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A Shipping Container Home in Thailand : The R2x20 Container Home

A Shipping Container Home in Thailand : The R2x20 Container Home

    A compact, practical shipping container home Thailand built on Bangkok’s fringe.  Just outside the bustle of Bangkok, a modest yet well-considered home shows what’s possible when shipping container architecture meets functional design. Architect Chutayaves Sinthuphan, founder of A Site-Specific Experiment, led the creation of this compact home, known as the R2x20 Container Home Project.

    Built for a local businessman seeking accommodation closer to work, the project uses two 20ft shipping containers. It delivers exactly what the client needed: an efficient, low-cost structure with minimal maintenance and a smart response to Thailand’s tropical climate.Read More »A Shipping Container Home in Thailand : The R2x20 Container Home

    A Shipping Container Home in Krabi, Thailand

    A Shipping Container Home in Krabi, Thailand

      Here is another great example of a resourceful builder using shipping containers as building blocks. The following is the story behind A Shipping Container Home in Krabi. Here’s the transcript: What made you decide to build a container home? We (my wife & I) have a small sandwich shop called Sandwich Market located on Aonang Beach, Krabi, Thailand. When the leasing contract was over, we had to find a new place. So we decided to rent land [that we could] build our home and also a small restaurant in the same place. We ended up with a 1.5 Rai (2,400 Sq mt)… Read More »A Shipping Container Home in Krabi, Thailand