After a huge flurry of interest a couple of years ago in using shipping containers as buildings/building blocks, the excitement seems to have died down a little. However, we rather like this charming design by Shane Peterson who - using 3D Studio Max 2012, Vray and Photoshop - has turned a standard 20′ steel shipping container into a garden office which could be put together off site and then delivered to a home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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One problem I have with shipping containers is their 8ft (2.4384 meters) width that gets even narrower when insulated. It may be less expensive and quicker to achieve a habitable space than standard construction but one should really compare costs of other construction methods. I found an old book (1953) entitled "The House and the Art of it's Design" by Robert Woods Kennedy having a chapter on "Livability". Whether it's a garden shed/personal retreat or a smaller residence, the phenomenon of "being" in a space should be considered b4 creating it. Just because it's small does not mean it can't be spiritually enhancing.
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Who knew you can actually turn those shipping containers in some classy living spaces like that? I was driving down this storage in delray beach fl and the place is like one mammoth shipping container! For what its worth, I think they should just turn the area into something like that.
ReplyDeleteNicely done!!! How hard was it to modify the container?
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