Shipping container architecture

As a container building is known buildings that are built in modular construction of containers. They are equipped so that people up to several years to over a period of a few days in them, live or work. The size of this building can range from individual containers up to multi-storey buildings. A collection of container buildings are also called container village.

Often there are temporary buildings which serve acute space requirements for short-term gratification and are degraded after a short time. For use containers are generally when this construction due to the modularity and mobility compared to built on site buildings provides significant advantages. This can be cost advantages or benefits in terms of a shorter build time. The container modules can be used in other places again after degradation. Frequently containment built for building renovation, conversions, or upgrades are used.

Uses

The possible uses are widely scattered, the following are some examples:

Construction

Container modules are available primarily in two types: in the dimensions of the ISO container standards are used with preference for products manufactured in modular buildings. It looks for edge containers distinction ( with more insulated outer walls ) and inner containers. The second type are Abrollcontainersysteme. Advantage is the faster feasibility, since in these systems except the transport vehicle ( Abrollcontainerfahrzeug ) no additional hoist (car crane or the like) is required. The possibility of modular buildings are limited in this case (especially vertical). Container for Abrollsysteme are often made ​​only in widths of 2.20 m.

Office containers are fully insulated and finished preinstalled. Most of the individual containers are manufactured in panel that allows a flexible arrangement of doors and windows. Furthermore, this can be connected to each other, the individual modules to create larger spaces.

Examples

• Container City in London, built in 2001-2002 from 50 containers, 42 units of use, Architect Nicholas Lacey and Partners
• Dorm Keetwonen in Amsterdam, built in 2005 from 1000 containers
• Nomadic Museum, a museum of 152 containers that 2005-2008 has been established repeatedly in different cities; Architect: Shigeru Ban
• Polar station Neumayer III, built of 99 containers, opened in 2009
• Atelierbauten base camp on a former industrial site in Zurich, built in 2009 out of 135 containers
• Cubig Mobilie modular, energy efficient container in timber frame construction.
• Modular medical establishment of the Bundeswehr
• Marine use rescue center ( MERZ ) a container -based rescue center of the German Navy, which can be installed on a combat support ( TEC).

Trivia

Awareness acquired the residential containers by the television show "Big Brother " where selected candidates together in a monitored by video cameras around the clock residential container plant.