Contertainer, designed by dpavilion architects of Surabaya – Indonesia, is an amalgam of two words: container and entertainer. From its outer look, at a glance one can see an architectural form made of several brightly painted containers—red, yellow, blue and
OceanScope Observatory by AnL Studio
Korean designers Keehyun Ahn & Minsoo Lee have designed a public observatory called OceanScope in In-cheon made of recycled materials, including old shipping containers.
Platoon Kunsthalle: Seoul’s Modern Shipping Container Art Center
A striking example of shipping container architecture, Platoon Kunsthalle serves as an exciting and inspiring new exhibit hall and art center in Seoul, Korea. Built from standard shipping containers by Graft Lab Architects, the Kunsthalle, provides a gorgeous modern space
Platoon Kunsthalle GwangJu Shipping Container Art Center Stacks Up in Korea
In 2009, Inhabitat brought exciting news of a beautiful new shipping container art center opening up in Seoul, and we’ve just discovered that it has a sister structure in Gwangju that rivals both its cool factor and creative contribution to
Oh Dear. “Shipping Containers to House Prisoners.”
Shipping Containers to House Prisoners. It follows a trial using shipping containers to house inmates at the state’s (South Australia) Cadell Prison. “This is a great outcome for this important project and I was always confident that shipping containers would
The New Jerusalem Shipping Container Children’s Home. Midrand, South Africa.
The New Jerusalem Shipping Container Children’s Home provides residential care for abandoned, abused, traumatised, orphaned or HIV-Positive children and vulnerable youth from 0-18 years. Founded in 2000 by Anna and Phina Mojapelo, the two sisters started the project with just one
The Periscope Project by ENS Projects
First established by Petar Perisic, THE PERISCOPE PROJECT for Art, Architecture, Fellowship and Community Exchange is a multidisciplinary co-op working to establish viable amenities for artists, designers, students, scholars and activists in the form of work, project and common space.
The Wynyard Quarter Shipping Container Kiosk, Auckland, New Zealand.
Stack nine shipping containers on top of each other, add in some cool multimedia interfaces and staff it with helpful, waterfront aficionados and you have the new visitors kiosk in Karanga Plaza, Wynard Wharf on the Auckland Waterfront.