African innovation has turned shipping containers to every use imaginable and one of those is in cutting edge home design.
Luxury container homes south africa.
While south african architects have started incorporating container homes into the country s architecture there are lots of overseas professionals that we can draw inspiration from.
Welcome to luxury containers which will hopefully be the home of luxury shipping container conversions in south africa.
For a number of months i ve been researching and planning container homes transforming shipping continue reading luxury shipping.
12m 3x office set.
The architectural trend is yet to pick up in south africa but the housing concept has potential to become a viable and affordable housing solution.
With proper planning you can endeavor to design and build a.
Ideal for a couple young professional or retreat.
12m classroom container 2.
This is not only cheaper than brick and water buildings but is also stylish and green friendly.
There is a hot new trend.
Building a house from shipping containers is a very cost effective way to build that dream house you have always wanted.
Basically you modify and re purpose used shipping containers and stick them together to build a house.
Far from being shabby and a little grungy container homes have slipped into mainstream habitation in many parts of the world and in south africa the trend has started to take shape albeit slowly in recent years much of the development of shipping container homes has focused on tiny homes and ultra affordability but the market for luxury.
Chalet relocatable container home.
4x 12m container hybrid space.
This design is a wonderful example where the containers are placed on top of one another in a perpendicular look and feel.
Constantia park pretoria south africa 0181.
You save a lot of time and money with pier foundations because you don t need to excavate a lot of earth at all.
Now we ve seen one or two of these.
There are a number of different ways of designing a house with shipping containers and a a containers are.
12m 2 bedroom container home for plett.
Architects designers and builders have actually found a way to transform big boxes of steel into beautiful and fully functional homes.
Thus far there have been local designers and architects who have created incredible and innovative shipping container structures.
With shipping container homes the concrete piers are generally laid at each corner of the container.
Urban loft luxury double volume container home.
6m public bathroom container.
Luxury shipping container conversions in south africa.
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You only need to excavate the ground for the piers which are generally 50 cm x 50 cm x 50 cm.