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The team : Front row: Stuart Anderson and Tamem Richa; Second row: Jessica Krafczyk, Victoria Perry and Anthony Stricker; Third row: Simon Mountford and Vaughan Russell; Back row: Paraam Virdee and Eloise Collocott-Russell. -
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Inside container 2 : Interior perspective of container as retail space to help us think out of the box, with Flower Ball light by Heath Nash. -
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Container concept for recycling and increasing awareness of sustainable development : 1 Container as beacon to announce, receive and measure. 2 Container as retail gallery to help us think out of the box. 3 Container to collect and store.
Containers – yes, those mountains of metal boxes stacked at depots alongside South Africa’s highways – are red-hot news on the international housing scene and will be an integral part of the future, according VISI’s deputy editor Annemarie Meintjes. Annemarie invited 10 architects to explore the concept of container architecture in a South African context. Their brief: think about space; think about design; remember the environment; but, above all, have fun.
VISI is sharing the solutions in our Thinking Inside the Box feature. Hopefully, says Annemarie, somewhere in this country, there are developers and readers who will find inspiration in the 10 ideas showcased and will be able to take them further on a practical level. First up… Fluid Architecture & Interiors’ solution.
Fluid Architecture & interiors joined forces with other design practices to conceptualise three ways to use containers as vessels for recycling and to increase awareness of sustainable development.
Container concept
The aim was to achieve three things with this project: to raise awareness of sustainable development and help people develop the necessary respect and responsibility; to help reduce the human impact on the Earth; and to cast recycling in a positive, accessible, safe, fun, creative, interactive and even glamorous light. In the design, Container 1 is used as a beacon “to announce, receive and measure”, Container 2 is used as a retail gallery in an attempt to get us to think “out of the box” and see “trash as treasure”, and Container 3 is a vessel for “collection and storage”.
Company profile
Fluid Architecture & Interiors consists of Simon Mountford, Vaughan Russell and Eloise Collocott-Russell. They form a dynamic team of professional designers who guarantee architectural and interior design work of the highest quality. They share an office with three other design practices that share the same design vision: Perry + Anderson Architecture (Victoria Perry and Stuart Anderson); Tamem Richa Architecture & Interiors; and Processing Design (Paraam Virdee).
Fluid Architecture & Interiors 021 465 6926, info@fluidarchitecture.co.za
Tamem Richa Architecture & Interiors 083 632 1775, tamem@tiscali.co.za, tamemricha.com
Perry + Anderson Architecture 021 461 1844, info@perryanderson.co.za, loudonperryanderson.com
Processing Design 072 902 7793, studio@processingdesign.netSee more VISI articles about container architecture here.
