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Despite the aerial imagery so common in architecture and urban design, we do not see, interact with or experience spaces from a bird’s eye perspective. We commute, commune, eat, shop, share and play at ground level. Doing so, we are immersed in the first 20 feet of the vertical space around us. So why aren’t we designing it better?

a tall building with lots of windows and balconies on the top of it

designed by GA Design Consultants, . Ganti + Asociates (GA) Design has won an international ideas competition with a radical shipping container skyscraper that was envisioned to provide...

a tall building with lots of colorful boxes on it's side in the middle of a city

container architecture. – hotel made of stacked shipping containers. – Recycled shipping containers are stacked in a ‘Jenga-like’ configuration within a steel frame structure at the Hive-Inn Hotel, a new concept designed by Hong-Kong-based OVA Studio.

three different views of a building with stairs and balconies on the sides, from top to bottom

Shipping containers stacked and shifted in plan and layered in elevation maximize rooftop views and shaded public areas on the ground at the Container Stack Pavilion. A 7.5 meter cantilevered box is the point of entrance to the building’s upper-level roof, while the pavilion itself seems to extend out toward bordering streets, showcasing its interior activities. The ends of each container are capped with full height windows, allowing sightlines throughout the entire building.

an orange and white building surrounded by tall buildings

the vacant lot neighboring the university was transformed into an innovative building made of recycled shipping containers.

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