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ZX FLUX Adidas Gallery With the idea of working with a complete module, the designers defined a system of encounters between them, like Lego pieces. The primary unit was a volume of 19.7 × 8.2 × 8.2 feet (6 × 2.5 × 2.5 meters). The task was to establish a link between the four modules—in order to assemble and disassemble them during a limited time—and how these modules, working together, could relate to its urban context. In addition, a number of elements from the brand were displayed inside.

Four moments of the exposition were highlighted in each container. In this way, each independent unit was understood completely by following the entire circuit. In the first level of the artifact, two containers were installed in an “L” shape. Half a module was divided as to contain the other “L”, placed in the opposite way in the second level in order to leave free spaces between the built volumes.

Through the voids formed in between the containers, one could see the beautiful façade of the MAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo of Santiago). So, the way in which the containers were put together and the relation among what was built and the spaces that were left between them revealed the link between the gallery and its urban context. In this way, the artifact was incorporated by its surroundings, becoming a spatial element, with different depths, recognizable by its shape and cavities.

Consequently, this artifact—intended to be there for a limited time—made of boxes that were assembled one on top of the other, attracted passers-by and disrupted their everyday lives with an invitation to explore the space.

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01 / The gallery is located at the intersection of two streets and is an invitation to walk through it 02 / Among the voids of the artifact the building of the MAC appears

The designers were assigned with building a gallery by using four 20-foot-high (6-meter) containers. The idea was to install, during three days, an exhibition in front of an iconic building in the city of Santiago in Chile.

The client gave the designers four prerequisites: • Module: four 20-foot (6-meter) shipping containers.

• Time: temporary duration.

• Program: exhibition.

• Place: dialogue between the new artifact and an iconic building of the city.

Location: Santiago, Chile / Area: 646 square feet (60 square meters) / Completion date: 2014 / Design company: 2712 / asociados / Photography: Francisco Ibañez / Client: Sud Producciones

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ZX FLUX Adidas Gallery With the idea of working with a complete module, the designers defined a system of encounters between them, like Lego pieces. The primary unit was a volume of 19.7 × 8.2 × 8.2 feet (6 × 2.5 × 2.5 meters). The task was to establish a link between the four modules—in order to assemble and disassemble them during a limited time—and how these modules, working together, could relate to its urban context. In addition, a number of elements from the brand were displayed inside.

Four moments of the exposition were highlighted in each container. In this way, each independent unit was understood completely by following the entire circuit. In the first level of the artifact, two containers were installed in an “L” shape. Half a module was divided as to contain the other “L”, placed in the opposite way in the second level in order to leave free spaces between the built volumes.

Through the voids formed in between the containers, one could see the beautiful façade of the MAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo of Santiago). So, the way in which the containers were put together and the relation among what was built and the spaces that were left between them revealed the link between the gallery and its urban context. In this way, the artifact was incorporated by its surroundings, becoming a spatial element, with different depths, recognizable by its shape and cavities.

Consequently, this artifact—intended to be there for a limited time—made of boxes that were assembled one on top of the other, attracted passers-by and disrupted their everyday lives with an invitation to explore the space.

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01 / The gallery is located at the intersection of two streets and is an invitation to walk through it 02 / Among the voids of the artifact the building of the MAC appears

The designers were assigned with building a gallery by using four 20-foot-high (6-meter) containers. The idea was to install, during three days, an exhibition in front of an iconic building in the city of Santiago in Chile.

The client gave the designers four prerequisites: • Module: four 20-foot (6-meter) shipping containers.

• Time: temporary duration.

• Program: exhibition.

• Place: dialogue between the new artifact and an iconic building of the city.

Location: Santiago, Chile / Area: 646 square feet (60 square meters) / Completion date: 2014 / Design company: 2712 / asociados / Photography: Francisco Ibañez / Client: Sud Producciones

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Acting as the main office and reception of the vast logistic center in New Taipei City, the ALP owners wanted to establish a reference design for the workplace in the warehouse setting. The designers utilized the properties of key elements of the logistic center to develop the space. Racking systems, pallets, and shipping containers all have the ability to form multi-level spaces within an area, carrying new products and possibilities.

The designers wanted to create that feeling and showcase the flexibility and potential of the site. With large windows and high ceilings, they were able to add f loor area with stacked shipping container-like structures to create privacy as well as different atmospheres within an open environment. It breaks down the homogenous character of warehouses, such that the container floor becomes the roof and creates intimacy for areas below.

The industrial and modular concept is carried throughout, from the rope screen walls of the large meeting room to the layered pallets serving as the stairs’ platform. The character of the space remains true to the core value of the company and inspires new possibilities and practicality in creating dynamic offices and storages within a logistic center.

Location: Taiwan, China / Area: 3,670 square feet (341 square meters) / Completion date: 2015 / Design company: J.C. Architecture / Photography: Zachary C. Hone / Client: Ally Logistic Property

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Acting as the main office and reception of the vast logistic center in New Taipei City, the ALP owners wanted to establish a reference design for the workplace in the warehouse setting. The designers utilized the properties of key elements of the logistic center to develop the space. Racking systems, pallets, and shipping containers all have the ability to form multi-level spaces within an area, carrying new products and possibilities.

The designers wanted to create that feeling and showcase the flexibility and potential of the site. With large windows and high ceilings, they were able to add f loor area with stacked shipping container-like structures to create privacy as well as different atmospheres within an open environment. It breaks down the homogenous character of warehouses, such that the container floor becomes the roof and creates intimacy for areas below.

The industrial and modular concept is carried throughout, from the rope screen walls of the large meeting room to the layered pallets serving as the stairs’ platform. The character of the space remains true to the core value of the company and inspires new possibilities and practicality in creating dynamic offices and storages within a logistic center.

Location: Taiwan, China / Area: 3,670 square feet (341 square meters) / Completion date: 2015 / Design company: J.C. Architecture / Photography: Zachary C. Hone / Client: Ally Logistic Property

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Container for Urban Living in Indonesia There is a free-f low of space within the home to create greater enjoyment for the occupants, with stairs and ramps leading to every floor, around a large dividing void in the middle of the house. Further to this, the designers created additional space on the roof by using a wooden deck. This roof garden can be used as an extended space to gather family, or for enjoying the fresh air at any time from morning to night.

To stay in the spirit of reused materials, all wooden structures are made of used pine pallet, and metal plates are arranged to form a connection between the container frame and the door. To reduce materials, floors are made from polished concrete, the wood furniture is unfinished, and the brick wall is painted to reduce the use of cement.

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This home consists of four containers, which have been installed overlapping and crosswise. These containers are deliberately functionalized for secondary needs, such as a hobby room, mostly because the area is spatially limited and thermal comfort is still below the average—although the container does include several additional layers on the roof to lower the temperature. This project included installing wire mesh for plant propagation and glass wool in the pine ceiling.

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Location: Cikunir, Bekasi, Indonesia / Area: 1615 square feet (150 square meters) / Completion date: 2014 / Design company: ATELIER RIRI design & architecture / Photography: Teddy Yunantha / Client: Private

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Container for Urban Living in Indonesia There is a free-f low of space within the home to create greater enjoyment for the occupants, with stairs and ramps leading to every floor, around a large dividing void in the middle of the house. Further to this, the designers created additional space on the roof by using a wooden deck. This roof garden can be used as an extended space to gather family, or for enjoying the fresh air at any time from morning to night.

To stay in the spirit of reused materials, all wooden structures are made of used pine pallet, and metal plates are arranged to form a connection between the container frame and the door. To reduce materials, floors are made from polished concrete, the wood furniture is unfinished, and the brick wall is painted to reduce the use of cement.

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This house is located in Bekasi, near Jakarta, an area popular with young married couples with one or two children. Besides basic everyday needs and the desire to have Massing method illustration

family gatherings in a habitable space, the clients also wanted to add a hobby room as an activity area for the family.

This home consists of four containers, which have been installed overlapping and crosswise. These containers are deliberately functionalized for secondary needs, such as a hobby room, mostly because the area is spatially limited and thermal comfort is still below the average—although the container does include several additional layers on the roof to lower the temperature. This project included installing wire mesh for plant propagation and glass wool in the pine ceiling.

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Location: Cikunir, Bekasi, Indonesia / Area: 1615 square feet (150 square meters) / Completion date: 2014 / Design company: ATELIER RIRI design & architecture / Photography: Teddy Yunantha / Client: Private

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KontenerART 2015 Every year, in the beginning of May, the next edition of an experimental project called KontenerART begins. There are small, independent art workshops that can be used by associations, foundations, or individual artists. They receive spaces built with containers and may use it freely until the end of August.

In 2015, it was the seventh edition of KontenerART. The designers from Adam Wiercinski Architekt sought to simplify this space, but instead of designing a few independent pavilions, they decided to make one big building, surrounding the whole area inside. Bar and Cargo Gallery, which has been left at the plot, became an arrangement base. Other containers—with such functions as music workshop, Aktywator office, food, toilets, and warehouses—were adhered to the bar and gallery at a 90-degree angle and then moved between each other so they created U-shaped building. The designers painted only the north and south façades in a bright orange color in order to mark the entrances and make the building stand out in the cityscape. Placing containers at the one side of the plot enlarged the inner space of the “city,” making room for a sandy beach with deck chairs and a big island made of palettes of different heights, which surround the tree in the center.

Placed near the river, there was a terrace and a Bacardi Bar on the roof top, exposing views of the water and the cityscape. The massive container block was completed with light container frames and white shadow sails. Additionally, as KontenerART always gives priority to ecology, solar collectors were placed at the rooftops for use in the music studio, and the green wall supplied the bar and catering with fresh herbs.

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KontenerART 2015 Every year, in the beginning of May, the next edition of an experimental project called KontenerART begins. There are small, independent art workshops that can be used by associations, foundations, or individual artists. They receive spaces built with containers and may use it freely until the end of August.

In 2015, it was the seventh edition of KontenerART. The designers from Adam Wiercinski Architekt sought to simplify this space, but instead of designing a few independent pavilions, they decided to make one big building, surrounding the whole area inside. Bar and Cargo Gallery, which has been left at the plot, became an arrangement base. Other containers—with such functions as music workshop, Aktywator office, food, toilets, and warehouses—were adhered to the bar and gallery at a 90-degree angle and then moved between each other so they created U-shaped building. The designers painted only the north and south façades in a bright orange color in order to mark the entrances and make the building stand out in the cityscape. Placing containers at the one side of the plot enlarged the inner space of the “city,” making room for a sandy beach with deck chairs and a big island made of palettes of different heights, which surround the tree in the center.

Placed near the river, there was a terrace and a Bacardi Bar on the roof top, exposing views of the water and the cityscape. The massive container block was completed with light container frames and white shadow sails. Additionally, as KontenerART always gives priority to ecology, solar collectors were placed at the rooftops for use in the music studio, and the green wall supplied the bar and catering with fresh herbs.

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Modern Container Architecture Aidan Hart Container architecture as one of the sustainable architecture types, has been widely used in many countries. Recycled containers are favorite in architecture industry due to the low cost, environmental protection and other characteristics.

Architects and artists use containers’ unique aesthetic value, create various container stores, art exhibitions, art museums, and houses. In recent years, designers in China pay a close attention to this construction field, and more and

more creative container houses are built in big cities. This book contains many excellent cases about container architecture in three aspects—commercial, public and residential. At the same time, this book also includes abundant plans and exhaustive design guidelines. Show readers the unique charm of modern container architecture.

ISBN 978 1 86470 705 2 Format 300mm x 230mm Binding Casebound with jacket Pages 248 Illustrations Full color In bookstores September 2016

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