor Design, - Canada - Shipping Container Sauna,

The Sauna Box, Castor Design, - Canada - Shipping Container Sauna,

This is an authentic sauna, wood burning, cedar tongue and groove, and an outdoor shower, built within a shipping container.
The Sauna box was developed by Caster, a Canadian design firm.  They are selling it through the NYC retailer Matter for $41,000.
This tradtional wood-burning sauna is built into shipping container. The suana box is completely self-sufficient, with solar power and a wood-fired stove. The box comes standad with ipod stereo, electric guitar hook-up, Castor stool, magnetic truck light  and bronze antlers.


http://www.castordesign.ca/#/furniture/sauna-box
http://mattermatters.com/product.asp?id=1063

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

High Country Green Boxes, DwellBox - Boone, North Carolina - 2 x 40ft Shipping Container Home


They cut two 40 foot shipping containers in half and stacked them in a square. The project was completed in 34 days after breaking ground at a construction cost of under $100 per square foot. The two-story structure was their learning project so they kept it small.
The house has one bedroom and one bath upstairs with 320 square feet of heated living area. Downstairs is another 320 square feet that is unheated for storage and a garage. Shipping containers come in 20 foot lengths but are only eight feet tall. The group used 40 foot ISBU's for their nine and one half foot ceilings for more headroom. Corner castings secure the containers to three foot deep concrete piers instead of a foundation.


http://www.dwellbox.com/

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