Customized Container Architecture

Large-scale urbanization with transitory populations require buildings witheven greater adaptability than ever before; buildings that can be designed,commissioned, and assembled with great agility, and then later disassembledusing similarly efficient methods. With the emergence of Building InformationModelling (BIM) and Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) this has opened thepossibility of a more agile, customised building product optimized throughprototyping, and an integrated design approach for assembly and operation.By using the ISO intermodal container platform, with its universal componentsand mature manufacturing base, the building product becomes an internationallydeployable modular volumetric building with factory finishes, well insulatedand air-tight spaces, and capable of use in low to high-rise construction.The research draws on precedents, recent project case studies and virtual andphysical prototypes to measure the effectiveness of BIM on analysis, detailingand manufacture, thereby enhancing the value in customised containerbuilding design. The use of container technology offers a unique case-studyof transdisciplinary innovation and product development transferred directlyfrom manufacturing into construction.

Volume Editors
John Quale, Rashida Ng & Ryan E. Smith

ISBN
978-0-935502-85-5