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Joe To Go
By blueion | October 17, 2007
From our offices overlooking one of Charleston’s port facilities we watch shipping containers come and go all day long….off the ships, into stacks, onto trains and trucks, and then all over again. It’s like watching an army of ants work a picnic spread….and the sheer number of metal container boxes is mind boggling. There’s growing interest in adaptive uses for these boxes….(here in town the American College of the Building Arts used them to store tools in its Navy Yard school facility).
Here’s a cool use from illy…the Italian coffee brand. This holiday season if you find yourself in New York and exhausted from the cheer of it all you can stop by illy’s temporary Push Button House cafe at Time Warner Center for an expresso fix.
With the push of a button, the container house opens in 90 seconds and transforms into a fully furnished and functional space with a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, bedroom, living room and library. All materials used in the Biennale house were recyclable or recycled. A tasty blend of sustainable design and pop up retail.
Topics: Fandango, Go Green, Marketing & Advertising |
October 17th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
THAT is so cool! What a great idea.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
I love it! Is that a dual flush toilet? I know this isnt the point but there should be a bar or something where all of the seats also function as toilets. I could elaborate, but I won’t.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Hi, just wandering through. Really neat pics. Helen you are so funny I have often thought of the same thing. I just don’t like the idea of ppl having to drop their drawers or **gasp** sit naked at the bar and omg can you imagine if it wasn’t for the obvious reason someone used the bar”stool” lolol. You know how men are fascinated not only with their acoustics but as well as their own aroma. hahahahahahaha