The Container Cities

As the post on Johannesburg reveals, creative uses for shipping containers have been spreading across the globe. London’s Container City, on the Thames at Trinity Buoy Wharf, is one of the most famous container cities. It is a five story structure with units stacked on top of one another. The project is environmentally friendly and is built to human scale.

The container components can be adopted for use as classrooms, office space, retail spaces and even community centers. The modular configuration, ease of construction and cost savings from recycling surplus industrial products, make them attractive to builders of affordable developments.

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Reference: Benfield, Kaid, Shipping container "cities" bring creative, funky approach to green construction, sustainablecitiescollective.com/kaidbenfield , May 11, 2012. 
 

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The proposed Chelsea Football Stadium at the Battersea Power Station has a potential to transform this part of London.  A conceptual design by an internationally renowned team of architects calls for turning the Battersea Power Station into a fun place for sporting and entertainment events, without compromising the integrity of its original architecture.   Can the elected officials match this bold vision with strong leadership and infrastructure investments by bringing together various community groups and private entities?

Reference:  Murray, Christine, A Chelsea stadium in Battersea Power Station is the best idea yet. Don’t listen to Lister, The Architect’s Journal, May 10, 2012

Photo Credit:  Geekchic under the GNU Free Documentation License.
 

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Some Londoners see an opportunity to make money by offering furnished rooms in their homes. Others are going one step further by offering their backyards for temporary accommodations, complete with free English breakfast, according a story by Chris Spillane on Bloomberg.com.

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