The Shipping Container Building

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Pictures on April 28, 2008 at 11:29 am


Remember the post on the Shipping Container House in Wellington, New Zealand? Well, Neatorama reader Marten told us about entire buildings built from shiping containers in the Netherlands.

A little search brought me to Keetwonen, a student housing project in Amsterdam by a company called TempoHousing:

Keetwonen, a student housing project in Amsterdam, turns shipping containers into 1000 units and provides all the amenities a student could ever want. And aside from the obvious green usage of surplus shipping containers, Keetwonen has integrated a rooftop to accommodate efficient rainwater drainage while providing heat dispersal and insulation for the containers beneath. [...]

Containers are home to not only the 1000 units that each have a private balcony, but a cafe, supermarket, office space, and even a sports area. Units are arranged in “blocks,” each block containing a service unit with centralized electricity, internet, and networking systems.

Link – Thanks Marten!


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12 comments to "The Shipping Container Building"

  1. Mark
    April 28th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Also check out the Freitag store in Zurich, Switzerland. made completely out of shipping containers

    http://www.freitag.ch/shop/FREITAG/storelocator.jsf

  2. Sofar
    April 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Doesn't look very earthquake resistant. Also, where's the architecture?

  3. CheeseDuck
    April 28th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    Reminds me of Tetris.

  4. E
    April 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Looks cool to me. They're reusing material so it's environmentally friendly. Pretty hip. Wonder what it's like inside them though.

  5. Katsoulis
    April 28th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    I'll bet it's echoey inside and bit chilly.

  6. Alannah
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    I wish we could have had some pictures of the inside. The idea of a dorm with a balcony is awesome.

  7. K!P
    April 29th, 2008 at 2:07 am

    @sofar:

    in the Netherlands we don't "do" earthquakes. :) , but as each house would be an metal stack 5 high shipping container i think it's a step up from drywall.

  8. Shay
    April 29th, 2008 at 4:54 am

    I can understand the initial appeal of wanting to live in some hobo-opolis but once the novelty wears thin and the romance is all but gone you'll be pining for a 3500 sq ft beige box with central heating in a subdivision .

  9. nixonmatt
    April 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Stairs?? Elevator? hmmmmmmmmm.

  10. RayL
    May 10th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    There's a movie from Finland about a community of people living in shipping containers -- Man Without a Past.

  11. Mike Ace
    May 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    You may be interested in the Ace modular building units which can be used as a standalone unit or component of a larger structure. It is compact for transportation and storage, easily assembled/dissassembled with hand tools on site, and can be configured (both interior space and exterior windows/doors) for many applications. Go to http://www.aceamericas.com

  12. Mathijs
    June 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 am

    Many pictures and designs of Tempohousing can be found at http://www.tempohousing.com (also video's available).


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