Comments on: SHIPPING CONTAINER PLAYGROUND by Phooey Architects

By: anthony new world

anthony new world — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:29:02 +0000

There is no reason this kind of innovative reuse of materials should not move into main stream use, in fact common sense would suggest cheep affordable housing for many reasons could be facilitated in this way.
If reuse of materials can be implemented to over come some of the basic human needs like shelter, then why is any person still homeless.
It could be argued as a culture/species we pride our selves on not facilitating solutions, in fact with this and other examples of cheep highly usable instant housing/shelter, it possible shows we have a very long way to go before we can clam any kind of general sustainability for how we are doing life.
Anthony Foo
Skyfarms Australia

By: robotmongol

robotmongol — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:36:12 +0000

I just saw this while I was studying architecture abroad in Melbourne. It was amazing to see such a great example of green design, even though its quite tucked away and doesn\\\’t allow adults in without children.

By: theokobox

theokobox — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:19:48 +0000

This is so awesome! There is nothing more exciting then seeing people build a new structure out of old materials- especially ones people usually consider “ugly”.