Exercise 1 - Comparative precedent study

Sisalla shipping container
http://sisalla.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/shipping-container-living.html

Features
1. Efficient
2. Balcony extension
3. Glass doors

Design Approaches
1. Contemporary approach
2. Singular shipping container
3. Bright colours

Adam Kalkin shipping container
http://www.coolhunting.com/design/-would-you-live.php

Features
1. Walls are collapse-able
2. Window openings
3. furniture fixed to crate

Design Approaches
1. Minimalistic approach
2. Singular shipping container
3. Darker colours

Both designs contain both similarities and differences however both are quite structurally sound. The Sisalla shipping container holds a quite contemporary approach unlike the Adam Kalkin shipping container which pushes more of a minimalistic approach, however they both consist in one singular shipping container. Although I favour the minimalistic approach I believe the minimum nature will be necessary to be mass produced and utilised in my chosen location, Japan. The Sisalla shipping container also depends heavily on the glass, like the Adam Kalkin shipping container my container design shouldnt consist too heavily on glass or if any due to the tendency for glass to shatter during earthquakes. Therefore other materials may be utilised such as plastic. The Adam Kalkin shipping container utilised the hard steel which I favoured and will adopt in my design. Although both designs are testament to exceptional architecture sharing similarities and differences both aid in the design process for the shipping container I will design in Japan due to the event of an earthquake.