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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Grygier, Leger-Wanaselja Architecture - California - Shipping Container House

Grygier, Leger-Wanaselja Architecture - California - Shipping Container House
This house incorporates three insulated containers into the design of this airy yet compact 1350 square foot, three bedroom house. Two forty-foot containers are stacked on one side and a third is cut in half and stacked on the other creating protective walls for a two story atrium living room in the middle.  Bedrooms in the upper containers are given added width with bay windows.  A stair and a bridge through the atrium connect the two upper containers to the space below.

Jan Grygier
http://www.shipping-container-house-yurt.phanfare.com/
Leger-Wanaselja Architecture
http://www.lwarc.com/res_bgcontainer.html

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Self Contained Topanga, California,

Self Contained Topanga, California,

Having purchased a 3.5-acre plot of land in Topanga, California, with a very rustic, 750-square-foot cabin on it several years ago, architect Christof Jantzen found himself in need of a fairly quick, low-cost house expansion for his family (wife Lauryn and three young sons). Jantzen, principal of the Venice, California, office of the firm Behnisch Architekten, soon came upon the idea that more space could be achieved by redesigning a series of recycled and modified shipping containers, which would drastically reduce the typical time-consuming process of a traditional remodel. 

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Ecotech Build, Container home, Mojave Desert, California

Ecotech Build, Container home, Mojave Desert, California
A prototype hybrid house, also known as the Tim Palen Studio at Shadow Mountain is the first repurposed container home permitted and built in the Mojave Desert. Based on the fuel-efficient Prius automobile engineering concept, the residence combines the energy and production efficiencies of diverse pre-engineered building and energy systems working together seamlessly to produce a smooth-running hybrid green machine for living.
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