Eight used shipping containers were repurposed in the building of this residence, designed by Patrick Partouche, in Lille, France.
The 2,100+-square-foot building features large windows and a gabled roof structure, which I suppose serves as a cooling device, deflecting direct sun from the tops of the upper-level containers.
(Via maison container lille — designboom, which provides floor plans and additional photos. Photo credit: Manuel Djamdjian.)
This 2,500+ square-foot, three-bedroom residence, “designed and built by Progeco Dunkirk and architect Patrick Partouche,” in Lille, France, is constructed from eight decommissioned shipping containers. Source Busyboo Design Blog adds: “All prefabricated units were transported by truck and assembled on site using a crane. Assembly time: Three days!”
(via Shipping Container Home: Red House Lille | Busyboo Design Blog)
Christophe Nogry designed this two-container addition to a residence in Nantes, France. Completed in 2009.
(Via ArchDaily, which features several additional photos by Stephane Chalmeau.)
In CG Architectes‘ ”CrossBox” residence in Brittany, France, two shipping containers (housing bedrooms) cantilever over two containers that function as living and dining areas. Completed in 2009. (via MoCo Loco)
Via unconsumption:
Today’s cargotecture fix:
One hundred shipping containers now serve as studio apartments (each outfitted with a kitchen and washroom) in a student housing enclave in Le Havre, France. Designed by the Paris-based architecture firm Atelier Cattani.
(via Cité A Docks Student Housing by Cattani Architects » Contemporist)
Related: Previous Unconsumption posts about shipping container reuse.
