I really do believe that there is a role for shipping
containers in architecture, and that they can be very green.
Lloyd may have questioned the validity of shipping
containers in architecture as being too toxic, too inconvenient and too small.
Shipping
containers in architecture are a trendy meme right now.
Not exact matches
Siena once explained that «all work is an affirmation of being human, of being
in this particular
container [the body] with locomotion and holes for intake and output -LSB-...]; motif and variation are placeholders,
in part for the
architecture of my consciousness, and ideally they are on a steadily rolling feedback loop.»
The
architecture firm HyBrid, which specializes
in designing buildings from recycled shipping
containers, created this solar - powered house for Sunset Magazine.
Their collaborative effort is grounded
in a common interest
in architecture and its implications as a
container of possible meanings.
[1] At this time, Lupton began to write critically about typography and design, utilizing a post-structuralist framework to understand how design is embedded
in political, economic, and social contexts, saying, «Typography and
architecture are not neutral
containers for the content or programs they are thought to neatly accommodate.
A few years ago we wrote that Shipping
container architecture is so trendy
in China that they are making knockoffs.
When I first saw this unit back
in 2011 at Sunset Celebration, I wondered if it would be the one to take
container architecture mainstream.
LOT - EK is one of the true pioneers of shipping
container architecture; ten years ago we called them «among the best of the small crew of architects working with shipping
containers, which are rarely seen
in the urban context.»
We complain about shipping
container architecture all the time on TreeHugger, usually prefaced with that tired phrase «jump the shark» and this 5000 square foot house they built
in Brooklyn is just completely nuts.
LeBlanc is kind enough to note my criticisms of shipping
container architecture in the article, where I go on about them being «too small, too expensive, and too toxic»; Daniel Kroft of Giant Containers rebuts them, noting that they have lots of steel lying around to reinforce openings, air conditioning is easy with modern mini-split units, and spray - foam insulation does wonders at keeping it all airtight.
«Add new perennials or annual color to existing garden beds to stimulate the overall look,» says landscape architect Deirdre Toner of D.T. Design
in Old Mill Creek, Ill. «And add several
containers that work with the home's
architecture that can be filled with seasonal displays.