Decameron / By Studio MK27-Marcio Kogan

São Paulo, Brazil
Studio MK27-Marcio Kogan
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Photo © Courtesy of Pedro Vannucchi

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: SHOPPING

The showroom of the Decameron furniture store is located on a rented site in the furniture commercial alley in São Paulo.

Bayside Marina Hotel : By Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

Seaside of Yokohama, Japan
Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

The bayside marian hotel by japanese firm yasutaka yoshimura architects is based on the form of the shipping container. located on the seaside of yokohama, the prefabricated
modular cottages are randomly placed on the site, allowing for each residence to have
different views.the long narrow containers have been fabricated in thailand and assembled in japan.each unit is made up of two containers which are stacked upon one another.

Contertainer : By dpavilion Architects

Batu, East Jawa, Indonesia
dpavilion Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Ganny Gozaly

Project description:

Contertainer, designed by dpavilion architects of Surabaya – Indonesia, is an amalgam of two words: container and entertainer. From its outer look, at a glance one can see an architectural form made of several brightly painted containers—red, yellow, blue and light green—in attractive position and composition, thus forming a contertainer.

APAP Open School : By LOT-EK

South Korea
LOT-EK
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Image © Courtesy of LOT-EK

American-firm LOT -EK has nearly completed the APAP Open School, in Korea.  The containers are perched atop each other creating spaces beneath them for a public amphitheater, within them for educational functions and even on top of them for a long decked roof offering great views.

Ingenious Project : 100 Student Dorm Rooms Made From Shipping Containers

via:freshome

If you lived in a students’ dorm, you know the hassle that comes with the lack of privacy, crowdedness, noise, sometimes the lack of cooking space and so on. Here is a project that manages to overcome some of these draw backs. Cité A Docks is a creative student housing project, located in Le Havre, France from Cattani Architects. The amazing thing about it is that 100 new student dorm rooms were created by transforming old shipping containers into a four-story building. Each apartment has 24 square meters and includes a bathroom and a kitchen, which is just about everything a student could need. We have to say we were a bit skeptical at fist when seeing the exterior of this building, as it looks too “metallic” and industrial for our tastes while the overall gray certainly doesn’t go with the exuberance and energy of students. Here is what the architects had to say about this:

“The metal structure allows a better identification of the different rooms, and enhances them through the external extensions that become terraces and balconies. The sequences of the transverse corridors giving access to the apartments on the façade creates a succession of full and empty spaces that gives the structure a more visual transparency.”

What are your personal opinions on this project?