Julio Garcia, an artist, architect and designer famous for his mixed
media prints built for himself a home and studio from shipping
containers in Savannah, Georgia. In creating his home, he drew
inspiration from his art in trying to create a house that joins
disparate elements into a whole that is more than the sum of its parts.
The industrial recycled shipping containers he used to build his home
are juxtaposed against the lush natural environments of the Savannah
wilds. To create his home, Garcia used two shipping containers made
obsolete by the one-way flow of goods from China to the US through the
Savannah port.
The construction began by the two recycled 40-foot shipping
containers being placed roughly 6 feet apart onto a foundation
constructed of steel I-beams, which rest on concrete piers. Next, the
builders filled the 6 foot gap between the containers with a wood-framed
floor and shed roof. The container sidewalls were then cut away to
fashion a large open living room.
To replace the structural support lost by cutting away the walls, two
I-beams, which span the room, where installed to hold up the roof. The
gap between the two containers and the window openings were lined in
natural wood. As for the exterior, Garcia decided to leave it in its
original state in order to preserve the industrial look.
In contrast to the exterior of the home, Garcia filled the interior
modern, contemporary elements. The home’s kitchen is slightly removed
from the rest of the living space of the home through the use of wood
flooring, while the rest of the home has a black concrete floor, which
matches the countertops. The inside walls are painted white and intended
to display Garcia’s art.
The home has one bedroom, which is located at the end of one of the
containers, though there is space enough to create a second one at the
other end of the container. The containers’ original loading doors were
left as they were, and they can now be opened onto the decks around the
home.
The deck around the home is constructed from natural wood, while the
home is kept cool by several ceiling fans. While the exact cost of
building this home was not disclosed, Garcia did mention in an interview
that a shipping container can be purchased for around $1000, while the
finishing and building costs range from $70 to $90 per square foot.
Via JETSON GREEN
Fuente Original
http://www.jetsongreen.com/2013/11/artist-builds-his-home-from-recycled-shipping-containers.html
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