Inhabitat and Archdaily are showing a temporary kindergarten made from three shipping containers, designed by Slovenian architect Jure Kotnik. They are odd looking containers, with unusual siding and there is something about those corner castings, the solid steel blocks that containers are picked up by. And where are the doors on the ends? What’s going on here?
Shipping containers usually show a separation between the casting and the corner posts; they are usually different size materials. And the siding, it is usually corrugated steel, which gives the shipping container its strength. Then, looking at the architects portfolio, I noticed that he designed a weekend house made of two “shipping containers” that looked almost identical in the details.
Source: Treehugger
By Lloyd Alter, Toronto