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Modified container living with a difference

31 Mar 2005
The Containing Migrations installation at the eastern viaduct by AUT spatial design students looked at reusing surplus shipping containers and refurbishing them for experiential living. The…

The Containing Migrations installation at the eastern viaduct by AUT spatial design students looked at reusing surplus shipping containers and refurbishing them for experiential living. The installation consisted of five interpretations of how people occupy the city as workers, as inhabitants, and as a migratory population.

Ship-shape living quarters - Courtesy of NZ Herald 29.03.05

by Wayne Thompson

Auckland design students have turned a 6m shipping container into a sturdy and cosy bach or city crashpad by using their imagination, mathematics and a few sheets of plywood.

Ship- shape living quartersThe Containing Migrations installation at the eastern viaduct by AUT spatial design students looked at reusing surplus shipping containers and refurbishing them for experiential living. The installation consisted of five interpretations of how people occupy the city as workers, as inhabitants, and as a migratory population.

Ship-shape living quarters - Courtesy of NZ Herald 29.03.05

by Wayne Thompson

Auckland design students have turned a 6m shipping container into a sturdy and cosy bach or city crashpad by using their imagination, mathematics and a few sheets of plywood.

Ship- shape living quarters