Gothenburg stacked shipping containers as instant house/offices
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2015
- Mats Johansson has rehabbed shipping containers in the port of Gothenburg (Sweden) for over 20 years, but in the past decade he’s being hired to turn aging cargo capsules into architecture. He’s created workshops, pop-up bars, and restaurants and soon he will help create student housing from containers, but he calls the creative workspace he helped convert for Absolut Vodka, “something special”.
Four containers, once used to ship vodka, were transformed into a pop-up studio for a 3-day recycling hackathon in Stockholm. Architects Astrid Skog and Charlotte Stuveback designed the interiors to reflect the containers’ industrial origins. Materials are recycled from the Absolut factory: chairs made from packing boxes and ceiling lighting from bottles. Other furnishings are secondhand: a reused cable drum for a table and old chairs dip-dyed to look more “modern”. (They worked in close collaboration with Tweek Interior, a fine carpentry and stylist team led by Åsa Rosén / tweekinterior .
The containers were designed to be easily packed up and rebuilt anywhere else in the world. The walls plywood boxes on the walls are storage space for transit (the cardboard chairs fit perfectly). The provisional kitchen is plumbed with simple plastic containers to ensure it will plug and play anywhere.
The Creative Space was inaugurated in the Gröndal area of Stockholm, a formerly industrial area targeted by the city for future residential use. “They were situated in a parking lot so no one really used it,” explains Stuveback. “It’s also so nice because with the temporary structure you can also change the feeling of an area for a shorter period of time and then you can remove it.
So it was kind of cool to be that in-between structure before it will change from this rough place before it will change and be cleaned up and be totally different in a couple of years.”
Skog and Stuveback had never worked with shipping containers prior to this project, but they were inspired by how easily such an industrial material can look “exclusive”, something that feeds their interest in making these into homes.
“It also helps the creativity that is a bit rough and we didn’t even use luxurious materials, we used wood and metal and some white paint and corrugated paper,” explains Skog who likes how the end result came out feeling less-than-industrial. “It’s a good thing because it also can be used for homes and residential because it means it doesn’t have to be that industrial inside.”
Skog & Stuveback: www.skogstuveback.se/
MCR (Mats' company): www.mcr.se
Creative Space: www.absolut.com/es/creative-sp...
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I really like the creativity in their project, it goes beyond just being a container home/unit/office. There are so many ways to customize a cargo container, which is why the idea resonates with creative people. I just love the idea of having a place that is customized for me, and can easily be added to fit my needs in the future.
Love container builds. The diner looked neat with those stairs.
It would really be cool to build an upper level container home, I agree
They are using Hi-Cube containers which is the smartest choice for building uses they are 9'-6" high overall. If you are considering doing something like this use Hi-Cube containers as you get a very comfortable interior 8' ceiling height.
Containers are not something to approach lightly, they are not a do-all be-all panacea. Depending on where you live, they can have serious condensation issues inside as well as significant heat gain if not properly insulated and finished, you just need to plan and design with them to your climate accordingly just like any other building system. If this was going to be placed somewhere permanently I would consider cladding the exterior in wood to help control the heat gain, use spray-on closed-cell foam insulation inside and add a membrane roof system. The container is just the framework, a basic shell, once its properly clad these can last many many decades.
+KlunkerRider You could also remove the top to increase ceiling height
this was really helpful
If the upper level was utilized, that would make a fantastic house-- with a covered courtyard in the middle. Ahh, I'm going to be dreaming about that all week!
that sounds amazing
+TheDenisedrake Its amazing isnt it?
I got hooked on the idea of it a while ago.
+TheDenisedrake something like this can be done too: /watch?v=0ozdonmtylo
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I always enjoy your videos! Especially this time since you filmed in my country ;-)
Looking great! I love it.
I like your vids for the space saving ideas ,love to use of ply and the pull out small desks
Very good work. All the best.
As always another great video! Thoroughly enjoyed. Maybe this will be the generation that cares for the environment...
This is awesome, it's my dream to get a piece of land one day and make a shop, office, bunker etc out of cargo containers.
Great video i loved it!
Thank you ! That was really interesting. Those ladies definitely have a lot of good ideas. Regarding container houses well they are obviously not a panacea for the world's housing problems, but I feel they can be useful in the right scenarios. In any event I think they work really well for pop up restaurants and the like where they need to be frequently moved from place to place.
One thing I'm interested in is how much additional strengthening needs to be provided once you start cutting holes in the container. On the episode of "Grand Designs" that dealt with a container house, the architect added a huge amount of steel. In fact I was amazed by how much he felt he had to add.
Thanks for that great video. Those container-loader drivers were really skilful.. Great imaginative use of materials. All credit to woman-power!
Thanks for another awesome upload, there is no to get cargo containers to my remote area, so I'll make do with local stone and lumber. I ever get close to a harbor, containers it is.
That cardboard seat is absolutely an amazing idea love that kind of thinking
This is really inspiring. I'm from South Africa and looking into building a container inspiried double story home
very inspiring
This picture is crystal clear, but for some reason I miss the old camera:) Regardless your video content is always awakening.
Very nice. Hallo from Switzerland 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😘😘
Ready Player One style apartments out of shipping containers. I would live there.
In Taiwan, some people also use containers to build stands/little shops with living space inside. but due to its material the containers easily get too warm during the summer and if those people turn on the air conditioner, it would cost a lot. They use containers because they don't have enough money/area to buy/rent/build a house. But I don't know where they got those containers.
Are you saying it gets expensive because they have to turn on the air conditioner?? Heck, everywhere you go in Taiwan everything is air conditioned! When the bus door opens you get a blast of such freezing air you feel like you are about to step into a meat locker!!
Well what I'm saying is that the air conditioner is not getting the space cold easily because of the material of the container. So that would cost time and more money. But the things you mentioned above like the air conditioners in the transportation or other places "tourists would go" are for public use and they got money. So why not?
Taiwan still have some underprivileged minority who can't afford such thing. So they always have to think that whether they should open the AC or not.
HSUEH HAO LU i guess maybe they didn't do insulation properly. I guess if you do a lot of insulation, the containers are actually livable
It works because for most of the time of it's use it's been highly regulated with standards. We could go the other way quickly with the deterioration of quality control everywhere.
We gonna need more fulton rig!
Great video...tks......If I owned that yard of all those containers....I would build for the business people to use and small or large homes for people. I would buy land or a parking lot and rent them out to live in to people passing buy or going to school....
the roller doors are cool.. btw your video stop starts.
These are pretty cool, Although 2000.00 buys a lot of 2x4.
HI can i please asked what type of camera you used to film this? Thanks.
I have that repainted white chairs!
what about temperature control in swedish winters.
Somehow it feels less interesting because it is a very commercial project, but at the same time, it's still nice to see how it was made.
undertakers are also very commercial so I imagine you will try to live forever because dying just isn't 'hip'
How many bodies can a container hold?
you're here in Gothenburg?
Possible to make it a warehouse for storing loads of functioning computers? I just worry the cpu might get High in heat due to being in container
What is the name of that water system? Did you buy it or build it? I would love to get more information on that!
+Michael Jenkins it's a custom built water system with a johnson aqua jet wps pump. works well but you need to take care not to run it dry.
Cool! Is there any way you would be willing to do a tutorial on how to set it up? With a facet and all? I'm sure the video would get a lot of views... considering this simplifies plumbing for people trying to live in tiny houses/ect. PLEASE
The thing is, I don't have access to the stuff anymore. Unless someone is paying for the gear, I'm not really gonna buy an extra setup just to make a tutorial :) It's not that hard at all to assemble actually.
i feel it
I love the idea, but I feel sad of the 8-11 years before getting rusty!
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All I can think of when it come to the using of cardboard.... Cockroaches love them. As well of a few rodents.
+Melinda C Not in Sweden they don't!
plathhs ?!?
so true, better to compose the cardboard, at least you can sell high quality soil!
this is a quite old idea.but it is still good.now the containers cost alot more though
This would help homeless people. They could buy them with no money down and pay what they can when they can plus sweat equity if that's possible. Government needs to address the homeless problem with real solutions.
Solution number one shutdown all financail help programs
Innovation in back, after decades of most colleges suppressing it!
Containers are bad choice for home - just make wood framed tiny house -costs about the same, doesn`t look like urban trash and have better thermal properties and have more flexibilty of space. In many cases, ppl buy brand new containers, contributing to all kinds of negative environmental impacts.
+Reinis Miks The economics and eco-friendliness of re-using shipping containers is not as obvious as it may seem.
Due to the massive import/export disparity between Asia and Western countries, a _lot_ of shipping containers are building up in Western countries. Lots more stuff shipping FROM Asia (where these are manufactured) and nowhere near as much shipping back TO Asia. Many of these will go to waste otherwise. It's not economically viable to ship empty containers back to Asia for re-use.
There is no wood-framed structure that is anywhere near as strong as these are, or that can be mounted on just 4 stilts with this kind of strength. These containers can be used in ways such as on stilts, and cantilevered, to make building on otherwise unbuildable sites.
People (individuals) do not actually buy 'brand new' containers. "New" containers people can buy are actually used once (in the trip over from Asia with their initial cargo). They are advertised as new, but are actually used (generally once). See also my first point above about the import/export disparity as to why this is economically viable.
Yes, a wood-framed house will have better thermal properties than a non-adapted shipping container. Nobody is suggesting you don't put in insulation in these. You have to insulate wooden structures, too.
Whether a container-adapted structure looks like 'trash' depends entirely one how it is used, and what each individual's personal tastes are. There's no such thing as something that looks good to everyone, despite what you seem to think. I personally love the look of the containers, as-is. They come in many colors, which can make for a striking structure when coordinated well.
+IAN MANSELL Living in earthquake country I see them as being a good solid structure or an anchor for a larger structure.
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Well, insulating steel container is problematic - there will be lot of condensation and only styrofoam blown-in insulation in that case would be suitable, which is costly and not very eco and health friendly.
Also, in most parts of the world wood frame is strong enough.
That said, I understand, there are benefits of using containers, just wanted to create some discussion.
+Reinis Miks I'm really feeling like living in a container is not the way to go. But this video inspired me to do something commercial with them. A Cafe that moved to different locations on a truck would be amazing. If you did it right consumers would eat that up! But as far as living I think I'm going to go the Yurt route.
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Totally aagree - good luck with yurt
Like for any other ideas I'm expecting problems with laws & codings. Mainly to avoid people going DIY or finding cheap accommodation.
+Guillermo Gonzalez Same problem with tiny houses, it is hard to get the local government to permit non National Building Code Book buildings. You can live on the street but try to put up a Shelter and they come after you for building code violations.
No Insulation, No Fans, No AC, NO WAY!!! making a living space out of something that was meant for storage has just as many costly drawbacks as it does benefits. You may as well start from scratch. A house will last for more then 8-10 years so were is the long term cost savings? I'd like to hear how they feel after trying to sleep or work inside one during a hard rain without building a roof for it. You can buy a good used mobile home with more benefits then what a freight container offers at the same price and fix it up a lot cheaper.
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looks pritty much like the worst rippoff
the iron value of a 20meterone is around 500€
its just a frame and the cost of labor alone makes it profitable and a value for the buyer.
+Dale Winston some people are just idiots. They think everything should be priced at raw mterials cost. If you want to live like that go live in the stone age.
+axel schweiß Your home is a ripoff too then. Most homes raw material + land value is around 50k euro, why do they cost over 100k euro to buy then?
The value of the chemical elements that make up your body is about $160. The value of your tissues and organs is about $45,000,000. Processing and assembly can add a lot of value.
it takes them 7 years to build a traditional home? did I hear that right? why? it only takes 8 months here in the states.
+fireraisr design, planning, permissions, appeals of the permissions etc. Varies greatly bu the location and attidue of neighbours (see appeal, re-appeal....)
Actual building it is quick, which is why the lot might sit empty for years while the bureaucracy grinds - in which time it could be used for temporary structures, like containers.
+fireraisr Yes, a lot of bureaucracy. But he was talking about building in Stockholm.
8 months is probably what i takes for a house to be built outside the big cities.
+fireraisr not 7 years but I can tell you why... because lots of people cry when a tornado daddy or hurricane mommy appears and everything goes to the f**** because of 4 shit pieces of wood together.
Why the hell would there be tornadoes or hurricanes in Sweden?
fireraisr, But the container housing is already made, Just add plumbing and connecting the electricity. And it is done ! it is so strong that you don't have to worry about the hurricanes for next 20 years ! So why build the stick house for 8 months ?
German girls......swingggg
Neat idea but not for me. I would be afraid of someone locking me in then shipping me to Timbuktu
you can't ship that on a ship or train useless tin box after you cut it
There are approximately 15 million used shipping containers today in the world. Do you think the spoiled Americans would think of using some of the containers to make instant housing after the Hurricanes Harvey and Irma ?
what about the spoiled asians, do you think they will be smarter than the spoilt americans and maybe stop breeding more humans into the world after natural disaster upon natural disaster comes and kills their children or make them homeless time and again?
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Cool.... repurposing.
luv your vids..but this is not new!!!!!!!
Where are the offices? All I see are containers, with little to no use except pretentious and probably very expensive salads bar (for extremely rich people willing to spend 30 euros for a salad) and a kitchen with zero commercial use.
Homes for the migrants.. :)