biscuitninja_IHB
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I've recently started doing some side work in desiging a container house. I'm just wondering if anybody here has any experience with it. If so what are you thoughts, ideas?
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Container House!
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bkshopr_IHB
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Since containers are all the same size and the stacking of them vertically and juxstaposition would be an interesting composition. The theory of Cubism and the work of Corbusier and rietveld in 1910 were based on the modular system.
<img src="http://www.reser2008.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/weissenhof_corbusier.jpg" alt="" />
Le Corbusier 1923 inspired many architects like Richard Meier (Getty Museum) and Richard Neutra (Kaufmann House)
<img src="http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/art/faculty/rohn_classes/252_04-05/Self_Quiz/FullSize/pLeCorbusier_VillaSavoye2.jpg" alt="" />
Villa Savoye in France by LeCorbusier in 1918
<img src="http://2modern.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/05/gerrit_rietveld.jpg" alt="" />
Rietveld was an artist of Modernism. His work in 1900 was ahead of his time.
<img src="http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_1128047821_Lovell_Beach_House_02.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/334429996_bec521cc50.jpg?v=0" alt="" />
Lovell Beach House in Newport Beach 1923 by Shindler and Dr. Lovell also commissioned another architect for another house in LA
<img src="http://www.neutra.org/lhh.gif" alt="" />
Richard Neutra's Lovell House in Silverlake
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Falling_Water_01.jpg/766px-Falling_Water_01.jpg" alt="" />
Dr, Kaufmann hired Frank Lloyd Wright for this 1938 masterpiece in Penn. He later hired Richard Neutra to design Trooper's dream house in Palm Springs.
<img src="http://www.christies.com/features/special-sites/kaufmann_house/images/image12_bg.jpg" alt="" />
Trooper's dream home 1946 Kaufmann house in Palm Spring by Neutra
<img src="http://www.coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/kaufmann-house-nuetra1.jpg" alt="" />
I met Julius Schulman years ago and he told me the hills were photographed with a much longer exposure to capture the light behind it while the light inside the house was over exposed so he took another photo of the house and spliced the 2 negatives together as one.
The most outstanding modern architecture were an assembly of simply stacked boxes. The purity and their clean line are time honored style that inspired the infinite variations we see today.
<img src="http://www.reser2008.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/weissenhof_corbusier.jpg" alt="" />
Le Corbusier 1923 inspired many architects like Richard Meier (Getty Museum) and Richard Neutra (Kaufmann House)
<img src="http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/art/faculty/rohn_classes/252_04-05/Self_Quiz/FullSize/pLeCorbusier_VillaSavoye2.jpg" alt="" />
Villa Savoye in France by LeCorbusier in 1918
<img src="http://2modern.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/05/gerrit_rietveld.jpg" alt="" />
Rietveld was an artist of Modernism. His work in 1900 was ahead of his time.
<img src="http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_1128047821_Lovell_Beach_House_02.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/334429996_bec521cc50.jpg?v=0" alt="" />
Lovell Beach House in Newport Beach 1923 by Shindler and Dr. Lovell also commissioned another architect for another house in LA
<img src="http://www.neutra.org/lhh.gif" alt="" />
Richard Neutra's Lovell House in Silverlake
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Falling_Water_01.jpg/766px-Falling_Water_01.jpg" alt="" />
Dr, Kaufmann hired Frank Lloyd Wright for this 1938 masterpiece in Penn. He later hired Richard Neutra to design Trooper's dream house in Palm Springs.
<img src="http://www.christies.com/features/special-sites/kaufmann_house/images/image12_bg.jpg" alt="" />
Trooper's dream home 1946 Kaufmann house in Palm Spring by Neutra
<img src="http://www.coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/kaufmann-house-nuetra1.jpg" alt="" />
I met Julius Schulman years ago and he told me the hills were photographed with a much longer exposure to capture the light behind it while the light inside the house was over exposed so he took another photo of the house and spliced the 2 negatives together as one.
The most outstanding modern architecture were an assembly of simply stacked boxes. The purity and their clean line are time honored style that inspired the infinite variations we see today.
biscuitninja_IHB
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It never occured to me to develop something like the Kaufmann house... I am SSSSoooo glad I developed this thread. I'll post up some rough CAD pictures soon.
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bkshopr_IHB
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Here are the actual applications:
<img src="http://www.instantbuilthouse.com/IBH/IBH-OPENING-5-31-2007.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/204569655/prefabricated_container_house.jpg" alt="" />
Above are bad examples when not articulated
These are the good example when good design is applied
<img src="http://sfgate.com/g/pictures/2006/06/15/ga_pirkl_residence56.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://www.tofslie.com/hey/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/12con01.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/sf/2-11-container1.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://sustainablehabitat.org/images/container-home-2.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://www.instantbuilthouse.com/IBH/IBH-OPENING-5-31-2007.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/204569655/prefabricated_container_house.jpg" alt="" />
Above are bad examples when not articulated
These are the good example when good design is applied
<img src="http://sfgate.com/g/pictures/2006/06/15/ga_pirkl_residence56.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://www.tofslie.com/hey/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/12con01.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/sf/2-11-container1.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://sustainablehabitat.org/images/container-home-2.jpg" alt="" />
bkshopr_IHB
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The bums on the cargo containers were the futurist. They were ahead of our time and lived an eco friendly habitat.
<img src="http://www.railwayshit.com/IndianTrain2.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="http://www.railwayshit.com/IndianTrain2.jpg" alt="" />
Trooper_IHB
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<img src="http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/redneckmansion.jpg" alt="" />
biscuitninja_IHB
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Sweet! That's what I want! 
I think though that the small house in big bear will be more of a modern interperitation of a small cabin. For a good idea, go look at HIVE MODULAR and there small B-Line Series.
for the land in new mexico, i think i'm going to go with 3 units side by side and then adobe over... The steel will only be used for structural purposes. It will be interesting on how we insulate and then let the area breathe.
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I think though that the small house in big bear will be more of a modern interperitation of a small cabin. For a good idea, go look at HIVE MODULAR and there small B-Line Series.
for the land in new mexico, i think i'm going to go with 3 units side by side and then adobe over... The steel will only be used for structural purposes. It will be interesting on how we insulate and then let the area breathe.
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Trooper_IHB
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thx z.
Trooper_IHB
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Oooo, found another cool one.
<a href="http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/02/desert_prefab_latest_from_taliesin_west_students.php">Latest desert pre-fab from students at Taliesin West</a>
<img src="http://www.taliesin.edu/MODFAB1.jpg" alt="" />
<a href="http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/02/desert_prefab_latest_from_taliesin_west_students.php">Latest desert pre-fab from students at Taliesin West</a>
<img src="http://www.taliesin.edu/MODFAB1.jpg" alt="" />
Anonymous_IHB
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[quote author="Trooper" date=1221084874]<img src="http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/redneckmansion.jpg" alt="" /></blockquote>
Moving day for whoever lives in that top gray one, isn't going to be a happy day...
Moving day for whoever lives in that top gray one, isn't going to be a happy day...