Black Box House
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Features
- Modular design to international shipping container dimensions
- Either recycled containers or new steel frame construction
- Sustainable design through reuse of the ubiquitous steel boxes
- Modern aesthetic combined with traditional holiday home materials including natural timber
Products
Cladding: Timber stained dark
Joinery: Aluminium with some cedar doors in aluminium frames. Porthole windows
Roofing: Corrugated coloursteel (coastal rated)
Balustrades: Metre high stained hardwood timber and aluminium
Flooring: Screw fixed hardwood plywood to all levels. Garage stone chip and shell to match driveway
The 'Black Box House' is one of a series of container houses. This project was originally sited by the beach to enable views over an existing house. Based on container modules stacked one above the other, the living is on the top floor.
A feature is the rapid erection, very economical cost and the flexibility provided by planning for quick removal if required. This design allows the family to enjoy beachside use of a long vacant site without preventing later, more intense, development. The footprint is small and the design has been successfully extended to provide multi-unit development.
