Friday, August 04, 2006
Easy Container Home Modeling
Look into Larrry G Scale Online. He has some great scale model stuff on eBay. You can get some beautiful Scale G shipping containers, about 15" long for a 40' container. Screw foam core! Order some of these babies. At a little over $10, how can you go wrong?
Practice makes perfect....
Adam Henning's CHU - Where the Troops Sleep
Found this on Flickr: www.flickr.com
This is a Container Housing Unit. Used in Iraq.
Waiting to get Adam's story, here is his pad.
Keith Dewey - Zigloo Domestique - Victoria, BC
container house
Killer House, looking into details
From Flickr Post:
"looking northwest. industrial designer and lecturer Ross Stevens needed a place to stay during the week while working in the city, and built this. I keenly watched it take shape as more and more steel was delivered to the site. The oxy and acetylene bottles perpetually attached to the back of his J1 bedford truck gradually gave the home its shape. Most recently, another level has been added. "
Video for Huaxicon Container Company - China
Custom Made containers for every use possible.
Container House - He says its a Ripoff, No Way!
Saw this site with a container house design or two. His site says its a shameless ripoff. I think he is just being modest. Good Work!
2005 Container Arts Festival - Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Container Kaleidoscope!
From the site:
“The international container art festival of Kaohsiung' are run once every two years. The festival held in this year, marches toward the third. This visit of the theme of the container mainly regards ' the container ' as the artistic creation element, the strong image that integrates a city and a harbour on behalf of Kaohsiung. It very much has a characteristic activity of marine city. The purpose of ' the international container art festival of Kaohsiung ‘ is to mold ' the urban art and culture style ', moreover, to drive the whole promotional and marketing activity for “City Tour” and convert it to an important international cultural activity of south Taiwan. The creation theme of ' the international container art festival of Kaohsiung ', for this year’s event, is “children’s field project on international container art “, and it takes place at the best playground for parents and their children on holidays – vast vacant lot by municipal Art Museum of Kaohsiung, which is full of literature and art relic, therefore differs from those rigid ones held in the past years. With more activities and programs and environmental designs to complement each other, it certainly will be innovative and refreshing. Our company will contemplate our experience in program design, professional planning skill, versatile marketing operation, and abundant innovation together with our passion for Kaohsiung to make the festival the last and the best of cultural affairs bureau programs of this year.
Check out Flickr for More Pictures of this momentus event:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=2005+Kaohsiung+International+Container+Art+Festival+&m=text
From the site:
“The international container art festival of Kaohsiung' are run once every two years. The festival held in this year, marches toward the third. This visit of the theme of the container mainly regards ' the container ' as the artistic creation element, the strong image that integrates a city and a harbour on behalf of Kaohsiung. It very much has a characteristic activity of marine city. The purpose of ' the international container art festival of Kaohsiung ‘ is to mold ' the urban art and culture style ', moreover, to drive the whole promotional and marketing activity for “City Tour” and convert it to an important international cultural activity of south Taiwan. The creation theme of ' the international container art festival of Kaohsiung ', for this year’s event, is “children’s field project on international container art “, and it takes place at the best playground for parents and their children on holidays – vast vacant lot by municipal Art Museum of Kaohsiung, which is full of literature and art relic, therefore differs from those rigid ones held in the past years. With more activities and programs and environmental designs to complement each other, it certainly will be innovative and refreshing. Our company will contemplate our experience in program design, professional planning skill, versatile marketing operation, and abundant innovation together with our passion for Kaohsiung to make the festival the last and the best of cultural affairs bureau programs of this year.
Check out Flickr for More Pictures of this momentus event:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=2005+Kaohsiung+International+Container+Art+Festival+&m=text
Container Art - "this ain't your momma's graffiti"
Oakland, CA
This isn't the first time you have seen this, graffiti on a container! Nothing shocking there, with more than 777 Square feet of highly visible and free* space to use why not showcase your talent. I have a feeling these containers will actually live longer in the yard than the rusty guys.
*as long as you don't get caught.
Need a container? - On-Site Storage - Everywhere
I am not advocating this company, but I love their product. They provide containers of all shapes and sizes and the have locations all over the country. Great resource for sizes and weights of each available unit.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Keetwonen Habitats, To:Amsterdam From:China
1000 Homes Completed!
Last April 25th the Keetwonen project has won the Funda Award for best executed innovation in construction. At the award ceremony the jury acknowledged Keetwonen to be "bright stars in an otherwise dimly lit market which is acting slow on innovation". In the report produced by the jurors fast construction and the fact that the Keetwonen habitats are ready for habitation on arrival were the main focus. The low construction cost was also mentioned as a big plus.
From: Nilesk Furniture Co., Ltd
Nilesk which was established over 8 years ago has a number of business divisions. We source and manufacture a range of OEM product for our "Western" clients. We have now established a dedicated factory in Panyu, Guangdong Province. This factory is capable of producing container housing units from 40-feet shipping containers. We operate our business completely according to European principles and standards. Therefore, our products are well recognized in the world market. Currently we are manufacturing 1,000 sets of temporary container housing for a Dutch client who is constructing the largest "Temporary Student Home" project, located in southeast of Amsterdam. The units meet the requirements of the Netherlands' building regulations. Each unit consists of a sleeping area, a bathroom, and a living and study area with a kitchenette. Our container housing can be applied to many fields, such as holiday housing, building sites, budget hotels, caravan parks, emergency relief units and affordable housing. We sincerely welcome customers who are either working on, or designing such projects. We can supply qualified container housing.
Th Chinese manufacturer http://nilesk.en.alibaba.com/
Last April 25th the Keetwonen project has won the Funda Award for best executed innovation in construction. At the award ceremony the jury acknowledged Keetwonen to be "bright stars in an otherwise dimly lit market which is acting slow on innovation". In the report produced by the jurors fast construction and the fact that the Keetwonen habitats are ready for habitation on arrival were the main focus. The low construction cost was also mentioned as a big plus.
From: Nilesk Furniture Co., Ltd
Nilesk which was established over 8 years ago has a number of business divisions. We source and manufacture a range of OEM product for our "Western" clients. We have now established a dedicated factory in Panyu, Guangdong Province. This factory is capable of producing container housing units from 40-feet shipping containers. We operate our business completely according to European principles and standards. Therefore, our products are well recognized in the world market. Currently we are manufacturing 1,000 sets of temporary container housing for a Dutch client who is constructing the largest "Temporary Student Home" project, located in southeast of Amsterdam. The units meet the requirements of the Netherlands' building regulations. Each unit consists of a sleeping area, a bathroom, and a living and study area with a kitchenette. Our container housing can be applied to many fields, such as holiday housing, building sites, budget hotels, caravan parks, emergency relief units and affordable housing. We sincerely welcome customers who are either working on, or designing such projects. We can supply qualified container housing.
Th Chinese manufacturer http://nilesk.en.alibaba.com/
FREITAG'S New Flagship *More Containers
Good Morning Zurich!
Window Glazing
Topping-off
Final Building!
Built entirely out of shipping containers, this is the new shop for Freitag. Freitag makes bags and satchels, among other items, from recycled highway billboards. Impressive and way ahead of its time. I really love the post apocolyptic look. Check out Freitag's Flikr site to see all of their pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredag/ (Flikr site)
