Container House

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

CONTAINER HOUSE

Plannea Arquitectura + Constanza Domínguez C.

ARCHITECTS
Constanza Domínguez C., Plannea Arquitectura

MANUFACTURERS
Basf, Behr, Acma, Ceresita, Cintac, Cintac®, Contenedores Patagonia, Ferretería Higuerillas, Melón Hormigones, Pizarreño, Rotoplastic, Transaco, Villalba, Volcan, Winko

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Rodrigo Domínguez, Constanza Domínguez

AREA
1022 Ft²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
La Compania, Chile

CATEGORY
Houses, Houses Interiors

This project comes to life with an urgent and circumstantial character. It transforms into an elemental space, giving the sensation of versatility, flexibility and connection to nature. 

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

Container House can be used as a home or a multi-purpose space. The two containers are connected by a large roof, which creates an open space.

This allows the house to extend and transform during the day into an artistic workshop or architectural office, while at other times into a yoga room or crossfit box.

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

It is a place that invites you to live more simply, freely and lightly. A direct relationship with nature is established due to its close contact to the outside world.

The living space has large windows that connect the interior with the outside surroundings, giving the feeling of expansion.

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

The project has a very low environmental impact, considering that the materials are repurposed from the industrial world (shipping containers) and the agricultural world (fruit pallets for furniture).

The main advantages of this system are recycling, construction speed, cost reduction and material optimization.

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

The project sought to solve the need to install a warehouse in a reused 40´STD shipping container (interior height 2.40 m).

To take advantage of the space and give it a more versatile use, a second module was added, consisting of a reused 40'HC shipping container (interior height 2.70 m), which enabled two bedrooms and a bathroom inside.

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

The parallel arrangement separated by 6 meters between both modules generates an intermediate space that is covered with a higher metallic structure that wraps the entirety of the two containers. The resulting space is transformed into a livable solution with an articulating role between the two elements.

COMPONENTS

Understanding the project by the parts that make it up.

ENVIRONMENT

Natural context of smooth hills, protective trees and silence.

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

CONTAINER WAREHOUSE

It plays a fundamental role as a support for the intermediate space by having its entire longitudinal face closed.

HABITABLE CONTAINER

It achieves the purpose of solving the need for a room and an interior space.

Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro
Container House
Cortesía de Constanza Domínguez Claro

INTERMEDIATE SPACE

Due to the fact that both of its ends are open, it becomes a semi interior and exterior space with a multi-purpose.

ROOF

Provides spaciousness and offers a feeling of shelter. It generates a thermal regulator effect due to air circulation, given by the height difference at its ends and its open perimeter. Its slope allows the use of a second level over the warehouse container.

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Plan
Container House
Site plan
Container House
Pallet furniture

WRAPAROUND LAYER

The wood cladding adds warmth and harmony, creating a vital contrast with the coldness of the metal. It works as a well-ventilated façade as it is separated from the metallic cladding and has an airy space at both its ends.

STOVE

It acts as a completion to the intermediate space, providing a cozy and intimate touch, integrating the landscape with the construction.


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Section AA
Container House
Section BB


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South elevation
Container House
North elevation
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Scantling


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Axonometry 01
Container House
Axonometry 02

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Exploded Axonometric