As there, Bulgakov - that's just the housing issue spoiled them. The problem of budget housing has always been and will be very relevant. Container houses are just a partial solution to this problem..
The idea of building housing in freight containers is not new, especially in Europe and the United States. For such a house, it is not necessary to specifically manufacture individual blocks, we are talking mainly about used sea containers. Here's how this Poteet Architects Texas guesthouse is. Several issues are resolved at once - cheap recyclables, ecology, compact placement. There was even a whole direction of "container" architecture.
This house is almost all made of decommissioned material. Decommissioned container and beams from old telephone poles. The shadows and floor are covered with bamboo slabs, a flowerbed is broken on the roof.
At first glance, can you say what material this house is made of? Modern mansion Private residence Shipping Container from ZieglerBuild, with a living area of 560sq.m. 31 containers - so much was needed to build the mansion.
Container House in Redondo Beach (USA)
Creative mansion. The climate of California allows you to not only open the window, but to tilt the whole wall.
Small house 18sq.m. from an old shipping container
Portable cabin PORT-A-BACH. Of course, this is more of a cottage, and not a place for permanent residence.
But such a "hacienda" can be placed anywhere, even in the forest, even in the desert.
Another mobile home. It can be transported like a regular container. After delivery, it unfolds like a transformer. A couple of hours and you can enjoy outdoor recreation.
House in Savannahstate Georgia
80 sqm with all the amenities, it’s hard to believe that this can be done from cargo containers.
How to make a real full-fledged housing out of a sea container showed designer Debbie Glassberg.
Outside this house in Kansas City is not particularly impressive, but Debbie has worked on the interior with enthusiasm. Thoughtful decor and color palette are simply amazing.
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Recycling old discarded containers engaged in california
Prefabricated houses IC Green are suitable for small residences, guest houses.
Or just like a small gazebo or pavilion for relaxation
House in Santa Cruz, California. It turns out that out of three and a half containers, you can build excellent housing. And if it is located in a beautiful oak grove, then even no additional decoration is needed.
Container House in Quebec (Canada)
To build the house, architect Bernard Morin needed a little imagination and seven containers.
The interior decoration was not cheap, 175,000 thousand dollars, although maybe by Canadian standards this is not such a big sum for a mansion of 280 sq.m. In any case, it turned out very comfortable.
Living in a container in Canada is not so simple, still a northern country, so I had to spend on a twelve-centimeter layer of thermal insulation. Therefore, outwardly, only in form, one can guess that the house is made of containers.
Cross-shaped ecohouse from containers The French company Clément Gillet Architects impresses with its simple design.
The company's goal is to develop technology for the construction of cheap housing. The architects decided that the containers for this task fit perfectly. The construction process is really not complicated.
And here is the result, an excellent two-story house with three bedrooms on the second floor
On the ground floor there is a living room and a kitchen.
Container House in Curacavi (Chile)
The project concept is based on achieving comfort due to the structural features of the building, taking into account climatic conditions. Bioclimatic design and modular architecture make the power system at home 70% autonomous.
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The work of Benjamin Garcia Saxe, container house in Costa Rica, near the city of San Jose.
The original construction concept is cheap and cheerful. Well, two fully-finished shipping containers cost the customer $ 40,000.
It would seem, well, what is the aesthetics in a cargo container? But Benjamin Garcia proved that something completely unique can also be made from iron containers for transporting goods.
The interior of the house creates a special atmosphere of comfort. Agree, not bad for a regular container.
First container houses began to be made in India in 2011. Kameshwara Rao’s house in Ramamurti Nagar is the first such project in the country, according to Rao himself.
Four containers in the form of the letter L, stacked on top of each other - this is how this building looks. The interior has a lot of interesting details and rare things. At first, few believed in Rao's innovative project. Indeed, the iron box is not the best place to live in the hot climate of India. But the project, thanks to the structural details, turned out to be surprisingly successful, and soon Rao turned his idea into a profitable business. Today, his container houses are very popular, so he even founded his own company Container Solutions India
Casa Cargo Container House Project in Costa Rica architect Maria Jose Trejo.
A cheap architect bought eight old containers and placed them around the perimeter
The result was such a patio and spacious areas on the upper level
There is a mechanism on the roof to collect rainwater needed to cool the house, and an open wall in the center provides good ventilation. Also thought out and the system of natural lighting. Thanks to these measures, the cost of energy supply at home is minimal.
Maritime container house. The project was developed by architects Jean-Marie Sanchez and Claire Helen Droin.
Given the financial crisis, France is also thinking about building this kind of budget housing
Work is already underway
House of eight freight containers in Lille (France)
The area of the house is 208 sq.m., just for one family. The foundation was poured under the construction; this was perhaps the most expensive part of the work. Then, the already prepared sea containers were delivered by truck, the assembly itself was completed in three days. In these photos you can see what a nice house turned out from Patrick Partushe, the architect who developed this project
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Modest container hut brothers Scott and Paul Machine
The lodge is located in the small town of Holyoke in northern Minnesota. The brothers bought two freight containers for $ 800 and began construction.
When the house was photographed, he was not yet ready. Hope it’s already completed today.
Container House in Spain, the town of El Tiemblo
What does it take to become a happy owner of comfortable housing ?? 140,000 euros, four shipping containers and six months of operation.
Shipping Container in Colorado
The first container house project in Canada. 8 shipping containers went for construction
Malaysian architect Ken Kwok designed ecohouse of six decommissioned containers area of 250 sq.m.
With low construction costs, the house has a modern design
Container House in Chile, a suburb of Santiago.
There are many reasons why the idea of building housing from such material is suitable for Chile. Firstly, it is a safe design for seismic areas.
Secondly, it is cheap. For the construction it took 5 containers and three months of work.
Not much for a great interior
For example, the cost of this project cost $ 75,000.
Another interesting house in Chile
The main task that the architect wanted to solve was to have a beautiful view of the Andes from the house.
The main element is large display windows, so the whole interior is filled with light.
Harbinger House Container House Project
Modern project of budget housing for the family
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House of doorseleven containers in Maine.
Scandinavian style house
Arcgency Architectural Bureau Used Three Cargo Containers For Construction
This house is easy to build, comfortable and suitable for almost any climate.
However, not only residential buildings are built from containers, architect Jean Nouvel proved this by designing an excellent Les Grande Tables restaurant
The room is designed for 120 people
The industrial look only emphasizes the minimalist style.
And in London a whole shopping center was built from containers
“Boxpark Shoreditch” is the first container shopping center in the world consisting of the 61st container, although in scale, of course, it is inferior to the seventh kilometer in Odessa
The idea of this complex is to create cheap platforms for merchants. The seats in the mall are really relatively cheap, which makes it possible to rent for small businesses
There is a similar shopping center in New Zealand.
The scale, of course, is not the same as in London, but the purpose of the construction of this complex is different. These are not only trading floors, but also shelters for residents of the area in case of an earthquake.
Another idea for using containers in New Zealand, interactive media rooms for broadcasting video and music
Today, the container topic in construction is very popular, accordingly, architecture is also developing, designers are looking for new solutions, look at this collection of what can be made from ordinary containers for cargo transportation.
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These are far from all options.
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