Container Learn (Container City)
Tower Hamlets
Container City™
DESIGNER: Container City™ and Nicholas Lacey and Partners BUILDER: Container City™ BUILD DATE: 2001
LOCATION: Tower Hamlets College, London, UK PHOTO CREDITS: Container City™ RATING: 4 Stars
Container Learn is a three storey block of classrooms built for Tower Hamlets College in East London. After the success of the first Container City building at Trinity Buoy Wharf, the college asked Container City™ to help them find more teaching space without giving up any of their grounds or losing months to a building site.
The answer was six container units stacked over three floors, giving the college 12 extra classrooms and about 280 square metres of floor space. The bright blue boxes are finished with round porthole windows and small balconies, an external stairwell runs up the side, and every room was fitted with modern computer cabling so it was ready for teaching from day one.
Build Method
Container City™ handled the design and build together with Nicholas Lacey and Partners, with Buro Happold as the engineer. The modules were fabricated and fitted out off site, so most of the work happened away from the college while classes carried on as normal.
Once the units arrived they were craned into place and the whole building was installed in just three days. It was ready to use when students came back from the summer holidays, which is exactly the kind of timing schools need.
Interbode Thoughts
We love Container Learn because it is one of the earliest proof points for stacked container buildings doing real, everyday work. Twelve classrooms in three days is hard to argue with, and more than twenty years on the porthole windows and bold blue still look fresh. If you like the stacked look but want it at home scale, our HELI stacks two 20ft containers into a compact two bedroom home.
Great job Container City™ and Tower Hamlets College!
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Guides
NEST Design & Build Plans
2 BED | 1 KIT | 1 BATH - Dimensions: W x D x H
NEST is a double unit 2X 20M (40ft) High Cube Shipping container design suitable for a small house/ holiday apartment use complete with regular kitchen and bathroom in both Grid and Off Grid configurations and with 1 Solar roof option.
Download detailed plans for NEST which include the following drawings in A3:
DRAWINGS SCHEDULES
PROJECT NOTES
FLOOR PLAN
REFLECTED CEILING
ROOF PLAN
ELEVATIONS
SECTIONS
INTERNAL ELEVATIONS
TYPICAL DETAILS
KITCHEN DRAWINGS
JOINERY DRAWINGS
BATHROOM DRAWINGS
ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS
WINDOW SCHEDULES
LIGHTING PLAN
POWER & SWITCHES PLAN
ELECTRICAL SCHEMATICS
FIXTURES & FINISHES SCHEDULE
Bespoke plans or amendments are also available from Interbode’s Design Studio. Contact Us: https://www.interbode.com
Notes:
Whilst detailed, this document is not for construction and is not intended to be compliant with all council or building regulations in your country or state. Prior to commencing build you should engage a suitable architect/drafts person and a qualified engineer.
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