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SHIPPING WORLD
THE HUMBLE SHIPPING CONTAINER

HOME GETS A LUXURIOUS UPGRADE

Shipping containers have been used to create emergency housing,
dorms, breweries, and even a Taco Bell. But rarely do these adaptive reuse projects

look so beautiful that they transcend their humble origins altogether.

The Brazilian architect Marilia Pellegrini has created a shipping container house
composed of two containers next to each other, and it’s downright gorgeous. You’d
never know that there’s corrugated steel underneath this 194-square-foot tiny home,
with its serene white walls made of a quartz, porcelain, and glass
composite.Shipping containers are popular in housing and retail because they’re
cheap to build and generally gentler on the environment than ground-up
construction (they’ve also been criticized for perpetuating an overly
utilitarian approach to housing). Pellegrini’s goal with the house, called Casa
Container, was to show that shipping containers could be used for luxury living. She
drew inspiration from the famous Japanese designer and Muji creative director
Kenya Hara, who espouses a minimalist design approach based on “emptiness,” in
which the user has freedom to decide how to use a space or object.

To that end, Casa Container has stripped-down amenities. One shipping container
acts as the bedroom with an en-suite bathroom, while the other does double duty as
a small kitchen and sitting area. Sliding doors along one side of the house enable it
to open up completely to a patio that’s been planted with bamboo. Furniture
designed by the prolific Japanese studio Nendo creates a clean, uncluttered
aesthetic. The whole place looks immaculate—a stark contrast from the rugged
shipping containers it’s built with.Pellegrini built Casa Container in São Paulo
for Casacor, an annual architecture show in the city.

Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/90390201/

Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/90390201/this-shipping-container-house-is-the-prettiest-weve-ever-seen