Container City™
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Devised by Urban Space Management, Container City™ is an innovative modular system that creates affordable accommodation for a range of uses.
Containers are an extremely flexible method of construction, being both modular in shape, extremely strong structurally and readily available. Container Cities offer an alternative solution to traditional space provision. They are ideal for office and workspace, live-work and key-worker housing.
Container Cities do not even have to look like containers! It is a relatively simple matter to completely clad a building externally in a huge variety of materials.
Finally the benefits of Container Cities can truly be seen in short and medium term land use projects. Short-life sites can have Container Cities that simply unbolt and can be relocated or stored when land is required for alternative uses. To date this alternative method of construction has successfully created youth centres, classrooms, office space, artists studios, live / work space, a nursery and retail space.
As seen in the Grand Village at Grand Designs Live 2006
Container Projects:
- Barking Riverside Marketing Suite
- Chelsea Farmers Market
- Container City I
- Container City II
- Container Learn
- Cove Park
- Cuffley School
- Cyril Jackson School
- Fawood Children's Centre
- Mansell Street Community Centre
- Meath Gardens Youth Centre
- Mile End Youth Centre
- Morpeth School Classrooms
- Music Studios
- Pinchin Street Studios
- The Riverside Building
Press Quotes:
Containers can be transformed into stylish modern homes that are expandable, and the space that you get is much the same as in many swanky developments"
Recycling old shipping containers is both a green and affordable solution to Britain's Housing crisis"
Funky, sustainable and cheap"