Container Architecture

David Andreu Bach

ISBN 10: 8499366627 / ISBN 13: 9788499366623

Published by Loft Publications, ES, 2022

About this Item

An illustrated celebration of architecture using shipping containers as modular building elements, resulting in affordable moveable and sustainable prefabricated homes. Architecture with containers is a form of sustainable architecture creating a very peculiar aesthetic from recycled material. It is a construction procedure based on the assembly of modular elements, in this case, containers used in maritime and rail transport of goods. They are robust, durable, economical, easily transportable, adaptable and sustainable. Their versatility makes them adaptable to the most diverse scales and needs: single-family and collective housing, shopping centres, offices, schools, hotels, restaurants, shelters, laboratories and works of ephemeral architecture.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Container Architecture
• Publisher: Loft Publications, ES
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8499366627
• ISBN 13: 9788499366623
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 25W x 2.2H x 29D centimeters 25 centimeters width by 2.2 centimeters height by 29 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

The ultimate in sustainable architecture, containers provide a cheap and resilient building material with a myriad of possible applications. Modular, these self contained units are easy to attach to an existing build, incorporate within larger buildings or even combine together to create a single structure uniquely their own. Traditionally used in maritime and rail transport, these versatile vessels are by nature robust and durable, combining strength with all the benefits of a recycled material.

Container Architecture features some of the most innovative uses of containers in building across sectors and scales including single-family and collective housing, shopping centers, offices, schools, hotels, restaurants, shelters, laboratories and works of ephemeral architecture.