BoardTainer

The Container Boardroom was designed and built to house The Watershed team at the 2016 Sustainable Living Expo. The Watershed are a team of independent alternative water professionals who source, store and manage water for different domestic and business needs.

Working with Nolan Shaw of Container Leasing Africa – CLA we took their container leasing and modification business out of the box and turned it into a comfortable, sophisticated board room.

Container Leasing Africa

Often containers are only modified with basic additions and alterations leaving them uncomfortable and unsightly. As a building material they are reliable, engineered, scalable and incredibly versatile vessels to create space. The design looked to better the internal conditions of an existing structure. In this case the 6m container. Passive design principles were employed due to the remote various locations this unit could expect in its lifespan. We needed to reconsider temperature, air quality, light, access and comfort.

Stage 1 – design and specification

     

Stage 2 – install new materials and fittings

     

Stage 3 – install glazing and planting on site

Sustainable Expo 2016/ Water Category / Winner

      

 

 

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