Container Research presentation notes

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4 Adaptibility and prefab 

Will, Philip, Mein, Moe

Examples of adaptibility.

Container City 1, 2. Mixed use permanent

Lot-ek. Single container, single family home, convertible. 

School in China, People Architecture. Temporary, disassemble. 

Better Shelter, Ikea. Temporary user built first pack units 

Ecotainer bridge, Messer Architecture. 

Souel Design District, student explorations. Curvilinear? 

Keetwonen, Amsterdam. Off-site construction. Units can be moved and reused and further utilize structural efficiency of being next-to. Systematic. Could not use recycled containers because of inconsistency over, 1000 units. 

Prefabrication. 

Cost and scope. 

Labor and schedule.

Quality and Risk.

Is it possible to restate these as they affect the architect? 

The container is a product of prefabrication.

Other prefabricated products in building. 

What kinds of conventional products can be utilized or affect container reuse.

Prefab bathrooms. Fuller. Consider wall mounted WC v floor mounted. Consider where you run building systems.

What effect does this have on the work and responsibility of the architect, the construction industry? 

Hybrid container systems. What are containers good for? What does it not do well? 

What can container parts be is for?

3 specifications and construction 

Bri, Jose, bannon

Sizes. 

Parts.

Material. 

ISO.

Typical types and sizes. 

Container parts. Represent these, or transpose these into architecture terms.

Container history.

Logistics of loading and stacking. 

Shipping process.

Equipment 

Reuse of parts.

2 Material Energy

Adriana, Alex, Scott 

Material. Particularity to the steel specified for the use within the unit. 

Hazardous materials. How to deal with them?

Embodied energy. Container vs. conventional construction.

Upcycled Issues.

General notes. 

Please cite: in line citation, footnote, etc

"According to...." Use footnotes to contextualize information. 

The container is not the most efficient use of the material? To make a compete envelope? 

What is the acceptable first-use lifespan of the container? 

Does anyone use Athena?

What do different envelope types create or produce? 

1 history 

Jars in China 

Amphorae

Barrels 

Sacks

Adapted to human ability to carry and load

Crates

Lift vans, non standard

Adapted to crane.

Malcolm McClean 

Tantlinger patented the corner twist lock for locking and stacking 

Early containers sized to ships, mainly military. Regional standards.

Then ships sized to containers.

Ships. 

We. Liberty and Victory. 

SS Ideal X

Gateway City (retrofitted war ship) had internal cranes. Not necessary at Port. This was not safe.

Atlantic span. First built for Containers and auto shipping. 

1969. Encounter Bay. First to break 1000. Served for 30 years.

Panamax sized to the 106 foot with of the canal. 8 across.

Post panamax and plus. 4000 and more. 

New panamax and triple E. 13000 units.

War and containerization.

George Sharp. Engineer. 

Vietnam has no port. Used barges. Inefficient. Built a port in Cam Rahn Bay. Military used Conex boxes and transporter boxes.

Expansion of Panama canal. Shift to Eastern ports.

Bigger ships. Faster but smaller ships. Better loading technology. 

Lifespan. 

Comparing container lifespan to brick or wood home lifespan is difficult. 

Shipping industry costs. Standardisation created huge increases in efficiency (600 percent). In the 70s England see seven good reduction in Port labor. 

Intermodal weight frequent requirements. 

What effect does load have on container failure. What is done?