Nomadic Museum
architecture project,
ingenious art,
myriad artworks,
nomadic cargo container museum,
nomadic museum,
shigeru ban
The so-called Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban is one of the most innovative shipping container architecture projects undertaken to date. The building spans an amazing 45,000 feet in length and is designed to move from city to city, to be deconstructed and reconstructed at various port locations around the world.
The building is in many ways as much a work of ingenious art as are the myriad artworks contained within its portable walls. It is essentially minimalistic and aesthetically rhythmic but clearly conveys the many cargo containers used to make up its basic structure.
Used Container Specifications
bulk,
car carrying,
cargo container,
cubic capacity,
dimensions,
dry,
GP,
gross weight,
HC,
open-top,
over-wide,
payload,
shipping container,
tare weight,
trunk room
20' HC Dry Cargo Container
Specifications:
1) External dimensions (L x W x H): 6,096 x 2,438 x 2,596mm
2) Internal dimensions (L x W x H): 5,915 x 2,422 x 2,689mm
3) Door opening dimensions (W x H): 2,340 x 2,585mm
4) Cubic capacity: 38.5cbm
5) Ratings:
a) Max. gross weight (R): 32,000kg
b) Tare weight (design) (T): 2,550kg
c) Max. payload (P): 29,450kg
20' HC Dry Bulk Container
Specifications:
1) External dimensions (L x W x H): 6,096 x 2,438 x 2,896mm
2) Internal dimensions (L x W x H): 5,915 x 2,422 x 2,689mm
3) Door opening dimensions (W x H): 2,400 x 2,613mm
4) Cubic capacity: 38.5cbm
5) Ratings:
a) Max. gross weight (R): 32,000kg
b) Tare weight (design) (T): 2,550kg
c) Max. payload (P): 29,450kg
20' HC Multi-Door Container
Specifications: 1) External dimensions (L x W x H): 6,096 x 2,438 x 2,896mm
2) Internal dimensions (L x W x H): 5,915 x 2,422 x 2,689mm
3) Door opening dimensions (W x H): 5,702 x 2,570mm
4) Cubic capacity: 38.5cbm
5) Ratings:
a) Max. gross weight (R): 32,000kg
b) Tare weight (design) (T): 2,550kg
c) Max. payload (P): 29,450kg
20' GP One Side Full Access Container
Specifications:1) External dimensions (L x W x H): 6,096 x 2,438 x 2,591mm
2) Internal dimensions (L x W x H): 5,154 x 2,281 x 2,240mm
3) Door opening dimensions (W x H): 5,940 x 2,134mm
4) Cubic capacity: 30.4cbm
5) Ratings:
a) Max. gross weight (R): 24,000kg
b) Tare weight (design) (T): 3,150kg
c) Max. payload (P): 20,850kg
40' HC Over-Wide Container
Specifications:
1) External dimensions (L x W x H): 12,192 x 2,462 x 2,896 mm
2) Internal dimensions (L x W x H): 12,095 x 2,422 x 2,692mm
3) Door opening dimensions (W x H): 2,400 x 2,584mm
4) Cubic capacity: 78.9cbm
5) Ratings:
a) Max. gross weight (R): 34,000kg
b) Tare weight (design) (T): 4,200kg
c) Max. payload (P): 29,800kg
20' Open Top (Soft Top or Hard Top) Container
Specifications:
1) External dimensions (L x W x H): 6,096 x 2,438 x 2,591mm
2) Internal dimensions (L x W x H): 5,915 x 2,422 x 2,389mm
3) Door opening dimensions (W x H): 2,338 x 2,280mm
4) Cubic capacity: 30.8cbm
5) Ratings:
a) Max. gross weight (R): 27,000kg / 27,500kg
b) Tare weight (design) (T): 2,300kg / 2,350kg
c) Max. payload (P): 24,000kg
Trunk Room Container
1) External dimensions:
a) Length: 4,012mm, 13' - 1-15/16
b) Width: 2,240mm, 7' - 4-3/16
c) Height: 2,100mm, 6' - 10-21/32
2) Internal dimensions:
a) Length: 3,830mm, 12\'\' - 6-15/16
b) Width: 2,146mm, 7\'\' - 1/2
c) Height: 1,892mm, 6\'\' - 2-1/2
10', 8' and 6' Dry Cargo Container
Specifications :1) External dimensions:
a) Length: 2,991mm / 2,438mm / 1,829mm
b) Width: 2,438mm / 2,200mm / 1,960mm
c) Height: 2,591mm / 2,260mm / 1,920mm
2) Internal dimensions:
a) Length: 2,831mm / 2,278mm / 1,678mm
b) Width: 2,350mm / 2,112mm / 1,872mm
c) Height: 2,390mm / 2,059mm / 1,734mm
3) Door opening dimensions:
a) Width 2,338mm / 2,100mm / 1,866mm
b) Height 2,280mm / 1,949mm / 1,622mm
c) Cubic capacity: 15.9cbm / 9.9cbm / 5.44cbm
4) Ratings:
a) Max. gross weight (r): 10,160kg / 6,000kg / 5,000kg
b) Tare weight (design) (t): 1,200kg / 950kg / 600kg
c) Max. payload (p): 8,960kg / 5,050kg / 4,400kg
20' Car Carrying Container
Specifications:
1) An upper deck fitted inside a basic body of a dry-cargo container suitable for all kinds of sedans
2) Carrying two cars in one container
3) To be used in Chinese domestic railage, special for the transportation of a little batch vehicles
Building with Shipping Containers
columns,
earthquakes,
energy efficiency,
enhancements,
hurricanes,
insulation,
ISO shipping container,
minnesota,
plywood,
recycle,
SIP,
st. louis,
super therm,
value-cycling,
vegetation
An idea whose time seems to have arrived is the use of stockpiled shipping containers as modular units for building homes. Because of the balance of trade in the United States, these hefty steel boxes are piling up in ports around the country and posing a storage problem. Several architects and builders are taking advantage of this surplus to recycle the containers.
According to David Cross of www.sgblocks.com, "a container has 8000 lbs of steel which takes 8000 kwh of energy to melt down and make new beams etc... Our process of modifying that entire 8000 lbs of steel into a "higher and better use" only takes 400 kwh of electrical energy (or 5%). Granted it takes a bit more "muscle" but we call this Value-Cycling which we feel is that next step up from Re-cycling."
Each container measures 8 feet wide by 40 feet long by 9 feet tall. SG Blocks sells the finished structural systems (also called SG Blocks) for $9,000 to $11,000 per unit. The finished units have one or two walls removed and include the necessary support columns and beam enhancements.
According to KPFF Consulting, a structural engineering firm in St. Louis with extensive experience working with shipping containers, the units are stronger than conventional house framing because of their resistance to "lateral loads" -- those seen in hurricanes and earthquakes -- and because steel is basically welded to steel. The roof is strong enough to support the extra weight of a green roof — which has vegetation growing on it — if the owner should want it.
As for their energy efficiency, they claim that when the appropriate coatings are installed, the envelope reflects about 95 percent of outside radiation, resists the loss of interior heat, provides an excellent air infiltration barrier and does not allow water to migrate in.
One idea that has occurred to me is that this system might benefit from the use of SIP's (Structural Insulated Panels) for the roofs, rather that standard truss framing. SIP's are very well insulated, install quickly, and use much less wood than convention roofs.
Shipping containers are self-supporting with beams and stout, marine-grade plywood flooring already in place, thereby eliminating time and labor during the home-building process. Cross said construction costs are comparable to those in conventional building. Four to seven units are used in a typical home, he said.
Instead of nailing the siding they use "Super Therm", a ceramic paint made by Superior Products of Minnesota; it can be used as a paint, an adhesive, an insulator, a fireproofing material and an acoustic barrier. With this ceramic paint, they claim the insulation capacity is equal to a conventional house.
This finished house is virtually indistinguishable from conventional housing.
Adam Kalkin, of www.architectureandhygiene.com , has also become enamored with shipping containers as an architectural solution. The idea to do something with shipping containers came to Kalkin, a New Jersey resident, when driving to New York City, where he saw sky-high stacks of the unused cargo containers in the shipyards he passed.
"The cargo containers, with a life span of about 20 years when used for their original purpose, have an “infinite life span” when stationary and properly maintained," Kalkin says. “To me they are like a treasured antique: they may not be inherently valuable, but the history and the storytelling add value.”
Environmentalists have embraced the design, applauding the recycling inherent to Kalkin's designs. And advocates for affordable-housing like the design, since according to Kalkin, "the total cost of a house—between $150,000 and $175,000 after the buyer settles upon the various options—works out to be between $73 and $90 per square foot, about half the cost of the conventional $200 per square foot for reasonable quality, new construction in the Northeast.”
Kalkin has recently opened a factory—“a hangar at a little airport in New Jersey”—to manufacture Quik Houses. “There are a lot of elbows flying in this process, and this is the best way to protect the quality of the house, to keep the accounting transparent, and to make sure I am not unwittingly responsible for heinous crimes to the built environment.” Once the factory is fully functional, Kalkin plans to export many of his products, commenting that “the possibilities of working on a world scale are exciting.”
Twenty-one thousand containers hit American shores every day of the year. Containers can be shipped to the interior of the country via trains and trucks. Shipping containers are like Lego toys and the modules can be assembled in thousands of ways.
Twenty-one thousand containers hit American shores every day of the year. Containers can be shipped to the interior of the country via trains and trucks. Shipping containers are like Lego toys and the modules can be assembled in thousands of ways.
In general it is a good thing to recycle materials that otherwise have no further use for their intended purpose, and this is true here. As for whether one can make a comfortable house out of these metal boxes, the biggest question is: insulation...it is essential, but there are many ways to insulate these containers, so this is not a big concern. Another concern that many people would have is whether a metal box would have adverse health effects because of EMF (electro-magnetic frequencies) generation or propagation. Some people are sensitive to these while others are not.
There is no doubt that these containers can be used to fabricate very strong shells that would withstand substantial abuse from the ravages of nature.
Shipping Container Getaway!
cabin,
container,
design,
flickr,
hive modular,
matt olsen,
mike brady,
modular,
paul stankey,
rosenlof lucas,
sarah nordby
Here you go ... a truly one of a kind, shipping container cabin! This little beauty is the brainchild of Hive Modular architect Paul Stankey and his wife Sarah Nordby. Built in northern Minnesota, this "family cabin" is an exploration of ready-made products, recycled materials and shipping containers within a very tight budget.
Set in the woods, this container cabin has a great modular feel...and the large window in the middle is very cool allowing tons of natural light to enter the structure. Great use of existing materials...I definitely like this container cabin more than some of the larger container developments I have seen in the past. They used the containers to build and complement the overall design but still incorporated other materials like glass and wood to finish the job. Great work! I definitely want one of these things!
I actually came across these pictures last night on flickr. I noticed that the guys who posted them, matt olsen and mike brady, are designers for rosenlof lucas, a modern design firm interested in sustainable solutions for outdoor spaces. They blog at rolu dsgn.
By Equity Green
A Cafe in a Shipping Container
adam kalkin,
art basel miami beach,
biennale illy,
cafe,
caffeine,
fondazione la biennale di venezia,
illy,
paul erdo,
push button house,
thinkgeek,
venice
Where there are computer programmers, there must also be caffeine. Consider the fact that the nerd store ThinkGeek has a whole section devoted to the substance. One of my favorite sayings was adapted from a line in mathematician Paul Erdos’ biography, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: “A programmer is a machine for converting caffeine into software.”
It logically follows that if there are computing centers in shipping containers, there should also be some kind of caffeine dispensers in shipping containers as well. Here come artist Adam Kalkin and fancy-pants coffee vendor Illy to the rescue:
For the 52nd International Art Exhibition in Venice illycaffè is partnering with the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia for the fourth time.
At the Biennale illy will provide art-lovers and coffee connoisseurs a beautiful space to relax, reflect and enjoy a perfect cup of espresso. Visitors to illymind, the rest and refreshment area founded by illy in 2003, will be introduced to the Push Button House which opens like a flower and transforms from a compact container into a fully furnished and functional space with the push of a button.
After the preview at Art Basel Miami Beach, the Push Button House, a work designed by American artist-architect Adam Kalkin and redesigned for the presence of illycaffè at the 52nd International Art Exhibition, arrives for the first time in Europe.
Kalkin is known for designing comfortable spaces and placing them in unusual contexts. Visitors to the Push Button House will experience the artist’s ability to transform industrial materials into a domestic masterpiece, beautifully contrasting between the indoor and outdoor worlds, while enjoying complimentary illy espresso for a complete authentic Italian experience. The entire work was created from recyclable materials.
By Global Nerdy
Enterprise Computing in a Box
container,
datacenter,
efficiency,
energy,
google,
magnitude,
project blackbox,
rackmount,
richter,
robert cringely,
sun microsystems
The idea of setting up a computing center in a shipping container isn’t new. Sun has Project Blackbox, “a prototype of the world’s first virtualized datacenter–built into a shipping container and optimized to deliver extreme energy, space, and performance efficiencies”. The idea is create a computing center that you could move anywhere in the world with relative ease:
If you’ve ever watch ships loading and unloading, you’ll know that nobody handles cargo containers gingerly. A shipping container full of computer equipment would have to be able to withstand a fair bit of abuse, and it looks as though the Blackbox container can take it — here’s a video of one in a simulated earthquake of a 6.7 magnitude on the Richter scale:
Sun’s not the only company working the the concept. Google have patented a similar idea. One major difference is that while Sun’s container-based datacenter would be a self-contained computing cluster, Google would treat their containers as very large rackmounts, where a container could operate on its own or as part of a cluster of other computing containers. Robert Cringely has some interesting speculation on the way Google might use these datacenters.
by Global Nerdy
About Us
background,
design-to-build,
furnished,
hawaii,
instalation,
ISO shipping container,
office,
push button house,
shipping container,
structural engineering,
villa,
warehouse
Welcome to our website. Runkle Consulting, inc. is a small structural engineering firm that provides design services for construction of buildings made from ISO Shipping Containers. We also provide structural design services for residential projects and light commercial projects, and we provide foundation failure investigations.
Our Background
The firm was founded by Lt. Col. George W. Runkle USAFR (Ret.). Mr. Runkle has over 27 years experience in the US military and has served in many locations in the world, from Mc Guire AFB, NJ to LSA Anaconda in Iraq. He retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2005 after three separate tours to the Mideast after 9/11. He has extensive experience with facility design, structural repairs, and timber design. He first worked with buildings made from intermodal shipping containers in 2002 in Uzbekistan.
What We Bring To The Table
Extensive experience in design and construction. We have worked on both sides, which gives us a "real world" feel for our design work.
Experience in very difficult projects in adverse situations. We can develop solutions for issues that are not your standard text book problems.
We have experience in design in the US, the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia, giving us a worldwide perspective.
