a documentation by Jaro Cools 9161404 sept （由Jaro冷却9161404 9月文档）.pdf

cargo-containers a documentation by Jaro Cools 9161404 sept.2005 Index 1.Introduction 2.standard containers 3.high-cube containers 4.hard-top containers 5.flatrack containers 6.platforms 7.transport 8.3 project examples 9 websites / links Introduction There is growing interest in the use of shipping containers as the basis for habitable structures. These “icons of globalization” are relatively inexpensive, structurally sound and in abundant supply. Although, in raw form, containers are dark windowless boxes (which might place them at odds with some of the tenets of modernist design...) they can be highly customizable modular elements of a larger structure. My design proposal is based on transportable and mobile dwelling-units. Containers seemed to be the ultimate answer to what type of unit was needed for multiple reasons, some of them mentioned above. This documentation can be of use for those thinking of designing with containers. Even though container modification-examples are abundant, just 3 are chosen here to give an idea of the range and variety. First the spacebox, designed by ‘De Vijf’ and ‘Holland Composites’. Secondly the architecturefirm LO-TEK. These two examples show the manipulation of a sinlge container-box and the different spatial and conceptual possibiliites. Bluebase.MAS responds to issues raised by contemporary cities such as London, where our increasingly transient lifestyles are resulting in more work related communities in which living closer to the workplace and being able to move quickly a predominant factor in our choice of the home. This shift in emphasis will fundamentally change the way we view our cities. standard container 1