Dutch architect Julius Taminiau has collaborated with Carl Turner Architects in the past to create Pop Brixton, a container park in South London, England, turning unused land into a base for events. After he returned to the Netherlands and founded Julius Taminiau Architects, he naturally decided to apply the same concept in his hometown and use a low-budget approach to plan pieces of land as temporary workspaces for new companies. , helping entrepreneurs realize their dreams.
Container boxes themselves are movable, stackable and widely available, and can be found in everything from homes to hotels. In Amsterdam, the studio cleverly stuffed container boxes into dock cranes and transformed the containers into luxury rental apartments overlooking the entire river. In New Yorks Hudson Valley, MB Architects also used container boxes to help build a university A media laboratory was built, so it was used as a temporary studio, which was not unethical at all.
Taminiau compared shipping containers to garages, the starting point of large companies such as Apple and Microsoft. He believes that when many "garages" gather together, these new innovations across various industries willEnterprises will inspire, cooperate, and exchange knowledge with each other, resulting in many unexpected creations.
Taminiau said that container boxes can be modified and placed in many different ways, making the container box a very interesting architectural element that can quickly and cost-effectively complete a temporary space. None of the containers have a foundation, just concrete floor tiles, so when they are demolished ten years later, everything can be reused without leaving a trace.
In this decade, containers were arranged in the central square, which can be used to hold public open-air events. At the end of the square, there is also indoor space for leisure activities such as lectures, social gatherings, or movie nights. They are usually connected by wooden walkways and stairs, and coffee bars and conference rooms are designed in brightly colored containers to provide entrepreneurs with more opportunities to get to know each other and interact.
Taminiau also cooperated with Green Art Solutions to thoughtfully plant many green plants around the square and on top of the shipping containers. In addition to being comfortable to the eyes and pleasant to the mood, Taminiau also serves as a rainwater buffer and air filter. .
The choices for entrepreneurs here include: smaller six-meter containers, connected six-meter containers, and larger twelve-meter containers. All container boxes can be locked. So don’t worry about office security.
