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- [Narrator] From observation buildings
to shopping malls, shipping containers
are popping up all over the world.
Recycling these huge containers can
help save time and money.
While providing inexpensive housing
and other cost effective buildings.
This is Glen.
And today, we are bringing 15
shipping container ideas that
can improve our world.
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Number 15.
- [Glen] Built by urban space
management or container cities,
as they are called.
The Round House Trust had a five
story building constructed for
their administration building.
Which they used to expand their
programs for apprenticeships
and traineeships for young people.
Located in London,
this is made of 72 recycled shipping containers,
was finished in 2015 and has a total space
of 21,500 square feet.
In 2016, the building won the Best New Place
to Work award at the London Planning Awards.
- [Speaker] Number 14.
- [Glen] Opened in Downtown Las Vegas,
this open air shopping center has a three
story container elevator, a 40 foot long
praying Mantis, a three story interactive
playground and the dome, a 360 Degree,
immersive, ultra HD experience.
Showing educational adventures
along with rock and roll visualizations.
Made up of 43 shipping containers,
supplied by the International Port Management Enterprise,
and 41 extreme cubes, Container Park opened
in 2013 and consisted of 39 boutiques,
bars and eateries.
The park is a 56,000 square foot project
that was created, throughout, with
pre-fabricated shipping containers.
- [Speaker] Number 13.
- [Glen] Designed by Lodak in 2017,
Dry Plank Studios is a 72,000 square foot
modular building.
Made of 140 up-cycled shipping containers
that were left unpainted.
Located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The containers were stacked, cut
and combined on site to form the units.
The Crown level is set with residential
in the rear, retail along the side
and a private courtyard for residents
with a pool and planted areas.
The six levels above are occupied
by the residential units.
All open plan studios,
varying in size between
300 and 600 square feet.
The building commons is in line with
the emerging urban community
of it's surrounding neighborhood.
Taking an active role in the renewal,
renaissance, and re-imaging of the city downtown.
- [Speaker] Number 12.
- [Glen] A modular container hotel,
the 220 bed Holiday Inn Express in
Trafford, Manchester is constructed from
purpose built steel containers,
complete with factory finished
interior fixtures, carpet,
wallpaper, ceiling and light fittings
and full height windows.
Which were all installed before
being delivered to site.
Opened in 2017, this 64,000 square foot
hotel has modules stacked on top of each other.
Ensuring fast installation on site.
And each module comes with a section of
corridor and two bedrooms.
After the modules were in place
an external enclosure was applied
using single ply roofing systems
and a pre-finished rain covering.
Maintaining an air tight seal to keep out
the wind, rain and other elements.
This Holiday Inn Express won the Retail
and Leisure Project of the year in 2018
at the Off Site Construction Awards.
- [Speaker] Number 11
- [Glen] Completed in January 2014,
Mill Junction is a low cost and
energy efficient student residence
manufactured using five abandoned
silos and containers.
And to provide additional floor space,
a series of stacked shipping containers
were added to incorporate the 11 story silos.
An 11 story dormitory built by Setic
students, a satellite company of Gica properties.
And five silos were added on the
side and top of 50 year old containers.
Windows have been cut into the facades of
the silos and many of the new units feature
balcony space overlooking the city.
Mill Junction comprises 375 individual
apartments, in addition to a host of
study facilities, libraries,
lounges and computer rooms.
Climbing to a height of 131 feet.
And offering panoramic views across
the surrounding landscape.
- [Speaker] Number 10.
- [Glen] Completed in 2006,
Tempo housing built the largest
removable container campus
for students at that time.
In Amsterdam, which faced a
lack of student housing.
China used a new concept of building
a dedicated production line and
could build up to 40 shipping
container homes per week.
With an area of over 330,000
square feet, this has 1,034 modules.
Including communal areas,
laundry, housing and a cafe.
As of 2018, these are now being
dismantled in two phases.
The first 249 were removed in January
and the remaining will be vacated
by December of 2019.
- [Speaker] Number nine.
- [Glen] Built for Freitag
Messenger Bag Company and completed
in 2006, the Freitag Tower, Located in
Zurich West, is know for being the tallest
shipping container store in the world.
At 85 feet high.
Freitag, which is known for their stylish
and innovative messenger bags, that are made from
old truck tarps, had this built
and it contains the largest selection
of messenger bags in the world.
This multi level store is home to
clothing shops to sports merchandise.
While the roof of the recycled
skyscraper offers a commanding view of the
former industrial quarter.
- [Speaker] Number eight.
- [Glen] Created by art director,
Chang Gil-Hwang, architect Ham Ki-Yun
and space designer Lee Minsoo in a
joint project with Metropolitan City,
Oceanscope is a public observatory
built in South Korea.
Repurposing five shipping containers,
they installed them at angles of
10, 30 and 50 degrees on solid
concrete foundations.
Then stairs and viewing windows
were installed inside.
So, visitors could walk into each
one and get a different view.
This project won the
Red Dot Design Award
for buildings and structures in 2010.
- [Speaker] Number seven.
- [Glen] Common Ground is a trendy
shopping district made of 200 blue
shipping containers and is nestled
in the eastern end of Seoul, South Korea.
The first pop up store built with
shipping containers, it is bursting
with energy and vivacity.
There are food truck areas at the
central square market, with the
first floor specializing in
cosmetics, clothing and accessories.
The second floor contains eye catching
technology products, stationery or creative toys.
The third floor terrace has restaurants while
the rooftop is home to many eateries.
Common Grounds young designer brands were
carefully selected for brand name and product quality.
Though, you are not likely to find any
mainstream brands here.
- [Speaker] Number six.
- [Glen] Urban Space Management
also has three other major projects
they built in the United Kingdom.
Container City One is the first project,
located at Trinity Buoy Wharf in the
London Docklands.
It was built in 2001, was initially three
stories high and provided 12 work or
living apartments.
Later, in 2003, another floor was added,
containing three more apartments.
Container City Two, also built at
the Trinity Buoy Wharf in 2002,
is designed with bright colors
and is used for art studios.
Built next to Container City One,
this has inter-connecting bridges,
is handicap accessible and has a new elevator.
In 2016, they also built the new office building
for the Bristol and Avon group.
Made using 30 recycled shipping containers,
this has three floors, giving the employees
a spacious, stylish, functional headquarters.
- [Speaker] Number five.
- [Glen] Built in 2010, OpenSchool
is a shipping container structure built
over Hakwoon Park pedestrian
walkway in Anyang, Korea.
The strong graphic design of the
new arrangement, with it's bright yellow
and black structure, lettering and deck,
makes it a landmark within the city's urban fabric.
This 2,600 square foot building is used as a
school for photography and is positioned
along the edge of the river to allow it's
visitors and user to be spectators and
actors during the public art program.
The building is a testing ground for
radical container assemblies with
high sculptural potential.
Including bending containers out of their horizontal volume,
floating containers in mid-air to defy their heavy masses.
And shearing the containers at unexpected angles.
- [Speaker] Number four.
- [Glen] The hotel Quadrum is shaped
like a pyramid and built in the beautiful
mountain landscape of Upper Gudauri,
in the Republic of Georgia.
By architect Sandro Ramishvili and Irakli Eristavi.
Built 7,200 feet above sea level,
the minimalistic style boutique hotel
seems to cascade down the mountain scape
while shaping to the local terrain.
On the inside, you will find a long
spiraling staircase, taking you to
the sleeping and living areas that have
luxury bathrooms with jacuzzi bathtubs
and decks with a stunning view of the
surrounding countryside.
The idea behind the project was to safeguard
the environment with environmentally
friendly materials of local production,
while leaving the landscape completely untouched.
- [Speaker] Number three.
- [Glen] Designed by BMW China with
a shipping container concept,
and opening in 2013, at the former
Expo site in Shanghai.
The Mini Brand Experience Center
is the first of it's kind exhibition
center pop-up show room worldwide.
The building is a 52 foot high structure
consisting of a steel frame with three
attached boxes and four different floor
areas with individual themes.
On the ground floor is B Mini,
a Mini welcome used as an open
and spacious greeting area.
On the second floor, is the world of Mini.
Which displays two cars in it's showroom.
While on the third floor, you will find
a lifestyle space called Minify your life.
Finally, on the fourth floor, they have the Mini
united lounge which offers a seating lounge
and bar with a relaxing view of the China Pavilion.
- [Speaker] Number two.
- [Glen] Located by the edge of Moulting Lagoon
on Tasmania's beautiful east coast, the Devil's Corner
Cellar Door and Lookout provides spectacular
views across the lagoon to the hazards of Coles Bay.
This is designed as a loose collection of
timber-clad buildings, forming a modern
interpretation of a traditional form of
rural settlement that gathers over time.
Visitors can visually explore the landscape
within and around the vineyard.
Through the placement of a series of
timber-clad shipping containers and curated framed views.
The three distinct spaces reference different
and unique views of the site, including the sky,
the horizon, and the tower.
Which winds it's way upwards,
providing views to each compass point
before ending in an elevated and spread
out view of the bay.
- [Speaker] Number one.
- [Glen] These two concepts were put together
for the 2015 International Ideas Competition
to try and provide housing for the over
populated Dharavi slum in Mumbai.
And could really be the future of urban development.
Ganti and Associates won first prize with the
Favela container skyscraper.
That was 328 feet high and self supported
by a series of container clusters that were
divided by steel girders every eight stories.
Steel City Container Skyscraper was conceived
by CRG Architects, which won third prize.
Their idea had two towers in the space,
built with overlapping containers,
using a cylindrical shape for the base
that would give it a maximum viewing area
of the surrounding landscape.
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