Showing posts with label shipping container architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shipping container architecture. Show all posts

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Bridget Beari Flagship Store in Mexico?



I've been asked to think about creating a Bridget Beari store in Tulum Mexico. Not only is it a budding area but the clients I have there need furniture and accessories that they can't find in the stores. We end up shipping everything over in containers and now that we are designing more houses it seems like a good idea. 

The property is very narrow piece of land next to a hotel. I can design the building from the ground up so I am looking at easy, green and unique structures. These are a few I found: 

Love the wood and the glass 



A unique triangular design



Open doors and shed roof on an angle


Corrugated steel siding


Love the idea of containers with port holes dressed in a fun color


A stucco pod with louver doors



Love the shape and door but needs to be bigger




This might be easier to heat and cool. It's hot down there! 



Love adding the wood. The black is so dramatic. 




Covering the container with a tent for shade?? Interesting...


Another beautiful stucco pod


Flip open doors on a container for an open air feel. 


Containers with added roofs and doors



A beautiful all green structure from Australia - living wall on the outside, solar panels on top


Corrugated steel structure with covered porch 



Container with a garden on the roof top


So many fun ideas to kick around. We will see where these idea take us…… Another Bridget Beari project to add to the ever growing list! 






Thursday, July 4, 2013

Shipping Container Architecture


I heard a very interesting story on NPR about homes and business made out of shipping containers. It was fascinating. It intrigued me for it's recycle effort but made me question its beauty. Could shipping containers make aesthetically pleasing spaces? What about HVAC?  Echo chamber? Plumbing? 

What do you think? 





An interior of a shipping container house: 



Notice the glass panel on the side 



I love the Frank Gehry like structure of this building. 



Window cut into the boxes. Stacked for height. 



Mixing the boxes with architectural pieces. 


They are used for both businesses and homes. 






Private residence with interior shots






                                 Would this be your idea of a vacation home? 
                                   Buy some land and put down a container? 




Portholes? 



So what do you think people? Do you vote YES for creativity and sustainability or NO for fad architecture and not standing the test of time. What do you think?