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Comment by Stefan Beese on April 4, 2012 at 10:54pm

Upon being Awarded the position of Production Designer for the 2011 Quicksilver NY PRO Surf event, Stefan Beese of RE:BE Design took the obvious approach, fusing Modern Urbanism Architecture with the natural environment and beach culture of surfing.

Beese found the narrative in utilizing temporary container structures. Adapting this form of temporary architecture, Beese created assets that were needed to hold a surf event, such as, judging towers, athlete zones and brand oriented exposition structures.

Beese was challenged in finding solutions for event amenities such as a surf site complete with Interior solutions for the surfers accommodations providing access locations to the beach and competition events. A raised VIP cabana and bar, as well as structures for the other Quicksilver brands, including Roxy, provided a design idea for yet another container like structure.

Needing a contrast to the bold exterior appearance of shipping container structures, it was imperative to soften up the interior with a more natural approach. A Zen environment was the obvious direction, complimenting the natural location of beach, sea and air while still offering some repetitive solutions in materials and decor. Where applicable the use of wood flooring and rattan matts were chosen.

To further incorporate and fuse urban elements in structure and design with the natural locale, large scale driftwood mobiles, oversized nature prints of waves, rock gardens and other natural elements assisted in enhancing the design aesthetic.

According to Beese: “The overall importance was to find a way to bring the urban landscape everyone associates with a city like NY out to the beach while blending it with modern natural elements. The goal for the production design was to create something other than a city of white tent tops and Tiki style décor, which has all too often been used in events such as this.”

Adding cargo Shipping container structures to the event landscape where applicable, created a sense of urbanism in a beach setting environment, bringing the city “landscape” to the beach while creating inventory and storage facilities for the event itself. This hybrid double function is something that has always triggered Beese in his designs, similar to last years award winning Voodoo Experience Eco Cargo Container Lounge, a 2-story stacked container bar-lounge facility for an outdoor festival.

After the initial Design Concepts were accepted, all assets were further developed in collaboration and executed by Kosmo Studios. A Miami based company.

 

Client: Quiksilver Pro NY http://surf.quiksilver.com/posts/?n=17219
Designer :  Stefan Beese, RE:BE Design
3D Design: Seyavash Zohoorie
Graphic Design: Daniela Nelke, Jensen Killen
General Contractor: Kosmo Studios

Comment by David Weber on August 22, 2011 at 6:36am

nice Container club in Berlin, Germany.

source: http://twotimestwentyfeet.com/

Comment by Stefan Beese on November 22, 2009 at 3:11pm

Link was missing:
http://www.nola.com/voodoofest/index.ssf/2009/10/stefan_beese_bring...

Architect Comment by Vishal Charles on October 4, 2009 at 9:44am

Saw the article and slideshow online. One of the limiting factor in using shipping containers is the height if you want to stay within the modules- but who says you have to stay within :) I like it. here's the slideshow for anyone else who's interested:
http://www.dwell.com/slideshows/the-shipping-muse.html?paused=true

Comment by Nadine Bouler on October 3, 2009 at 6:52pm

Did you see Dwell this month featured a residence out of shipping containers? Some nice interior finishes, but not nearly as colorful as these buildings in the Netherlands.

Architect Comment by Vishal Charles on March 21, 2009 at 10:22am

very interesting projects Jennie! there are a lot of good examples and I think a discussion thread is a good idea to take this forward. It'll be a good source for quick information or inspiration. I've started a thread on discussion forum

Comment by Jennie Santoro on March 20, 2009 at 6:46pm

I've seen the Freitag store in Zurich in person, but only from the outside. Although I don't have any pictures to share, I must say it makes even more of a statement at night, both glowing from within and the exterior lighting call attention to it in a great way.

While traveling in the Netherlands, especially Rotterdam, there is a lot of 'shipping container architecture' as it is the largest port in the region and countless shipping containers pass through each day. Whether it is building that use shipping containers themselves, architecture that take the materials and manipulates them in the creation of new forms, or architecture that is inspired by shipping containers for their modular, portable or stackable qualities, there are countless examples in the region.

This first example is a small restaurant near the Shipping and Transport College aka the periscope building in Rotterdam. I don't know the architect, but its a good example of a small project that utilizes the containers themselves.

MVRDV's silodam project (below) is a stacking of blocks of different uses with a variation of color, material, and openings in each stacked block as an interpretation of the surrounding harbor while they're proposal for a container city takes or more literal approach and pushed the concept.

Lastly, an interesting solution on university housing shortage in the Netherlands, this modular system conceptually pulls from the shipping container, unlike the trailer parks you may find in campuses in the US. The first couple photos are from Delft and the last couple from Utrecht.

Group Leader Comment by Himadri Mayank on March 20, 2009 at 12:55am

There was a design competition held a couple of years back - LIVING BOX.
http://www.edilportale.com/livingbox/eng/livingbox.htm

I was working on a prototypical design entry for the competition, which I did not send. An year later, I used the idea of living boxes for a B Plan Competition to float a company which would provide temporary shelter to people in situations of calamities (wars, earthquakes, tsunami....). The economics was a little expensive for India. Did not work out.

However, I still feel, it is a great prefab unit with interesting implications on and applications in architecture.