Comments on: Thinking Outside The Container http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:32:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: 18k white gold wedding bands http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 18k white gold wedding bands Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:02:59 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-2188 <strong> ...</strong> Thanks! it's useful to me!... …

Thanks! it’s useful to me!…

]]> By: Yetta Henneberger http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-2154 Yetta Henneberger Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:14:57 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-2154 Ha, that? Truly a Genuinely good suggestion. Many thanks so much for this! Ha, that? Truly a Genuinely good suggestion. Many thanks so much for this!

]]> By: Pete http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Pete Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:31:49 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-2130 Should also add that we live in rural new South Wales, Australia Should also add that we live in rural new South Wales, Australia

]]> By: Pete http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 Pete Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:31:00 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-2129 I'm so impressed with the whole concept that we (my wife & I) are building a 45 square home out of 17 x 40' hi-cube's. It will cost about half the normal cost of a home and the best thing of all ... because it is, in my area, classed as "temporary accommodation" you don't need any council approval. We will be building it on 100 acres of land so I must admit I don't have any neighbours to complain to any one any way. I’m so impressed with the whole concept that we (my wife & I) are building a 45 square home out of 17 x 40′ hi-cube’s. It will cost about half the normal cost of a home and the best thing of all … because it is, in my area, classed as “temporary accommodation” you don’t need any council approval.
We will be building it on 100 acres of land so I must admit I don’t have any neighbours to complain to any one any way.

]]> By: ‘Cargotecture’ At Its Best: The View Tube Café | Funktion http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 ‘Cargotecture’ At Its Best: The View Tube Café | Funktion Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:50:38 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-2078 [...] Overlooking the site of the London 2012 Olympics, the new View Tube café is not what you’d normally expect from your local coffee shop. In fact, there are probably very few coffee shops built from old shipping containers and, if there are, they probably don’t look quite as cool as this one. We like cargotecture for a number of reasons and you can find a number of excellent and innovative examples in our previous blog ‘Thinking Outside The Container’. [...] [...] Overlooking the site of the London 2012 Olympics, the new View Tube café is not what you’d normally expect from your local coffee shop. In fact, there are probably very few coffee shops built from old shipping containers and, if there are, they probably don’t look quite as cool as this one. We like cargotecture for a number of reasons and you can find a number of excellent and innovative examples in our previous blog ‘Thinking Outside The Container’. [...]

]]> By: Shin http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-2021 Shin Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:42:48 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-2021 Hi Francis: Do you have any photos of your friend's container home? Hi Francis: Do you have any photos of your friend’s container home?

]]> By: Francis Browne http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 Francis Browne Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:31:51 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-2002 Hi, I live on Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands - situated in the Pasific Islands. A friend of mine recently acquired a container and started turning it into a little batch. A lot of the locals here laughed and criticised him. After a couple of beers one night, I asked him - what made him decide to build a house using a container and he replied "I think this will save me heaps of cash" Eventually our conversation resulted in the following: So far with his decking built in front of his container, he's paid only $6,000 (yep 6 grand), he tells me, he only needs another $4,000 (4 grand) to finish off the interior of his container. It's a far cry from spending $128,000 to build a house and you still are never satisfied with the work the builders do. He has his power and water all done, but hopefully he can put solar panels on top of the container so he can rely on this for his power instead of paying excessive power bills etc. He can always move his container from one section of his to another when the mood suits him - so no complaints about the "sun shining in my eyes". It's heavy and very sturdy - it's already been through one cyclone (category 3) without a scratch and the best part of it is - he doesn't have massive loans like all others who critised him. After his success people are now thinking along the same lines as his... I think container houses will be the future economy and also its the best idea of recycling all those empty containers. Hi, I live on Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands – situated in the Pasific Islands.

A friend of mine recently acquired a container and started turning it into a little batch. A lot of the locals here laughed and criticised him. After a couple of beers one night, I asked him – what made him decide to build a house using a container and he replied “I think this will save me heaps of cash” Eventually our conversation resulted in the following:
So far with his decking built in front of his container, he’s paid only $6,000 (yep 6 grand), he tells me, he only needs another $4,000 (4 grand) to finish off the interior of his container. It’s a far cry from spending $128,000 to build a house and you still are never satisfied with the work the builders do.
He has his power and water all done, but hopefully he can put solar panels on top of the container so he can rely on this for his power instead of paying excessive power bills etc.
He can always move his container from one section of his to another when the mood suits him – so no complaints about the “sun shining in my eyes”.
It’s heavy and very sturdy – it’s already been through one cyclone (category 3) without a scratch and the best part of it is – he doesn’t have massive loans like all others who critised him.

After his success people are now thinking along the same lines as his… I think container houses will be the future economy and also its the best idea of recycling all those empty containers.

]]> By: Los contenedores o containers de 20 pies no sirven para hacer viviendas. « más manuti http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1966 Los contenedores o containers de 20 pies no sirven para hacer viviendas. « más manuti Tue, 25 May 2010 07:38:44 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-1966 [...] o edificios realizados reutilizando contenedores o containers de 20 pies. Podéis ver ejemplos en Thinking Outside The Container o en 10 (More) Awesome Architectural Shipping Container Designs: From Loft Spaces to Emergency [...] [...] o edificios realizados reutilizando contenedores o containers de 20 pies. Podéis ver ejemplos en Thinking Outside The Container o en 10 (More) Awesome Architectural Shipping Container Designs: From Loft Spaces to Emergency [...]

]]> By: Ace http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Ace Sun, 16 May 2010 03:48:59 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-1942 Gary They can be delivered via helicopter no need for the crane. Gary
They can be delivered via helicopter no need for the crane.

]]> By: gary thompson http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/2009/12/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 gary thompson Sat, 15 May 2010 14:32:21 +0000 http://funktion.catalystexhibit.com/?p=167#comment-1940 My father left me 20 acres of what was once 90 acres.Now I have the deed "in hand" I'm ready to do something,twenty years late.I dismissed the containers even though they are very cool cause I want to keep my property as is[a wooded mountain side in Va.] Don't want to cut trees to make room for a crane to swing a load into place. But...It makes sence to build with these more and more.I'm a welder and pipefitter.I could do anything I want with a tourch and welder. BUT...still,I have to get them there. Anybody? My father left me 20 acres of what was once 90 acres.Now I have the deed “in hand” I’m ready to do something,twenty years late.I dismissed the containers even though they are very cool cause I want to keep my property as is[a wooded mountain side in Va.] Don’t want to cut trees to make room for a crane to swing a load into place. But…It makes sence to build with these more and more.I’m a welder and pipefitter.I could do anything I want with a tourch and welder.
BUT…still,I have to get them there. Anybody?

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