Shipping Container Skyscraper
In the pop-up era, shipping containers are being adapted for a diversity of purposes. But skyscrapers? An Indian architecture firm created a conceptual design that envisions this low-cost, prefab material reaching upwards. The project raises some important construction and social questions, but as Co.Design points out, they may not be as far-fetched as you’d think. Image:...
By TH!NK by IBI
Date
April 8, 2016
In the pop-up era, shipping containers are being adapted for a diversity of purposes. But skyscrapers? An Indian architecture firm created a conceptual design that envisions this low-cost, prefab material reaching upwards. The project raises some important construction and social questions, but as Co.Design points out, they may not be as far-fetched as you’d think.
Image: CC Image courtesy of Puriri deVry on Flickr
