1、shipping container studio by daiken-met architects, gifu, japanimage shinkenchiku-shajapanese practice daiken-met architects have designed and completed sugoroku office, their personal studio in gifu, japan. a three storey mobile framework supports stacked shipping containers, forming the work areas
2、 and future living spaces on the penthouse floor. this building represents a model solution for those interested in surpassing the difficulty involved with making rental contracts for small scale structures in their city as well as responding to the local dilemmas of decreasing population and increa
3、sing vacant land.the firm obtained a short-term contract by proposing a temporary structure which does not require construction below street level. the steel structural grid may be easily assembled and serves to reduce loads on the containers from the weight of its shell, furniture and users. upon c
4、ompletion of the lease, the structure may be disassembled andreconstructed elsewhere. a casing pipe joint in the middle of columns enable and simplify this process. storage systemswere formed with used plywood or packing bands found on construction sites.ground level entryimage shinkenchiku-shaside
5、elevation with ground level entry and stair to first floorimage shinkenchiku-shaground floor studio spaceimage shinkenchiku-shafirst floor kitchenimage shinkenchiku-shaview from surrounding contextimage shinkenchiku-shaview from across the streetimage shinkenchiku-shaduring constructionsectionaxonometric of structural frameproject info:location: gifu, japandesign: daiken met, nawakenji-muse: office, housingtotal floor area: 111 m2completed: 2011
