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Before - standard shipping container

After - fantastic contemporary home

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It's great for our work
Tony Matters, Managing Director, Heterarchy

What

An innovative solution to building on what are known as 'infill' plots - small pieces of land that are often found in between larger development sites, that are generally considered to be unusable. The solution - a standard shipping container, sunk into the ground, to form a compact vertical tower. Projections are formed from the basic shell to create additional usable space. The structure is super insulated and is a low cost way of getting onto the property ladder.

Who for

Design competition set by the NRW Forum in Dusseldorf.

Biggest challenge

Creating enough space to live in a tiny footprint of 2.4m x 2.4m.

The best bit

Two things - the idea to 'stick' it in the ground and create a vertical tower, and the cantilevered projections which look great and provide just enough additional space to make the design work.

More info

This design was selected from over 200 to be constructed at a scale of 1:5 and exhibited at the NRW Forum in Dusseldorf, from June 6th 2011. For more information visit their website >

Contain Yourself

Container house design

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The Contain Yourself has been published in the book Container Architecture, click here for more information >

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