architecture 4 us

These days, shipping containers have been used as main material for building a green construction, such as houses. Tim Palen Studio is one of buildings constructed from shipping container. It becomes the first permitted shipping container house in the Mojave Desert, near Joshua Tree, California. This prefab home was designed by ecotechdesign, combining the energy and production efficiencies of diverse pre-engineered building and energy systems that working together seamlessly to produce a smooth-running hybrid green home building.

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Zigloo had finished their Domestique House Project after 3 years. The concept was to provide new harmonization between residential and industrial. Some 20′ shipping containers were used in this 1,920 sq ft project.

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Another design from container was made by Maziar Behrooz Architecture.  This is an art studio, built near their client’s house.

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This is not only a concept. This is real. A container house was designed by Ken Kwok on Malaysia. Using 6 shipping containers, Anand Bungalow, Sdn. Bhd. developed 2,551 sq ft project, including rainwater collector, natural ventilation, water-efficient fixtures, dual-flush toilets, and abundant natural lighting to minimize energy consumption. This is awesome.

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