Containhotel

CONTAINHOTEL

Artikul Architect

Containhotel

ARCHITECTS
Artikul Architect

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Křešice, Czechia

TYPE
Hospitality + Sport › Hotel

Containhotel

ARTIKUL 

architects designed a small mobile hotel from used shipping containers. Its first location is on a surf campsite at the Elbe riverbank close to Litomerice, Czech Republic.

The task for the architects was to design a mobile, easily demountable, seasonal hotel made from three shipping containers.

Containhotel
Containhotel

Additionally, the building was supposed to be ultimately self-sufficient and environmentally friendly.

The small hotel with five rooms for a total of 13 guests was finished within four months.

Containhotel
Containhotel

It consists of two 20-feet containers and one 40-feet high-cube container placed on top.

Downstairs are located the sanitary facilities, a technical room, a storeroom and one four-bed guest room.

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Containhotel

Upstairs, there are four rooms accessed through a shared terrace with great views over the river and the surrounding hilly landscape.

All the rooms have one fully glazed wall, so that despite the small floor area the rooms feel airy and have contact with the surrounding landscape.

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Containhotel

The wall and ceiling finishing are made of birch plywood, as is all custom-made furniture.

The rooms are differentiated by use of various colors of natural linoleum and completed with black industrial lighting and details.

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Containhotel

In the social facilities the trapezoidal sheet is left bare on the walls, and is combined with thermo-wood as flooring in the showers.

The economical and minimalist choice of used materials and design emphasizes the hotel philosophy implicating modern nomadism, maritime beach atmosphere and naval themes.

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Containhotel

These are further strengthened by the original dark-blue container paint with original graphics, as well as by the round windows and the railing made of ropes and nets.

The containers are placed only on railroad sleepers. 

They function separately and autonomously, and are connected only to a local electric power source.

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Containhotel

The container with the social facilities has an inbuilt water reservoir to supply showers and sinks, which are equipped with water-saving taps.

To avoid overheating the rooms during summer, an awning is attached above the glazed walls and the facades are covered with sun-breakers made of waste wood planks from a nearby sawmill.

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Containhotel
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