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11 Tips You Need To Know Before Building A Shipping Container Home

by 추산봉 2015. 5. 20.

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지속 가능한 디자인의 하나의 분야로 컨테이너를 재활용하는 분야가 관심을 끌고 있다. 이를 이용하여 단순한 공간과 함께 연결을 하거나 쌓아 올려 커다란 공간을 만들기도 한다. 그러나 이를 제대로 된 주거로 만드는 과정은 쉬운 것 만은 아니다. 이들을 제대로 활용하기 위하여 전 세계 23명의 조언을 구하였으며, 이들이 이야기 하는 팁을 다음과 같다.

1. 컨테이너를 살 경우 꼭 물건을 확인하라.

2. 한 번만 사용한 컨테이너를 구입하라. 조금 비용이 더 들더라도.

3. 지역적 특성에 대한 고려가 필수적이다. 품질, 기후, 그리고 법규 등

4. 모든 것을 한 번에 처리할 수 있는 시공자를 선택하라.

5. 컨테이너 시장을 잘 이해하여야 한다.

6. 컨테이너의 구조를 잘 이해하여야 한다.

7. 비용을 엄청나게 줄일 수 있다는 기대를 버려라.

8. 용접을 최소화 하여라

9. 단열 방식을 이해하여야 한다.

10. 배관 문제를 사전에 계획하여라

11. 바람에 대비하는 전략을 갖고 있어야 한다.

 

http://www.archdaily.com/625449/11-tips-you-need-to-know-before-building-a-shipping-container-home/

 

11 Tips You Need To Know Before Building A Shipping Container Home

 

PV14 House / M Gooden Design. Image © Wade Griffith

One of the more niche trends in sustainable design of the past few years has been the re-use of shipping containers in order to create the structure of a building. Due to their convenient size, shipping containers are well-suited for use in houses and their appeal lies in their apparent simplicity: you get a room delivered in one piece, and you can stack them together to make multiple rooms or join them up to make larger rooms.

But of course, things are never so simple, and using shipping containers to make a house is still fraught with challenges – particularly as the idea is still relatively new, so there are few people with the expertise required to build one without a hitch. That’s why the folks over at Container Home Plans reached out to 23 experts from around the world - designers and owners who have overcome the challenges to build their own container houses – to ask them what they wish they’d known before taking on this challenge. Check out their 11 top tips after the break.

Containers of Hope / Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture. Image © Andres Garcia Lachner

1. Make Sure You See The Containers You’re Buying

“The one thing that I wished I had not done was buy my containers without seeing them - I took the company’s word that they would be in good shape. They were beat all to heck.”

- Larry Wade, seacontainercabin

2. Or, Spend A Little Extra on A one-Trip Container

“I wish I had known that it doesn’t cost that much more for a one-Trip container and they are like brand new.”

 - Larry Wade, seacontainercabin

House / Studio H:T. Image © Braden Gunem

3. Read Up on Your Local Rules

“Every country has its own sets of rules and standards. This means a container house in US does not look like a container house in Denmark. That is something most people do not think about. The container is a generic product, but climate, fire regulations etc are not…”

- Mads Møller from Aarcgency, designer of the WFH House

4. Find A Contractor That Can Do It All

“The one thing we would have done differently would have been to find one contractor to help the whole process versus having one for getting and modifying the containers, and another to finish out the interior.”

- Kam Kasravi and Connie Dewitt, owners of the Sea Container Home by Modulus

Manifesto House / James & Mau, for Infiniski. Image © Antonio Corcuera

5. Know Your Shipping Container Market

“I wish I knew that there were containers that are taller than 8 foot.”

- Mark Wellen, Rhotenberry Wellen Architects

6. Understand The Shipping Container’s Structure

“I think understanding how the structural integrity of them works is very important- i.e. the two long walls are both load bearing and bracing so if you were to cut a hole in one it needs to be compensated.”

- Dan Sparks, G-Pod

Incubo House / María José Trejos. Image © Sergio Pucci

7. Don’t Expect To Make A Huge Saving

“What I wish I had known is that building a house from shipping containers cost me a similar amount as a stick built house.”

- Robyn Volker, owner of the North Branch Container House by Tim Steele

8. Minimize The Required Welding

“Welding takes a long time and is expensive, so try to keep it to a minimum.”

- Brad Tomecek, Tomecek Studio (formerly Studio H:T), designers of the Nederland Colorado Shipping Container Home

WFH House / Arcgency. Image © Jens Markus Lindhe

9. Know How To Insulate

“I wish I knew how to insulate the shipping container, we ended up soldering elements on the walls and then sprayed them with a foam anti-fire insulation.”

- Arnold Aarssen, Studio ArTe

“We wish we’d known in cold countries above all, you need to ensure you have proper insulation to protect against condensation.”

James & Mau, designers of the Manifesto House

10. Plan Ahead For Plumbing

“One thing that would have made a big difference would have been to have all of the plumbing chases cut out of the container floors and ceilings to easily run pipe once they were stacked.”

- Kelly Davies, Travis Price Architects

11. Have A Strategy To Cope With Wind

“We did not expect so much wind in the site and are now having to screen off the wind with vegetation as the container makes a bit of noise when there are large gusts of wind.”

- the Peralta family, owners of Containers of Hope designed by Benjamin Garcia Saxe

Make sure to check out the full post on Container Home Plans for more advice and ideas from 23 experienced designers and owners of shipping container homes.

 

PV14 House / M Gooden Design

© Wade Griffith

 

Architects: M Gooden Design
Location: , TX, USA
Area: 3700.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Wade Griffith, Kurt Griesbach

Structural Engineer: AG&E Structural Engenuity
Mep Engineer: Blum Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Herman Darden

 

 

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