www.dezeen.com: Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects' Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
The Spanish architecture practice's modular design means the stadium can be dismantled and moved to a new location after the football tournament.
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Personally, I think a shipping contain house would be just as cool as this stadium. Ever since I saw a shipping container constructed into a house I was immediately hooked on the design, it is simple and the framework is pretty much already done for you. That being said, I wouldn't want to be caught in a lightning storm in either this stadium or a house that is made from pure steel.
I must say that this idea is very cool and many of the animations do a very good job of depicting its appearance. I would be curious to see how much cost savings, if any, come from this idea. Sure, shipping containers can be fairly cheap when you are buying them in this quantity but it seems like there will be a lot of necessary labor needed to deconstruct the units. It is easy to tell that most of these pieces aren't the full makeup of a shipping container.
It would also be a shame to see this stadium fall to ruins after Fifa 2022. It seems to be that a lot of these stadiums become worthless after the one month of use, sure the games probably bring in enough money to fund the endeavor and I’m sure it does wonders for the economy but is it really worth it? The disheartening part of the article is the discussion of unfair labor practices. I realize this is not the only time we have seen these issues, but the fact that it continues to occur makes me wonder why nations think the positives out weight the negatives in these cases.
I’m definitely happy to see a new way people have found to reuse old materials. This definitely is more ambitious than most shipping container structures I’ve seen/ heard of before. It’ll be interesting to see it in real life (assuming it all pans out) and how it compares to the animation. The animation is definitely trying to sell it, complete with very epic sounding music. I’m currently assuming that even though this theoretically could be moved to another location, it’ll probably end up staying put where it is, since it is still going to be a decent amount of build/ install time, even if it is mostly shipping crates. That being said, if it actually is easy to move and reinstall, it could be interesting to see what the possibility of touring stadiums would do. It reminds me of another article I saw on the “News From the Real World” blog about an inflatable concert hall that can tour around.
Ok so this is really cool a modular stadium, yes, not a house but a modular stadium. That pretty damn ridiculous. That said I really like this idea, because if you remember there are currently multiple huge stadiums that were built for the World Cup in Brazil that now lay completely vacant. So if this modular stadium made out of shipping containers works the way that it is supposed to in theory it could help elevate the financial burden the Word Cup places upon the host country in term of needing to build new infrastructure. Imagine thy just go to anywhere that either have boat or train access and you can just sort pop up a stadium. I do agree with Chris when he stated his interest in the idea of modular housing made out of shipping containers, because if it is a resource that we have available to us we should definitely use them.
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