Monday 3 October 2011

Human interaction with the universal contiainer


Step One: Exterior elements 


The universal shipping container and relation of moving goods via sea. There are 1000s of reported shipping containers in the ocean and are floating or have sunk. My idea here is to take the idea of floating containers and make a statement out of them. The floating escape is a idea that came to my mind when I was thinking about the stresses of life and how a lot of people want to escape. My space is the escape, its not on the land but floats in the near by sea. There are 5 Containers and they have been cut into each other in a unorganized way which doest look constructed in the standard way of stacking. The unnaturalness of the grass growing on steel is what i liked and also the way trees can provide shade and also grow.

Step Two: Constructing the Interior 



The interior elements of this space is constructed using pallet walls that slide to open the space up to flow freely onto the outside platform. The Grass is greener, the trees are brighter its autumn space inside. The space also acts as a shelter from the rain, wind and other harsh elements. The autumn trees give the inside space a much more unique and and separate space.


Step Three: Bring the two together



The two merged together to create my final year project. The simple shipping container made into a space were human can interact and escape. 









Shipping Container Architecture Research!


Architecture made from the ready made object is a unusual thought, as When you think about architecture you think of a house being put together using wood or steel. The shipping container is a very easy to find object which is used a lot in architecture more now then before. The shipping containers in a used state are a cheap and affordable way to create space without having to make a wooden frame. The way containers are used in architecture varies, Court yard space or interior spaces. The image above looks to be a very modern structure that incluedes more materials then just containers which gives the container focus in certain areas were they are used. For example in the image above they have cut out the end of the containers and inserted a large window which adds a focal point.

I love the shipping container architecture as it gives a old container a new home in terms of were it will be for a long length of time.