in the brazilian city of porto alegre, KS arquitetos has realized ?container house RD? for a metalworker and his passion for metal structures. designed and built alongside the client, the new residence reuses and repurposes marine shipping containers to achieve a highly-resistant and ready-made structure that perfectly represents the owner?s lifestyle and profession.

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in addition to creating a robust structure, the containers were also chosen for the benefits of modularity and quick assembly. setup side-by-side or stacked on top of one another, the containers allowed for highly-rational proposals due to the module?s ease of handling. based on the exceptional built-in structural potential of the container, the formal concept of the container house emerged: stacked yet rotated structures create unexpected balancing and rotational gestures. the inspiration sprang forth during research when the design team came upon the iconic image of an immense ship, laden with containers piled-high in a disordered heap.
 
 
the home is located on a hillside in porto alegre, in the south of brazil, on one of the highest rises of the city. the landscape unfolds before the huge windows of the living room, oriented towards a conservation area next to the site, with the balanced and rotated volume of the master suite overlooking the guaíba river and its unforgettable sunsets. these obliquely juxtaposed modules offer different angles on the landscape.

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