Kamis, 15 Februari 2018

Shipping Container Homes in Australia by Gran Designs WA








About Gran Designs WA


2 x 40 ft Shipping Container Homes






Specs
Interiors
Floor Plans

Based on two prefab units or 40 ft shipping containers, joined together to provide a large open living area, this container home can be used either as a normal home or a granny flat, offering very comfortable and functional  living areas. The home features 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, full kitchen with island bench, living and meals areas. It’s perfect for two individuals who want their own privacy.




Specs





Elevated ceilings throughout
Quality LED lights and feature light fittings
Designer kitchen and bathroom fixtures
Stone benchtops and 2-pac finish to kitchen cabinets
Frameless shower screens and floor to ceiling porcelain tiles to wet areas
Double glazed windows and sliding doors with 5mm toughened glass

Structure

• 2.4m wide pods – Heavy duty external steel framing with corrugated high strength steel seam-welded panels to external walls and roof panels and steel framed internal walls.
• 3.4m wide pods – heavy duty external steel framing with steel framed internal walls.
• Heavy gauge steel floor joists & bearers.
• Heavy gauge steel corner posts for bracing and loading capacity.
• Pressed steel seam welded roofing panels.

Insulation

• 2.4m wide pods – R4.0 spray on expanding polyurethane insulation to ceiling and sprayed on polyurethane to external walls providing a rating of R3.1.
• 3.4m wide pods – R4.0 spray on expanding polyurethane insulation to ceiling and sprayed on polyurethane to external walls providing a rating of R3.1.
• R1.5 Rockwool batts to all internal walls.
• 8mm 3-in-1 underfloor insulation with thermal break.

External Cladding

• 2.4m wide pods – Long life weatherproof paint over corrugated high strength steel wall and ceiling panels.  External cladding not included.
• 3.4m wide pods – Sisalation plus 9mm Dekopanel decorative fibre cement cladding screw fixed to external steel framing, including decorative expressed joints where necessary.

Windows/External Entrance Doors

• Double glazed tempered glass (5mm) to aluminium framed windows and glass sliding doors. Keyed locks to all external doors.
• Fibreglass insect screens to all window and external door openings.

Internal Fit-Out

• Compressed FC flooring, glued and screw fixed to steel floor joists: 2.4m pods – 20mm sheets; 3.4m pods – 24mm sheets.
• Floating timber floor, veneer on plywood, 15mm, with expansion joints and foam underlay throughout (excluding wet areas): pre-laid in single pod homes and supplied flat-packed for multi-pod homes (for laying by purchaser after home installation).
• 12mm plaster lined walls throughout excluding wet areas.
• Fibre cement lined walls to bathrooms.
• 12mm plasterboard fixed to ceiling battens, installed throughout, including shadow line for architectural merit (excludes Bathroom ceilings).
• European Beech 68mm x 12mm architraves and skirting throughout (excludes wet areas) and to jamb-sets for door openings where applicable.
• Flush panel timber veneer internal doors, painted.
• Architectural Lever Series internal door furniture.
• Aluminium framed feature glass sliding doors to robes (except walk-through robes) and linen cupboards where applicable.
• Custom robe fit-out including a bank of shelves, top shelf with hanging rails.
• Built-in overhead and side cupboards in nominated bedrooms as per plan.
• Custom built 2-pac combination robe, desk & overhead cupboards with LED lighting where applicable to design.
• Ceiling fans as per plan.
• 3 coat premium paint system to internal walls.

Kitchen

• Square edged reconstituted quartz stone benchtops.
• Gloss 2-pac finish to kitchen cupboard fronts, including metal cabinetry handles (where applicable).
• Four drawer cutlery unit including Blum soft closing drawer slides.
• Feature toughened glass kitchen sink, 1.5 bowl to applicable designs.
• Ceramic tiled kitchen splashback, 600mm high, to applicable designs.
• Provision for dishwasher including cold water connection and electrical.
• Feature light fitting over kitchen island bench.

Bathroom/Laundry

• Toughened glass shower screen with pivot or sliding door as appropriate, 1.8m high.
• Rectified tiles to ceiling in shower recess and 1.2m to remainder in ensuites and bathrooms, as appropriate.
• Mirrored shaving cabinet with light in bathrooms.
• Glass mosaic feature wall or feature strip to main bath shower recess where applicable.
• Wall mounted 2-pac single bowl vanity installed as per plan and reconstituted quartz stone top; vitreous china basin with chrome pop-up waste.
• Deluxe 3 star WELS rated “Wall Faced” vitreous china toilet suite with soft closing seat & lid.
• Premium Series bathroom accessories including one towel rail per bathroom, one face mounted toilet roll holder per WC, wall mounted soap holders to shower recess and bath (where applicable).
• Laundry cabinet with stainless steel underslung sink; reconstituted quartz stone benchtop (depending upon design).

Tapware

• Premium Series basin mixers where applicable.
• Premium Series wall mixer to shower recess where applicable.
• Premium Series kitchen mixer.
• Premium Series laundry mixer.
• Premium Series ¼ turn washing machine cocks.
• Premium Series ¼ turn cistern cocks to WC’s.
• Premium Series shower rose on rail combo.

Electrical

• Light fittings, GPO’s, phone, data and TV points as per electrical plan.
• Internal switchboard.
• Pre-wiring for air conditioners.

Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Rating

• Compliance with BAL-LOW. BAL-19 to 40 is an optional upgrade.

Interiors














2 x 40 ft Sipping Container Homes Plans






20 ft Shipping Container Homes in Australia






Specs
Floor plan

The Santa Fe is a studio granny flat where the living area quickly converts to sleeping space – ideal for singles.  Maximum use is made of available space through efficient design.  It comes with high quality features including modern kitchen with 2-pac finish to cabinetry and reconstituted quartz stone bench tops; dining and living areas; tiled bathroom and provision for a fold-out sofa bed.  When not in use, the bed space becomes part of the living area.

The Santa Fe: $35,500 + installation








Specs





All Gran Designs WA modular homes are finished to a high standard and are fully fitted out internally, with quality fixtures and fittings throughout.

All homes have the following inclusions:


  • Elevated ceilings throughout
  • Quality LED lights and feature light fittings
  • Designer kitchen and bathroom fixtures
  • Stone benchtops and 2-pac finish to kitchen cabinets
  • Frameless shower screens and floor to ceiling porcelain tiles to wet areas
  • Double glazed windows and sliding doors with 5mm toughened glass


Structure

• 2.4m wide pods – Heavy duty external steel framing with corrugated high strength steel seam-welded panels to external walls and roof panels and steel framed internal walls.
• 3.4m wide pods – heavy duty external steel framing with steel framed internal walls.
• Heavy gauge steel floor joists & bearers.
• Heavy gauge steel corner posts for bracing and loading capacity.
• Pressed steel seam welded roofing panels.

Insulation

• 2.4m wide pods – R4.0 spray on expanding polyurethane insulation to ceiling and sprayed on polyurethane to external walls providing a rating of R3.1.
• 3.4m wide pods – R4.0 spray on expanding polyurethane insulation to ceiling and sprayed on polyurethane to external walls providing a rating of R3.1.
• R1.5 Rockwool batts to all internal walls.
• 8mm 3-in-1 underfloor insulation with thermal break.

External Cladding

• 2.4m wide pods – Long life weatherproof paint over corrugated high strength steel wall and ceiling panels.  External cladding not included.
• 3.4m wide pods – Sisalation plus 9mm Dekopanel decorative fibre cement cladding screw fixed to external steel framing, including decorative expressed joints where necessary.

Windows/External Entrance Doors

• Double glazed tempered glass (5mm) to aluminium framed windows and glass sliding doors. Keyed locks to all external doors.
• Fibreglass insect screens to all window and external door openings.

Internal Fit-Out

• Compressed FC flooring, glued and screw fixed to steel floor joists: 2.4m pods – 20mm sheets; 3.4m pods – 24mm sheets.
• Floating timber floor, veneer on plywood, 15mm, with expansion joints and foam underlay throughout (excluding wet areas): pre-laid in single pod homes and supplied flat-packed for multi-pod homes (for laying by purchaser after home installation).
• 12mm plaster lined walls throughout excluding wet areas.
• Fibre cement lined walls to bathrooms.
• 12mm plasterboard fixed to ceiling battens, installed throughout, including shadow line for architectural merit (excludes Bathroom ceilings).
• European Beech 68mm x 12mm architraves and skirting throughout (excludes wet areas) and to jamb-sets for door openings where applicable.
• Flush panel timber veneer internal doors, painted.
• Architectural Lever Series internal door furniture.
• Aluminium framed feature glass sliding doors to robes (except walk-through robes) and linen cupboards where applicable.
• Custom robe fit-out including a bank of shelves, top shelf with hanging rails.
• Built-in overhead and side cupboards in nominated bedrooms as per plan.
• Custom built 2-pac combination robe, desk & overhead cupboards with LED lighting where applicable to design.
• Ceiling fans as per plan.
• 3 coat premium paint system to internal walls.

Kitchen

• Square edged reconstituted quartz stone benchtops.
• Gloss 2-pac finish to kitchen cupboard fronts, including metal cabinetry handles (where applicable).
• Four drawer cutlery unit including Blum soft closing drawer slides.
• Feature toughened glass kitchen sink, 1.5 bowl to applicable designs.
• Ceramic tiled kitchen splashback, 600mm high, to applicable designs.
• Provision for dishwasher including cold water connection and electrical.
• Feature light fitting over kitchen island bench.

Bathroom/Laundry

• Toughened glass shower screen with pivot or sliding door as appropriate, 1.8m high.
• Rectified tiles to ceiling in shower recess and 1.2m to remainder in ensuites and bathrooms, as appropriate.
• Mirrored shaving cabinet with light in bathrooms.
• Glass mosaic feature wall or feature strip to main bath shower recess where applicable.
• Wall mounted 2-pac single bowl vanity installed as per plan and reconstituted quartz stone top; vitreous china basin with chrome pop-up waste.
• Deluxe 3 star WELS rated “Wall Faced” vitreous china toilet suite with soft closing seat & lid.
• Premium Series bathroom accessories including one towel rail per bathroom, one face mounted toilet roll holder per WC, wall mounted soap holders to shower recess and bath (where applicable).
• Laundry cabinet with stainless steel underslung sink; reconstituted quartz stone benchtop (depending upon design).

Tapware

• Premium Series basin mixers where applicable.
• Premium Series wall mixer to shower recess where applicable.
• Premium Series kitchen mixer.
• Premium Series laundry mixer.
• Premium Series ¼ turn washing machine cocks.
• Premium Series ¼ turn cistern cocks to WC’s.
• Premium Series shower rose on rail combo.

Electrical

• Light fittings, GPO’s, phone, data and TV points as per electrical plan.
• Internal switchboard.
• Pre-wiring for air conditioners.

Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Rating

• Compliance with BAL-LOW. BAL-19 to 40 is an optional upgrade.

NOT SUPPLIED

• Kitchen appliances and hot water system.
• External electricity meter box.
• External light fittings.
• Sink and basin traps.

OPTIONS

• Aluminium glass bi-fold doors in lieu of sliding doors.
• Additional items to qualify for BAL-40 rating.

NOTE:  

• Gran Designs WA reserves the right to vary these inclusions without notice.
• All materials and components used are in full compliance with the relevant Australian and New Zealand Standards.

20 ft Shipping Container Home Floor Plan






About Gran Designs WA





Gran Designs WA was borne out of desire to provide affordable, alternate and sustainable housing solutions to families and communities in Western Australia.

We market an exciting range of stylish, contemporary Prefabricated Modular Homes, Container Homes and Granny Flats.

Address3/10 Hines Road, O'Connor 6163, Perth, Australia
Postal AddressPO Box 1283, Fremantle 6959
Phone 1+61 439 093 001
Phone 2+61 449 225 117
Email info@grandesignswa.com.au
Website http://grandesignswa.com.au





Shipping Container Homes in Australia by Gran Designs WA

Selasa, 06 Februari 2018

5 Finish and Material Considerations for Your Prefab Container Home

Container homes offer incredible versatility when it comes to home décor options and finishing styles.
The rudimentary design essentially offers a blank canvas for you to decorate in a way that reflects your
unique lifestyle. There are many options when it comes to creating a pleasing surface appearance for
your container home. Consider these 5 finish and material selections when creating your ideal living
space.

Bamboo Panels


Bamboo panels are a fantastic choice for creating a flattering interior wall space. This option strikes a lovely balance of invoking an eco-friendly atmosphere while also displaying a modern aesthetic, resulting in a timeless décor choice that simply won’t go out of style. Available in a spectrum of colors, bamboo panels feature a very subtle wood grain that complements a variety of interior décor. Select a dark, rich tone for a lavish appearance, or try a more blonde color to create a light and airy space.




Modified Wood

If you’re concerned about long-term upkeep of your container home, you may want to consider integrating modified wood into your exterior finishing plans. Exposure to sun, rain, wind, and all other weather phenomena can take a toll on the appearance of your home. Modified wood offers an attractive exterior finish without sacrificing durability. Undergoing an innovative treatment process, modified wood can decrease the visible effects of swelling, warping, and dulling better than traditional paneling. This is great for homeowners who are looking for low-maintenance options.

Roofing Shingles


Another way to jazz up the appearance of a prefab container home is to add roofing shingles. This simple addition can have a huge impact in making your house look more like a home, while also increasing curb appeal. Roofing shingles come in a variety of colors and designs, including laminated and alternatively shaped shingles, so you can personalize the look of your residence. In addition to beautifying your container home, adding roofing shingles also provides an extra layer of protection against the elements, including snow, rain, tree sap collection, and hail. This can be a great investment for the long-term upkeep of the container home.

Hardwood Plywood

If you enjoy the artistry of fine details, you may want to consider integrating hardwood plywood into your interior finishing plans. One of the most versatile materials available, hardwood plywood can be used to finish cabinetry, tabletops, drawer sides, paneling, shelving and more. In addition to rich color options, a variety of veneer, shellac, beaded plywood designs, and flexibility features are also available in selecting the best hardwood plywood to match the details of your home. With a fantastic array of choices, you’re sure to find the perfect complement to your prefab container home.

Hardwood Flooring


The importance of quality flooring is often overlooked when homeowners are establishing the finishing materials for their homes. While other interior design details may steal the spotlight in magazine spreads, having the right flooring that is both durable and beautiful can truly be a game changer in creating a warm, welcoming living space in your prefab container home. A faulty floor does not go unnoticed, so it can be wise to invest in a superior flooring material. Engineered hardwood flooring can outperform other flooring materials by providing a strong foundation fit to handle high foot-traffic while delivering a classic and elegant look. Also, several selections are available in wood stain, grain appearance, and the arrangement of the flooring, providing you the opportunity to create your dream homestead.

If you are invested in creating a truly unforgettable living space in your prefab container home, it is worth the effort to select quality materials for the finishing touches. Integrate these 5 finish and material options when designing your home, and you’re sure to find something that reflects your distinct style.

Rabu, 31 Januari 2018

Copia Eco Cabins: Two 40 ft Container Home in Bot Rivier valley by Berman-Kalil, South Africa

2x40 ft shipping container home







About Berman-Kalil
Location

Project: Copia Eco Cabins
Design: Berman-Kalil
Containers: 2x40 ft
Location: Bot Rivier valley, South Africa

Made from two 40-foot shipping containers, the Copia Eco Cabins has a level of finish that beats out the average container conversion. The corrugated metal  shipping containers exterior has been painted a sleek black, accented by sections covered with bark-stripped branches — lending a dash of nature and horizontal line to the design.





This double 40 ft container home has everything you’d expect to find including gas water heating, off-grid solar electricity, wood-fired hot tub, fireplace and deck with sweeping views of the valley.























Placed on a working farm in the Bot Rivier valley, this two 40 ft container home is perched up on the hillside giving the occupants peaceful views of the picturesque valley that can be enjoyed from the deck and hot tub.

About Berman-Kalil




Berman-Kalil Housing Concepts, situated in the heart of South Africa, is a real estate brand with innovative housing solutions that was borne out from an idea by the coming together of two creative great change makers; Brad and Alicia. The burning desire to create a sustainable housing solution where people can actually have homes that they are proud of and happy to call their own.

Brad and Alicia understood that housing – shelter – being one of man’s basic needs as seen in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, started the Berman-Kalil Housing Concepts to help solve the never-ending housing problems of South Africans with creative ideas by making homes, offices, restaurants & kitchens; medical facilities; community centres; classrooms and childcare facilities to name just a few of the vast ranges of products.

This housing solution is developed by creating houses from shipping containers for modular worldwide distribution. Attributed to the fact that the world is slowly dying because of the activities of man, the housing solutions of Berman-Kalil helps to restore the environment atmosphere by the use of eco-friendly materials.

You may be astonished by the fact that can anyone really make a comfortable housing solution that anyone can call their home, we are innovative thinkers that enjoy the art of brainstorming; not leaving out simplicity.

We believe: “Less is more,” So give a call, we are always available to bring affordable houses to a wide range of people. We know it is crazy but we make the impossible things possible.

Address 16 Industrial Road, Kraaifontein Cape Town, South Africa
Phone +27 (0) 21 612 0009
Email hello@berman-kalil.co.za
Website http://berman-kalil.co.za


Copia Eco Cabins Location




Address Farm Keisseskraal, 6.1km down the Van Der Stel Pass outside Bot River, South Africa
Phone 082 097 7055 / 082 776 0278
Email info@copiaecocabins.co.za
Website https://www.copiaecocabins.co.za/





Copia Eco Cabins: Two 40 ft Container Home in Bot Rivier valley by Berman-Kalil, South Africa

Senin, 15 Januari 2018

Sustainable Modular Container House with Roof Terrace and Garden for Rooftop Organic Farming

6x20ft containers home






Available for 42,500 USD + delivery cost

Any customization is possible.

Contact email: info@prefabcontainerhomes.org

Interview with Owner
Photos
Construction Process
Floor Plans / Drawings / Diagrams


Project Lettuce House, Sustainable Living Laboratory
Area 88.5 sqm (952 sq ft)
Containers 6
Location Shunyi, Beijing, China
Year 2014
ArchitectsHE 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 Cost218,000 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.



Interview with owner




Here is Fengtai District Nanyuan Village Beijing International Camping Park. In 2015, Niu Jian set up this container house in a camping park. End of the year-end, a large number of visitors come to visit here to Niu Jian. "What you're seeing is a set of sustainable living labs that, from a hardware perspective, include clean energy use, household waste management, water and biogas systems, home organic farming, etc. And in fact, we want In the future, this experiment will be extended to build new and sustainable communities. "

In short, this is a set of urban pastoral system, Niu Jian plays an urban farmer's role. This system will ensure that even in the cold winter in the north, Niujian, who has spent the rest of his life horticulture, planting and flowers, can still cultivate his dream of garden.

Today's Sustainable Living Laboratory, also known as the "Lettuce House," is a joint effort of institutions such as the Tsinghua University Center for Art and Science (Sustainable Design Institute).

Garbage in the house is useful, kitchen waste grinder installed below the kitchen sink, crushed kitchen waste will enter the biogas fermentation system. Washing, bathing, washing vegetables, washing gray water formed, after treatment can be used as water reuse.




In the spring and summer, the Lettuce House's walls are covered with flowers. Even in winter, the constant temperature and humidity allow the vegetable garden also to have organic hydroponic lettuce. "There's a lot of lettuce here, and it's estimated that many have not been seen on the market." The lettuce's nutrients come from organic fertilizers, which are planted in foam-planted holes. Organic hydroponics is very suitable for novice operation, lettuce even if not watering for half a month will not affect the growth. In the pool under the shelf of lettuce, the fish are raised, the fish feed is the residue from the fermentation of the garbage, and the excrement of the fish can be fertilizer for the plant. "It is not as small as it looks, there are big fish here."

The Lettuce House now uses containers as a material because it is in line with Beijing's current land use and management features. "If it is in the desert, it may be a tent; in Xishuangbanna, bamboo is used; on the loess plateau, there is no need to stick to the container."

In Shunyi, a laboratory, because of procedural flaws, and had to relocate. Now in the second phase of camping park laboratory, all programs are legal. But in the future, when the laboratory will encounter "trouble" in land use?

"These are in fact not for us to consider, and my procedure here is Camping Park. All the real estate developers in China are now profound restructuring, I hope consumers tell them what kind of house they want. In the future, we, like the pastoral consumers, can tell developers, we need sustainable living house, and developers will take a template for sustainable project."


International camping park in the winter has almost no one, unoccupied white wooden hut embellished in the woods. Only occasional low-flying aircraft only remind people of industrial civilization in fact close at hand. "There are a lot of people here camping in summer, there are very few in winter and it is especially quiet."

At first glance, Niu Jian lived an isolated life, only a kilometer radius of him, a small helper and guarding the park gate guards. In fact, he is very busy, busy receiving a variety of visitors. More than a year ago, he set up a similar container house at his friend's factory in Shunyi, "it was a laboratory." After it was reported by the media, it attracted a great many visitors. However, because of minor defects in formalities, Liu Jian had to change his plans in 2015 and instead set up his Phase II laboratory at Camping Park. "Now, there are people who go to Mapo to find my house." Why do you work tirelessly? "In fact, we Chinese people are naturally interested in this, and our ancestors lived for thousands of years sustainably and only nearly 200 years after being affected by industrial civilization, changed the way of life."

Niu Jian's dedication to pastoral dreams comes not only from the pastoral complex of the Chinese people in his native tradition but also from his childhood experience. "I was very fortunate to have lived in a large garden in my childhood."





In 1962, Niu Jian was born in a courtyard in Qingdao, where several ordinary people lived. "Later I realized that it was a big yard of capitalists, there was a big garden in the yard, and there was nothing for flowers, birds and insects." When their parents went to work, Niu Jian went to work with their friends in the garden, people and nature Harmonious symbiosis, in that small environment is the perfect preservation.

In the big garden experience is not long, the impact is throughout. It did not take long before the "Three Lines Construction" kicked off. Niu Jian moved with his parents from Qingdao to a small city in southwestern Shandong. In 1979, Niu Jian, aged 17, began working as a textile worker in a textile factory just like his parents did. High-speed operation of the textile machine did not completely take away deep pastoral imprint. "At that time, just after the reform and opening up, we began to have access to foreign things. When I read newspapers and magazines, I saw flowers planted by foreigners on the balcony of their own home and saw the dense ornamental plants along the street. I think this was what I want."


"I am actually not interested in industrial civilization from the very beginning, and I was 17 years old and still a child. First of all I must first think of having enough to eat, and the inertia of state-owned enterprises is too large, unlike the common sense that civil servants resign now."

From a worker to a manager, Niu Jian spent more than a decade in the factory until he was 34 years old and he began to "think about life." "When people are over, they begin to think about it and want to understand what they want. They will not be confused by the age of forty, so some time has begun to make some changes."





Niu Jian felt fourth-tier cities are not enough to support his dreams, he decided to come to Beijing. In 2001, Niu Jian began working with the Agricultural Exhibition Hall. In 2005 he worked in the Academy of Vegetable and Vegetable Research Institute of afforestation greening. "Over the years, I've grown from selling flowers and balconies to planting vegetables on the rooftops and getting involved in the promotion of lifestyles. It is now the Sustainable Living Laboratory."


Laboratories that have entered the "2.0 Era" are now able to accommodate more than 10 people in 3 families. From time to time, Oxfam invites nonprofit volunteers to come to the lab for experience.

Phase II labs are characterized by a transition to smaller communities where the design of the home almost minimizes private space and promotes space sharing. Private space is very small, only 12 square meters, only contains bedroom and bathroom, other spaces, like dining, kitchen, living room are three families to share. "We have a total of 100 square meters in the beginning, but can accommodate three families."

Because of space sharing, experimental families have a lot more interaction. "Now many people miss the courtyard. In fact, it is a memory of relationship between people. At that time, we all grab a tap, you have to communicate with others. Now, each has several taps, get up, communication is gone. "





Nowadays, many social problems - such as environmental protection, energy, old-age care, public order can now be resolved through changes in lifestyles. "In fact, if we live a good life, we can solve these problems without even having help from government" .

Talk about pastoral dreams, already 54-year-old Niu Jian endless. He disclosed that in Phase III he plans in five years to build more standardized and shared communities.


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Construction Process


Construction process

Sustainable modular container house with roof terrace and garden for rooftop organic farming has formed a complete production mode. The presets and the construction can be completed by the manufacturer. Each container needs about half an hour to be lifted. Then waterproof rubber was installed at the joint between containers. In the last, indoor doors and stairs were installed. Planting, energy equipment installation and internal design were completed by the owner. The six containers are 180,000 yuan, and the fee of modification, transportation and installation is 38,000 yuan, totally 218,000 yuan.










Floor Plans / Drawings / Diagrams







Sustainable Modular Container House with Roof Terrace and Garden for Rooftop Organic Farming