Container Atlas editor picks top five shipping-container architecture projects

Container Atlas brings together examples of shipping-container architecture from around the world. Here, one of the book's editors picks his top five projects from the book's latest edition.

Han Slawik is the co-editor of Container Atlas – A Practical Guide to Container Architecture, along with Julia Bergmann, Matthias Buchmeier, Sonja Tinney, and by Lukas Feireiss and Robert Klanten for Gestalten.

A decade on since the first Container Atlas was published, the new and extended edition features 20 more handpicked examples of shipping-container architecture.

Along with floor plans, sketches and photos illustrate the whole range of buildings that have been created from shipping containers, from community centres to luxury homes, restaurants to retail spaces. The book also presents a comprehensive history of the origins and evolution of container architecture.

An engineer, architect and professor, Slawik has been an expert in shipping container architecture for decades.

Read on for Slawik's editor's picks:

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Photo by Kyungsub Shin, from page 166 of Container Atlas, Gestalten 2020

Common Ground, Seoul, by Urbantainer and Office 53427

"This modern indoor market hall with an open market street is situated in a central location but inside a heterogeneous urban environment.

"The cubic capacity made of fitted freight containers was created quite fast and in a cost effective way. If required it can easily be dismantled.

"To me, this unit can seem slightly rigid. However, functionally and spatially it is consistent in container architecture. The ensemble is extremely popular with visitors because the inside and outside can be enjoyed alike, and the building fosters communication.

"These buildings also reflect the image of freight containers: internationality, standardisation, multi-functionality, and the transport of goods."

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Photo by Tinney Kleusberg, from page 69 of Container Atlas, Gestalten 2020

Campus, the Netherlands, by Han Slawik for Architech

"This is my favourite project from the new edition of the Container Atlas, because it is the first container building made of steel.

"For the international architecture competition on 'temporary living' in 1986, Architech realised the first steel container buildings that were made of ISO freight containers. These unified the three important adjectives of container architecture of being mountable, demountable and remountable.

"The pitch is seen as the pioneering project of container architecture in Europe. During the pitching phase, the architecture studio experimented with construction and space. These first container buildings made of steel also served as the laboratory during the planning and construction phases.

"At the time, my studio Architech was still a rather small creative studio that was acting in an experimental manner. "

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Photo by Johannes Grimme, from page 242 of Container Atlas, Gestalten 2020

Containerwerkstatt, Germany, by Grimme Architektur & Möbelwerkstätten

"This project is made of reused 12-metre-long containers.

"For this office building that can also house workshops, a simple interior fitting system was employed stating a container specific aura – puristic, minimised, reduced and therefore very cost-effective.

"Bridge fittings in the corners of the containers allow for quick and easy changes of the container configuration."

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Image courtesy of James Whitaker

Joshua Tree Residence, unbuilt, by James Whitaker

"The Joshua Tree Residence  is one of the most exciting projects currently seen in container architecture in my point of view.

"The elaborate supporting structure is varying widely from the normal load of freight containers. The inside allows for different views in all directions and promises an extraordinary spatial experience – inside and outside. The contrast between nature and the building at this container project strengthens this effect.

"I hope that this project is going to be realised!"

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Photo by Dave Southwood, from page 222 of Container Atlas, Gestalten 2020

Drivelines, South Africa, by LOT-EK

"These two connected super blocks in the city centre consist of recycled freight containers. They house compact unconventional apartments and some shops.

"The space in-between those invites for meetings and further development opportunities. From some angles, the facade could seem to serve merely decorative purposes. However, the facade can be very clearly seen, also from a distance."

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Nynke Tynagel splits from Studio Job to start own graphics studio

Graphic designer Nynke Tynagel has launched her own practice after working alongside Job Smeets as joint owner of art and design collective Studio Job for over 20 years.

Tynagel co-founded Studio Job with Smeets – who she was formerly in a relationship with – in 1998.

She has now left the company and announced today she is launching an independent graphics studio under her own name – Nynke Tynagel.

After creating Studio Job's signature graphics for more than two decades, Tynagel has now applied her signature aesthetic to her latest project for her own studio, titled Summer Disaster.

The series of playful graphics depicting "summer bloopers" were created for Dutch variety store-chain Hema.

Cartoon animations of stinging jellyfish and melting ice lollies are printed across products such as t-shirts, flip flops and beach balls.

Born in the Netherlands, Tynagel studied graphic art at the Dutch institute Design Academy Eindhoven and became joint owner of Studio Job after graduating. Tynagel is currently based in Amsterdam.

Her bold work has been applied across a variety of mediums, including stained-glass, ceramics, textiles and marquetry.

Tynagel recently created her "boldest graphics yet" for Italian brand Seletti in a project titled Blow, which comprises a series of vibrant neon signs in the form of open mouths and roses.

Many examples of her style can be found in Studio Job's headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium, which it opened in August 2018 after moving from the Netherlands to escape "the suffocating Dutch design scene".

The building serves as both a studio and a private home for Smeets, featuring spaghetti-print bed sheets and neon wall art set against backdrops of stripped-back concrete or paint-splattered walls.

A gallery space at the centre of the studio displays some of the former duo's works, including the bronze Pussy Cats sculptures made for Carpenters Workshop Gallery and a trompe l'oeil punching bag called Pump My Wall designed for Italian brand Gufram.

Tynagel is not the only designer to split from their former studio to pursue their own endeavours. Graphic designer Jessica Walsh started her own company in July 2019 after almost a decade of working with Stefan Sagmeister at Sagmeister & Walsh.

Apple's chief design officer Jony Ive also announced his departure from the company in late 2019 to start an independent design company called LoveFrom.

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A/D/O creative space closes permanently due to pandemic

Car brand MINI is closing A/D/O, its creative hub in Brooklyn, due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

A/D/O said that MINI will not renew investment "given the current climate of uncertainty resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic" in a statement released today.

Its rentable studios The Workspace, The Shop and the open space for casual working, exhibitions and events, will be shut by 31 May.

"A/D/O was launched by MINI to empower the design community to explore creative solutions to improve urban life and it has always been a communal effort," said A/D/O managing director Nate Pinsley.

"We are profoundly grateful to our Greenpoint neighbours, the international creative community and our Brooklyn-based team and partners who made this unusual endeavour into something truly unique."

URBAN-X by MINI accelerator to continue virtually

The Rule of Thirds restaurant by Sunday Hospitality Group, which opened last month in place of the initial Norman eatery, will continue to operate separately.

The car brand will also continue with URBAN-X by MINI, its accelerator for startups focused on city life. It said the initiative will continue to function virtually during the pandemic and later find a new physical space.

Established in an old warehouse 2017, following a conversion designed by New York studio nArchitects, A/D/O was intended as a space for designers and the public to congregate and share ideas.

A/D/O hosted design exhibits and talks

Over the past three years it held a series of design-focused talks, including the Spirit of the City series with Dezeen, and small-scale exhibitions, such as a temporary clay-extruding factory designed by London studio Assemble.

It also presented a pavilion as part of the city's annual design festival NYCxDesign festival, with projects such as Studio INI's morphing canopy and United Visual Artists gold-mirrored columns.

"Although we've made the difficult decision to close our doors, we're confident the idea which has permeated everything we've done – the belief that good design can change the world – will continue to inspire everyone who has been a part of our journey," Pinsley added.

Museums, events and shows are shut, cancelled or postponed

The coronavirus pandemic has caused lockdown restrictions in countries across the globe and an economic downturn that has been likened to the 2008 financial crash.

Across the world, museums have been shut and events and shows have either been cancelled or postponed due to the crisis further stifling activity. These include Salone del Mobile and the Venice Architecture Biennale, which are considered the design and architecture industry's biggest events.

A number of creative businesses are at risk and fear they could go out of business as the economy slows down. The American Insitute of Architects recently asked for improved aid, including loans and tax breaks, to help architecture firms in the US.

Photograph is courtesy of A/D/O.

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Gears and Dials Rendered in Intricate Drawings of Gem-Encrusted Insects by Steeven Salvat

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French artist Steeven Salvat (previously) cloaks his beetles and butterflies in an elaborate armor of rotational gears, jewel-toned gems, and muted stained glass. He tells Colossal that the heavily adorned insects merge his passion for nature, history, and science. They’re an “an ode to exceptional craftsmanship and luxury houses. I want to showcase a full range of beetles species wearing some highly detailed goldsmith work, gemstones, mechanical gears, and luxury watch dials—in the style of entomologists’ studies,” Salvat says.

The artist soaks each piece of his 300 gsm watercolor paper in black tea before rendering his ornate pieces with a combination of watercolor, China ink, and white ink. “The smallest piece took me more than 30 hours of work, painting and drawing thousands of black lines with 0.13 millimeter Rotring pen,” he writes.

Salvat has two more insects currently in the works and plans to exhibit a few at DESSIN 2020. Follow the ongoing series on his Instagram, where he also shows progress shots and deeper insight into his process. Check out his available prints in his shop.

 

 

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Fritz Hansen rereleases Vico Duo chair by Vico Magistretti

VDF products fair: design brand Fritz Hansen has reissued its stacking Vico Duo chair to celebrate 100 years since the birth of its designer Vico Magistretti.

The Vico Duo anniversary edition introduces pads to the armrests for comfort and a black powder-coated base, which is intended to offer a more contemporary finish.

The chair was designed by the late Italian designer and architect Magistretti in 1997 and is celebrated for its deliberately simple, stackable form.

One of the chair's most distinctive characteristics is its backward armrests, which are detached from the backrest and made from the same single piece of steel as the chair's rear legs.

"This chair was, from the beginning, a true collaboration between Fritz Hansen and Vico Magistretti," said Christian Andresen, Fritz Hansen's head of design.

"By 1997, Magistretti was confident and relaxed in his practice and career. The design has a kind of simple ease and strength that reflects that."

To mark the rerelease of the chair, Virtual Design Festival teamed up with Fritz Hansen to host a talk between Andresen and Dezeen's founder Marcus Fairs about the legacy of Magistretti. You can watch the conversation below.

Product: Vico Duo
Brand: Fritz Hansen
Designer: Vico Magistretti

Video: 100 years of Vico Magistretti

About VDF products fair: the VDF products fair offers an affordable launchpad for new products during Virtual Design Festival. For more details email vdf@dezeen.com.

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