Shipping Containers to House Prisoners.
It follows a trial using shipping containers to house inmates at the state’s (South Australia) Cadell Prison.
“This is a great outcome for this important project and I was always confident that shipping containers would provide a viable alternative to traditional prison construction,” Mr Koutsantonis said. (more…)
Channel 9 Australia has recently aired a new program Top Design – a reality TV show / competition that features interior designers, architects, renovators and the like in a bid to find the Top Designer. Episode One featured four shipping container conversions. With a budget of AUD$25,000 (the ISO containers were supplied), contestants had just four days to complete the project. (more…)
“The Greenhouse is about designing and operating better places for people. Places that let us touch natural materials, understand where everyday things come from and taste fresh food straight from the garden.” It is also an excellent example of a PopUp Shipping Container Building and of incorporating Sustainability into contemporary urban design. (more…)
Earth Science Australia‘s team built the rainforest research center using two 6m (20′) containers placed 3m (10′) apart. Leaving a space between the containers allows for a semi-enclosed area for storage, hanging out or doing research. There is a total of 30sqm of dry sleeping area, 15sqm of mostly dry cooking area and 45sqm of covered outdoor area. Believe it or not, the entire project, including the containers, trucking the containers some 500km, screening in the cargo doors, steel, cement, sand and gravel, nuts, bolts, carports, C-section, screens, timber, decking oil and painting cost only $16,000 AUS. (more…)
A mass produced relocatable house for emergency and relief housing. Recycled shipping containers are used to form the main volume of the building. A parasol roof packs inside the container. When erected, the roof shades the container and reduces heat load on the building. Legs telescope from the container enabling it to sited without excavation on uneven terrain. (more…)
