The Hilda L. Solis Care First Village (HSCFV), a large-scale interim housing project providing a wide range of amenities for both the unhoused and those in transition, recently opened in Downtown Los Angeles.
Shipping Containers: The Latest Architecture and News
A Supportive Housing Complex in Downtown Los Angeles Rises in Repurposed Shipping Containers
https://www.archdaily.com/966054/a-supportive-housing-complex-in-downtown-los-angeles-rises-in-repurposed-shipping-containersShane Reiner-Roth
Carlo Ratti’s First Intensive Care Pod Installed at a Temporary Hospital in Turin, Italy
The first unit from Carlo Ratti’s CURA project was built at a temporary hospital in Turin, north of Italy, one of the world’s hardest-hit regions by the pandemic. Launched four weeks ago, the initiative to convert shipping containers into plug-in Intensive-Care Pods for COVID-19 patients was assembled at record speed.
https://www.archdaily.com/938074/carlo-rattis-first-intensive-care-pod-installed-at-a-temporary-hospital-in-turin-italyChristele Harrouk
Carlo Ratti Converts Shipping Containers into Intensive-Care Pods for the COVID-19 Pandemic
CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati with Italo Rota in collaboration with an international team of experts developed CURA (Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments), plug-in Intensive-Care Pods for the COVID-19 pandemic. An open-source design for emergency hospitals, the project’s first unit is currently under construction in Milan, Italy.
https://www.archdaily.com/936247/carlo-ratti-converts-shipping-containers-into-intensive-care-pods-for-the-covid-19-pandemicChristele Harrouk
UK Artist Designs Sculptural Building From Shipping Containers
The showpiece of a planned new development at Edinburgh Park will be UK-artist David Mach’s first-ever building, named “Mach 1” by the project’s developers and investors, Parabola. Working with Stirling Prize-nominated architects Dixon Jones, Mach’s building will be created from over 30 shipping containers - but not in the modular, linear method to which shipping container buildings typically lend themselves. Instead its sculptural shape is meant to draw attention to the new quarter and catch the public’s eye, especially those traveling by on the nearby tram.
https://www.archdaily.com/919593/uk-artist-david-mach-designs-sculptural-building-from-shipping-containersMegan Schires
How a Transportable Student Village Could Alleviate Copenhagen's Housing Shortage
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Thanks largely to its status as a hotbed of contemporary design innovation, the city of Copenhagen has become one of the most desirable places in the world to live. Yet, as has been seen in places like Manhattan, increased desirability can come at a cost to local residents. Due to rapid growth and a successful university system, Copenhagen has fallen upon a shortage of both student housing and land available for traditional development. The only open, affordable land in the city is located within ports – but it is currently zoned to be protected from any permanent construction projects.
Enter Danish company CPH Containers and architect Søren Nielsen, a partner at Danish firm Vandkunsten Architects. By creating a structure of shipping containers, the team has created a student village that acts a temporary complex, able to vacate the land upon short notice with its close proximity to existing transportation infrastructure.
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https://www.archdaily.com/781575/cph-containers-designs-transportable-student-village-to-solve-copenhagens-housing-shortagePatrick Lynch