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Monday, November 18, 2013
London’s Pop-Up Cargotecture Wahaca Mexican Restaurant
London’s Pop-Up Cargotecture Wahaca Mexican Restaurant sounded so good that we had to try it out for ourselves. Located on the steps of Southbank Center, the restaurant serves spicy Mexican market fare inside eight stacked shipping containers. Guests can dine in the light-filled shipping containers surrounded by specially commissioned art, and even receive their own chili peppers to grow for their own spicy dishes at home.
Shipping Container Project Heads to Vegas Council
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Plans for an office, restaurant and retail development that would be built from shipping containers are headed to a vote by the Las Vegas City Council.
The Container Park project also features a playground and a large sculpture of a praying mantis that would shoot flames from its antennae.
The project is part of a $350 million urban renewal program backed by Tony Hsieh (SHAY), CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos.com.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (bit.ly/NCaoZQ) the project would be located at the intersection of Fremont and Seventh streets. City planning staff had recommended denying the project in part because storefronts would be fenced off from the street.
The city Planning Commission unanimously endorsed the project Tuesday. The proposal goes before the City Council on Sept. 19.
Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Pop-Up Hotels: Rooms With a Fleeting View
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A room at the Sleeping Around hotel in Antwerp.
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POP-UP STORES. Pop-up restaurants. Pop-up lounges. Shouldn’t this fascination with pop-ups — which are by definition ephemeral — have disappeared already?
Hotels offer compelling reasons for the trend to endure. Unlike temporary stores and lounges designed to hawk clothes and cocktails, temporary hotels allow travelers to sleep in unique spaces (boats, tricked-out shipping containers) and forbidden places (public parks, racetracks). The hotels also enable festivalgoers around the world to upgrade from sleeping bags and tents to rooms with beds, rain showers and iPod docking stations.
Just how fleeting these temporary hotels are varies. Many last for no more than a few days in a particular location; others last for months.
Shipping Containers Could Become Cape Breton Cottage
The container cottage will require a change to municipal bylaws
CBC News Posted: Oct 08, 2013 1:16 PM AT Last Updated: Oct 08, 2013 1:16 PM AT
Colleen Lashuk's design for the the container cottage on Mira Bay. A Cape Breton Regional Municipality bylaw needs to be changed before the shipping container cottage can be built.
(http://www.colleenlashuk.com/in-progress/)
A family with roots in Cape Breton is planning to construct an unusual summer home: they're converting bulk shipping containers into a cottage.
Colleen Lashuk, an architect in Montreal, is designing the building. Her husband is from Cape Breton and his parents still live there.
"We want to build a family cottage out of shipping containers and wood on Mira Bay," said Lashuk.
"We've got three that are being used as bedrooms and one is used as the kitchen, one as a bathroom box, another one is a bunkhouse."
But that kind of building is currently illegal in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. There's a bylaw that prohibits using containers for dwellings. But CBRM is now considering changes to the bylaw.
"I thought that we would apply for a variance, you know, because for other projects that I've done in Montreal particularly when a project doesn't quite meet the zoning guidelines you apply for a variance and you know they make an exception to the rule. In fact, what the CBRM choose to do I think is much more forward thinking," said Lashuk.
A public meeting to amend the bylaw will go ahead the week of Oct. 14th.
A top down view of Colleen Lashuk's design for the container cottage on Mira Bay.
(http://www.colleenlashuk.com/in-progress/)
Lashuk is hopefully the project will be approved.
"I think as an architect you're always interested in different ways of doing things and new ways of doing things. I've been eyeing shipping container buildings for a few years now." She said there can be advantages to using containers as well.
"There's a bit of a surplus in North America because we are receiving more manufactured goods than we are shipping out so there tends to be a bit of a collection of shipping containers in North America as opposed to other parts of the world. They are pretty amazing things you know they are watertight, they are made for the sea air, they are made to be very durable and they are these pre-made boxes that you can move into a spot and use as part of a building."
The containers aren't cheap though. A relatively new container can cost almost $4,000, while older containers with a few more kilometers on them cost around $2,000.
Lashuk said she most likely won't save any money by building the cottage with shipping containers.
"I'm not sure you save very much money because in the end you still have to insulate. You still have to finish at least one side of the box, either to have outside siding if you've insulated on the outside or to have dry wall or something on the inside. So there are lots of other operations besides just having the box."
If the municipality changes the bylaw, Lashuk hopes to begin construction of the container cottage in the spring.
A family with roots in Cape Breton is planning to construct an unusual summer home: they're converting bulk shipping containers into a cottage.
Colleen Lashuk, an architect in Montreal, is designing the building. Her husband is from Cape Breton and his parents still live there.
"We want to build a family cottage out of shipping containers and wood on Mira Bay," said Lashuk.
"We've got three that are being used as bedrooms and one is used as the kitchen, one as a bathroom box, another one is a bunkhouse."
But that kind of building is currently illegal in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. There's a bylaw that prohibits using containers for dwellings. But CBRM is now considering changes to the bylaw.
"I thought that we would apply for a variance, you know, because for other projects that I've done in Montreal particularly when a project doesn't quite meet the zoning guidelines you apply for a variance and you know they make an exception to the rule. In fact, what the CBRM choose to do I think is much more forward thinking," said Lashuk.
A public meeting to amend the bylaw will go ahead the week of Oct. 14th.
A top down view of Colleen Lashuk's design for the container cottage on Mira Bay.
(http://www.colleenlashuk.com/in-progress/)
Lashuk is hopefully the project will be approved.
"I think as an architect you're always interested in different ways of doing things and new ways of doing things. I've been eyeing shipping container buildings for a few years now." She said there can be advantages to using containers as well.
"There's a bit of a surplus in North America because we are receiving more manufactured goods than we are shipping out so there tends to be a bit of a collection of shipping containers in North America as opposed to other parts of the world. They are pretty amazing things you know they are watertight, they are made for the sea air, they are made to be very durable and they are these pre-made boxes that you can move into a spot and use as part of a building."
(http://www.colleenlashuk.com/in-progress/)
Lashuk is hopefully the project will be approved.
"I think as an architect you're always interested in different ways of doing things and new ways of doing things. I've been eyeing shipping container buildings for a few years now." She said there can be advantages to using containers as well.
"There's a bit of a surplus in North America because we are receiving more manufactured goods than we are shipping out so there tends to be a bit of a collection of shipping containers in North America as opposed to other parts of the world. They are pretty amazing things you know they are watertight, they are made for the sea air, they are made to be very durable and they are these pre-made boxes that you can move into a spot and use as part of a building."
If the municipality changes the bylaw, Lashuk hopes to begin construction of the container cottage in the spring.
6 Innovative Reuses for Shipping Containers in NYC: Houses, Beer Gardens, Markets, Art Galleries
Image via Inhabitat
Taking a step back, there was once a day where containerization at the ports was the biggest invention since sliced bread. Kate Ascher in The Works: Anatomy of a City calls it “The Container Revolution.” She states, “because the box can be moved easily from train or truck–or from truck or train to ship–without ever distributing the contents inside, its invention eliminated many of the labor costs associated with the repeated handling of maritime goods.”
We often forget about the importance of maritime freight in New York City because activities have been pushed out of Manhattan to Port Newark, Red Hook and the Global Marine Terminal in Bayonne. But containers have also found fun reuses in urban contexts, in addition to being considered for temporary housing in emergency situations.
1. Pier 57
Abandoned for over a decade, the pier was finally re-activated this past summer with shipping containers hosting food, art, and other activities. Behind this transformation is architect Young Woo, who also designed Brooklyn’s DeKalb Market, which was also built out of shipping containers.
2. Shipping Container House in Williamsburg
Photo by Reuben Hernandez, submitted in the East River Ferry/#untappedcities Instagram contest
This shipping container house in Williamsburg is made of 6 containers, purchased at $1500 each, and insulated with NASA ceramic infused paint. We love what the owner has done with the materials, enabling balconies, natural light and patio spaces.
3. Bike and Roll Storage
Bike and Roll has using shipping containers as bike storage all over the city, including on Governors Island and Castle William.
4. SmorgasBar Beer Garden and Pop-Up Shops at South Street Seaport
This multi-level shipping container pop-up containing SmorgasBar and other retailers is part of the Howard Hughes effort to rebrand South Street Seaport after Hurricane Sandy. On tap at SmorgasBar are local beers, plus wine and spirits. It’s open daily until October.
5. Ideas City at World Financial Center
As part of Ideas City this May, this shipping container in front of World Financial Center was filled with thought-provoking art.
6. Dekalb Market (now closed)
Closed in fall 2012 to make way for a Century 21, DeKalb Market was an early example of the possibilities of shipping containers to host retail, food vendors, and events.
Also of note of course is that there are many strictly functional uses for shipping containers in the city too–for storage, maintenance facilities and more.
Keep your eye out!
Shipping Containers Converted to Drive-Through Coffee Stand
October 19, 2013 8:00 pm • 
Liquid Planet in Missoula will soon have a new drive-through coffee kiosk made from these two 9,000-pound shipping containers. Pfiffner Design Build in Bonner positions the containers Thursday afternoon at its shop and will soon have the 320-square-foot containers ready for business.
As work began this month at the site of what will become Liquid Planet Montana’s newest location, company owner Chad Morgan awaited the delivery of a 40-foot steel shipping container salvaged from a shipyard in Seattle. The container, after it’s paired with another 40-foot container, will make up the exterior of the Liquid Planet coffee stand, located just outside the entrance to the Missoula International Airport.
The location will include two drivethrough windows and a third for pedestrians.
Missoula-based Liquid Planet has worked hard, Morgan said, to build a name for itself with its lines of all-natural, organic and sustainable brands of beverages, mugs, coffee and tea products.
Now, Morgan wants to build on that mission while introducing Missoulians to shipping container construction.
“It’s a concept that has been used in lots of other states,” Morgan said. “Even Starbucks has made stores out of shipping containers ... You can stack them any which way you want, you can cut out what you want. It’s efficient and quick, and it’s very, very unique in design.”
The containers are affordable, durable, easy to transport and recycled – all of which creates a sustainable building technique that aligns directly with Liquid Planet’s mission.
“We always work to be as green as we can,” Morgan said.
Morgan knew he wanted to build with containers. Earlier this year he came across a new Missoula business that has big plans to use shipping containers as the base for its buildings.
Mont’ainer, founded by Thom Finch and Patrick Collins, orders containers and then designs shipping container buildings for its customers.
Mont’ainer sold the containers to Morgan. Morgan has hired Pfiffner Design Build LLC to turn the containers into the new Liquid Planet location. A self-described entrepreneur, Collins saw the shipping container construction as an untapped business opportunity.
“This isn’t a new concept, it’s been proven,” he said. “It’s not being utilized at as high of a level in the U.S. as it is in other countries.”
Collins said shipping containers have been used around the world to build everything from multifamily housing units to museums and dorms. The University of Amsterdam created the world’s largest shipping container village with its Keetwonen dorms, made of five layers of stacked of shipping containers.
“They can take that and move it,” Collins said.
Most shipping containers come to America full of products on freight ships from China. It isn’t cost-effective to ship containers back, so they’re discarded, Collins said.
Containers cost roughly $3,000 to $5,000 each. According to Collins, the cost to build a multifamily housing unit using shipping containers would run around $80 to $90 per square foot.
Traditional construction costs run roughly $100 per square foot, he said. The real savings, Collins said, comes in the efficient, simple building process. The main structure of the buildings, made of the sturdy steel of the containers, is already complete. Also, the site work and manufacturing work can be done simultaneously, Collins said.
Both Morgan and Collins noted that containers can be transformed easily to create the desired effect.
The shipping containers used at new Liquid Planet location won’t be heavily disguised.
“We’re designing them purposely to look like shipping containers,” Morgan said. “Then we’ll use other recycled materials outside to dress it up.”
Morgan hopes the new location will be open by mid to late November. Mont’ainer has already received a handful of other orders for containers and is having multiple conversations with entities in Missoula about how container construction can be used here.
Collins’ next goal is to create a large scale manufacturing facility where custom homes, multifamily housing units and other container buildings can be made in after they’re ordered online.
“The biggest piece is proving there is a solid demand for this. We’ve pretty well done that,” Collins said. Morgan hopes Liquid Planet can expand on the shipping container concept as well.
The goal is to use shipping containers as the base material to create easily reproducible blueprints for future stores and kiosks.
“From our end, this is the first test location. We’re going to use that as the model to produce future models we can build in Missoula and then ship anywhere in the country as we grow and franchise,” Morgan said.
Manufacturing work on new Liquid Planet’s building is being done at Pfiffner’s site in East Missoula. Finishing work will be done on site. Liquid Planet is close to finishing its reproducible franchise concept, Morgan said. Building options will include “starship” stores, which are full stores that include a retail space, beverage bar, kitchen and seating areas. Smaller “moonshops” have limited seating and retail space. “Satellites” are smaller drive-up spaces similar to the new location being built in Missoula.
If all goes as planned, all the stores will be manufactured in Missoula using shipping containers and as much local material as possible, Morgan said.
“We have the ability to adapt the designs to any kind of environment. Our goal is to not be cookie-cutter,” Morgan said. “Our goal is to have a cool concept that’s duplicatable but also customizable.”
Liquid Planet in Missoula will soon have a new drive-through coffee kiosk made from these two 9,000-pound shipping containers. Pfiffner Design Build in Bonner positions the containers Thursday afternoon at its shop and will soon have the 320-square-foot containers ready for business.
As work began this month at the site of what will become Liquid Planet Montana’s newest location, company owner Chad Morgan awaited the delivery of a 40-foot steel shipping container salvaged from a shipyard in Seattle. The container, after it’s paired with another 40-foot container, will make up the exterior of the Liquid Planet coffee stand, located just outside the entrance to the Missoula International Airport.
The location will include two drivethrough windows and a third for pedestrians.
Missoula-based Liquid Planet has worked hard, Morgan said, to build a name for itself with its lines of all-natural, organic and sustainable brands of beverages, mugs, coffee and tea products.
Now, Morgan wants to build on that mission while introducing Missoulians to shipping container construction.
“It’s a concept that has been used in lots of other states,” Morgan said. “Even Starbucks has made stores out of shipping containers ... You can stack them any which way you want, you can cut out what you want. It’s efficient and quick, and it’s very, very unique in design.”
The containers are affordable, durable, easy to transport and recycled – all of which creates a sustainable building technique that aligns directly with Liquid Planet’s mission.
“We always work to be as green as we can,” Morgan said.
Morgan knew he wanted to build with containers. Earlier this year he came across a new Missoula business that has big plans to use shipping containers as the base for its buildings.
Mont’ainer, founded by Thom Finch and Patrick Collins, orders containers and then designs shipping container buildings for its customers.
Mont’ainer sold the containers to Morgan. Morgan has hired Pfiffner Design Build LLC to turn the containers into the new Liquid Planet location. A self-described entrepreneur, Collins saw the shipping container construction as an untapped business opportunity.
“This isn’t a new concept, it’s been proven,” he said. “It’s not being utilized at as high of a level in the U.S. as it is in other countries.”
Collins said shipping containers have been used around the world to build everything from multifamily housing units to museums and dorms. The University of Amsterdam created the world’s largest shipping container village with its Keetwonen dorms, made of five layers of stacked of shipping containers.
“They can take that and move it,” Collins said.
Most shipping containers come to America full of products on freight ships from China. It isn’t cost-effective to ship containers back, so they’re discarded, Collins said.
Containers cost roughly $3,000 to $5,000 each. According to Collins, the cost to build a multifamily housing unit using shipping containers would run around $80 to $90 per square foot.
Traditional construction costs run roughly $100 per square foot, he said. The real savings, Collins said, comes in the efficient, simple building process. The main structure of the buildings, made of the sturdy steel of the containers, is already complete. Also, the site work and manufacturing work can be done simultaneously, Collins said.
Both Morgan and Collins noted that containers can be transformed easily to create the desired effect.
The shipping containers used at new Liquid Planet location won’t be heavily disguised.
“We’re designing them purposely to look like shipping containers,” Morgan said. “Then we’ll use other recycled materials outside to dress it up.”
Morgan hopes the new location will be open by mid to late November. Mont’ainer has already received a handful of other orders for containers and is having multiple conversations with entities in Missoula about how container construction can be used here.
Collins’ next goal is to create a large scale manufacturing facility where custom homes, multifamily housing units and other container buildings can be made in after they’re ordered online.
“The biggest piece is proving there is a solid demand for this. We’ve pretty well done that,” Collins said. Morgan hopes Liquid Planet can expand on the shipping container concept as well.
The goal is to use shipping containers as the base material to create easily reproducible blueprints for future stores and kiosks.
“From our end, this is the first test location. We’re going to use that as the model to produce future models we can build in Missoula and then ship anywhere in the country as we grow and franchise,” Morgan said.
Manufacturing work on new Liquid Planet’s building is being done at Pfiffner’s site in East Missoula. Finishing work will be done on site. Liquid Planet is close to finishing its reproducible franchise concept, Morgan said. Building options will include “starship” stores, which are full stores that include a retail space, beverage bar, kitchen and seating areas. Smaller “moonshops” have limited seating and retail space. “Satellites” are smaller drive-up spaces similar to the new location being built in Missoula.
If all goes as planned, all the stores will be manufactured in Missoula using shipping containers and as much local material as possible, Morgan said.
“We have the ability to adapt the designs to any kind of environment. Our goal is to not be cookie-cutter,” Morgan said. “Our goal is to have a cool concept that’s duplicatable but also customizable.”
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