Mans Tham stacks shipping containers to create Swedish house

[Celerity]

https://www.dezeen.com/2022/03/12/mans-tham-container-housing-sweden/





Swedish architect Måns Tham has created a house on the outskirts of Stockholm using eight standard shipping containers that are stacked and elevated on metal pillars. The dwelling, appropriately named Container House, was designed by Tham for a couple who wanted to self-build a home from the containers that are typically used to transport goods around the world.







The husband of the couple works for a demolition firm and is a keen mechanic interested in customised American cars. This informed an architectural approach focused on reuse and alteration, which enabled the project to be largely self-built. As there was insufficient space on the steep lot to create a slab, the building is raised above the ground on steel pillars.







The house comprises eight containers with a standard width of 2.4 metres. These units are stacked to create three levels of living spaces for the couple and their three children. Walls between containers were carefully removed to maximise the living spaces while preserving the structural performance of the units.







"A shipping container is actually not a great starting point for a home because of its limited width," explained Tham. "We had to put a lot of effort into deciding which walls to cut and which to save so that we could use the containers with as little additional structure as possible," the architect continued.

[hlthe2b]

1. the bathroom backed by a natural boulder wall is gorgeous, but I wonder about heavy rain/flooding?

Interesting effort, though.

[Ponietz]

2. Looks like a great deep freezer

🥶

[Doc Sportello]

3. I think it's beautiful

And there are plenty of used ones for sale so they could be used for (I would assume) building at a lower cost and eco-friendly.

[thatdemguy]

4. I think thy look cool, and is a cool idea.

But its never as cost effective as people think. There are also issues with insulation, they are 8 feet wide by the time you frame and insulate your at about 7 feet wide. And if your framing and insulating, the only thing you really save is siding.

I have seen some cool looking ones, once you remove a few sides they are much better. The neatest one I saw was 6 40 foot long ones stacked 3 per side then big roof trusses giving a big room in the middle.

[Demovictory9]

5. just add some curtains

[Celerity]

6. We quite often don't do curtains in many rooms here in Sweden. More now than say 20 years ago though

[Demovictory9]

7. interesting. too many neighbors here in big cities

[Celerity]

8. oh, I mean in big cities as well, not just rural

all of these are central Stockholm (where we live)