Floating house from containers Urban Rigger

In Denmark, old shipping containers are recycled for budgetary and ecological housing for thousands of students. But the most important thing for such homes will not require expensive earth – they are located right on the water.

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The length of the coastline of Denmark is 7500 km. And the price of land, especially within large cities, are sometimes prohibitive. So came the idea to build houses on the water. Architectural firm BIG proposed the concept of Urban Rigger – cheap housing for students, which will be a good alternative to close hostels.

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Pilot site for the project was the city harbour of Copenhagen. The Danish capital is now one of the ten most expensive cities, however, the container house offers quite affordable, by local standards, housing – here you can comfortably live for a month for only $ 600.

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One floating modular platform consists of nine containers, mounted on a concrete pontoon. Surface structure is a dwelling for 12 students, each of which has its own bedroom, bathroom and kitchen, as well as access to shared green yard with an area of 160 square meters, a small dock for boats, a swimming platform and a roof terrace for BBQ 65 square meters.

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The status of carbon neutral, floating houses received power from solar panels and heat pump, which uses sea water as a natural heat source. For thermal insulation of interior special aerogels production NASA, but for the sewage, heating and water supply system meets energy efficient equipment Grundfos.

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Now Danish startup plans to build its next system of floating houses made of containers in Sweden. Urban Rigger also interested in companies from the Netherlands, UK, USA and China. But the success of the project will depend on the willingness of cities to open their coastal waters to such exotic dwellings. published  

 

Source: ecotechnica.com.ua/arkhitektura/1566-plavuchie-doma-iz-kontejnerov-urban-rigger-obespechat-deshevym-ekozhilem-studentov.html