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Elegant Shipping-Container Studio on a Budget

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Maziar Behrooz of MBArchitecture created a very simple, free-standing garden studio for just $60,000 using two 40 foot shipping containers; for the winning entry in the 2009 AIA Peconic Design Award.

Like all too many artists, the client had a limited budget to work with.

The solution was to use two side-by-side 40′ long, 9′6″ high steel shipping containers.

The back and the front are both entirely cut open for window space so day-lighting streams in at both ends.

The soaring double height walls inside make for large inviting white spaces for artwork. Because the side-by-side shipping containers are set on top of the 9 foot foundation wall, the ceiling is a soaring 18 feet high, perfect for large artwork displays.

The idea was to have a place that was functional as a working space, but would also be inviting and reflective, to encourage the alpha-rhythm of creativity as well.

Outside, the bluntly industrial shipping container exterior is not disguised, merely enhanced with a coat of a sophisticated blue-gray paint that somehow works with the environment as well, while establishing its uber-gritty industrial design credentials.

Image: Francine Fleischer
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