6x20ft containers home
| Project | Lettuce House, Sustainable Living Laboratory |
| Area | 88.5 sqm (952 sq ft) |
| Containers | 6 |
| Location | Shunyi, Beijing, China |
| Year | 2014 |
| Architects | HE Ding, KONG Lingchen, WANG Wei |
| Sustainable Design | LIU Xin, CHEN Weiran, HU Yechang, SU Yurong, YANG Xu, XU Zhetong, YOU Wanrong |
| Client | Niu Jian |
| Project Cost | 218,000 yuan (34,000 USD) |
| Photography | LI Minfei |
Sustainable Modular Container House with Roof Terrace and Garden for Rooftop Organic Farming
Description from the architects.
Sustainable Lifestyle Lab established by the Sustainable Design Institute of Arts and Science research center, Tsinghua University and Participatory Community Development Center. The sustainable modular container house with roof terrace and garden for rooftop organic farming composed of six containers, which applied low-carbon, healthy and green philosophy to real life, so as to let more people to understand and participate in it.
Material
Due to some restrictions, the construction time frame must be very short, and the house design should be efficient and recyclable. So the design team chose modular container house with roof terrace and garden for rooftop organic farming. The box structure, windows, doors, roofs, walls and floors are prefabricated in the factory.
Space and Function
The house composed of six containers (6055mm*2435mm*2790mm), using ‘modular design’ idea: Each box inside is a standard space unit with different functions. Different combination patterns form various function space. The container house includes three bedrooms, exhibition space, a storage room, a kitchen and a bathroom. The entrance container is located at an angle of 90 degrees to other five containers, forming a courtyard.
Environmental Friendliness
The production cost of this sustainable modular container house with roof terrace and garden for rooftop organic farming, is low, and the container is energy saving, low-carbon and reusable. It can be transported conveniently and the transportation cost is very low. The container house construction process is easy, quick, and resource-saving, with less noise and dust pollution.
Eco-circle system includes:
- sewage collection, treatment, re-use: the reclaimed water system;
- kitchen waste, excreta collection, treatment, re-use: biogas digester;
- solar energy, wind energy and rainwater utilization;
- organic farming.
