Consolidation of stacked containers Construction of a two story dwelling

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-02-22

This two-storey family home built from shipping containers is located in the southern part of the Greater Bay Area. The goal is to settle a comfortable home with as few resources as possible, blending in with the surrounding nature. The plan calls for the construction of three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a toilet, a living room, a kitchen, and a space with a barbecue, garage, and laundry. For this purpose, these containers are used and are an important part of the project.

The entire project lasted five months, and finally completed a covered area of 210 square meters and a semi-covered area of 70 square meters. On the ground floor, these spaces are all addressed with three 40-foot shipping containers; Two are fully paired, one splits in half, accommodating space such as a kitchen on one side. A circular spine runs through the house from beginning to end. Form a semi-covered garage and barbecue space.

The private living area is located upstairs and consists of four shipping containers. Consists of the main house, bathroom and dressing room. The space is created in a way that works on the modules, and the remaining two containers are used for the children's bedroom, the shared bathroom, and the play area.

A reasonable structural system should be selected for the structure of the container composite house to ensure the strength and stiffness in the process of use, transportation and installation; Structural connections and node construction should be easy to install. Container house is a fashionable and trendy building system, it is green, time-saving, very flexible, can be moved to various places anytime and anywhere, compared with traditional housing can provide more choices for households.

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