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Friday, November 26, 2021
Stadium built with shipping containers reaches completion in Qatar
www.dezeen.com: Colourful shipping containers and a modular steel structure make up Stadium 974, which Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed in Qatar ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
I think that this is such an innovative use of materials and such a great way to avoid being wasteful. Shipping containers are gaining a lot of popularity in recent years and I have seen their use springing up much more lately. Once they are out of commission as actual shipping devices, I have seen them go on as tiny houses, food trailers, swimming pools, etc. The opportunities for their repurposing are completely endless and it is so fun to watch how people creatively use them for different things. This is definitely one of the most impressive uses of them, though. It was interesting to read that they were able to reduce water use by 40 percent compared to a normal stadium. It also talks about how it saved build time, which definitely makes a lot of sense to me as they can become much of the structure without the need to do any real fabrication of walls, etc. This was a really exciting project to see and I hope people come up with even more ideas for shipping containers.
This makes me incredibly happy and excited for the future of the world of entertainment! I have become determined recently to be devoted to having less of an environmental impact in all aspects of my life, but have been struggling especially when it comes to creating environmentally conscious theater. Seeing this stadium gives me so much hope for the creativity and innovation that is needed to create eco-friendly stadiums and eventually theaters, buildings, homes, etc. I love that in the construction of the stadium not only used recycled and repurposed materials but also paid close attention to creating a design that limits material waste and reduced water usage by forty percent. It’s interesting that they plan on dismantling the stadium and potentially placing it elsewhere, I wonder why they are doing this? Maybe it is to show other cities how possible it is to create something so eco-friendly but is cost effective and beautiful to look at as well?
I am absolutely obsessed with this new wave of using shipping containers as building materials. Up until now, I have only really seen the shipping containers being used on smaller scale projects like houses, pools, garages, etc; but seeing an entire stadium with the foundation of shipping containers is absolutely brilliant. Sports stadiums are some of the largest modern day structures that are built on a fairly regular basis and the construction industry is notorious for wasted materials and poor sustainability. Being able to use shipping containers after their life on a boat or truck is incredibly innovative, and it really makes sense. These containers are designed to be stacked dozens tall on ships, making their resistance to crushing force incredibly high, and the sheer size of them is incredibly applicable for human interaction. I really hope we see more of this kind of recycle and reuse in the future.
Wow, this is really cool. Shipping containers are so easy to produce and so versatile, and I imagine that even outside of stadium construction, the modular design that uses these shipping containers should be applicable to other construction projects that require large-scale but relatively temporary constructions (or just make use of abundant, cheap, possibly reused materials). It would be pretty far out, but as climate change makes much of the world less forgiving and nice weather everywhere more seasonal, I wonder if techniques like this might eventually be used to make whole groups of buildings or even cities semi-permanent, so that in response to changing climate conditions or in anticipation of a major natural catastrophe, large groups of people and infrastructure could relatively easily uproot and move. We're definitely not there yet, and this is only a very small step in that direction, but it does seem like this flexibility could evolve into something more.
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I think that this is such an innovative use of materials and such a great way to avoid being wasteful. Shipping containers are gaining a lot of popularity in recent years and I have seen their use springing up much more lately. Once they are out of commission as actual shipping devices, I have seen them go on as tiny houses, food trailers, swimming pools, etc. The opportunities for their repurposing are completely endless and it is so fun to watch how people creatively use them for different things. This is definitely one of the most impressive uses of them, though. It was interesting to read that they were able to reduce water use by 40 percent compared to a normal stadium. It also talks about how it saved build time, which definitely makes a lot of sense to me as they can become much of the structure without the need to do any real fabrication of walls, etc. This was a really exciting project to see and I hope people come up with even more ideas for shipping containers.
This makes me incredibly happy and excited for the future of the world of entertainment! I have become determined recently to be devoted to having less of an environmental impact in all aspects of my life, but have been struggling especially when it comes to creating environmentally conscious theater. Seeing this stadium gives me so much hope for the creativity and innovation that is needed to create eco-friendly stadiums and eventually theaters, buildings, homes, etc. I love that in the construction of the stadium not only used recycled and repurposed materials but also paid close attention to creating a design that limits material waste and reduced water usage by forty percent. It’s interesting that they plan on dismantling the stadium and potentially placing it elsewhere, I wonder why they are doing this? Maybe it is to show other cities how possible it is to create something so eco-friendly but is cost effective and beautiful to look at as well?
I am absolutely obsessed with this new wave of using shipping containers as building materials. Up until now, I have only really seen the shipping containers being used on smaller scale projects like houses, pools, garages, etc; but seeing an entire stadium with the foundation of shipping containers is absolutely brilliant. Sports stadiums are some of the largest modern day structures that are built on a fairly regular basis and the construction industry is notorious for wasted materials and poor sustainability. Being able to use shipping containers after their life on a boat or truck is incredibly innovative, and it really makes sense. These containers are designed to be stacked dozens tall on ships, making their resistance to crushing force incredibly high, and the sheer size of them is incredibly applicable for human interaction. I really hope we see more of this kind of recycle and reuse in the future.
Wow, this is really cool. Shipping containers are so easy to produce and so versatile, and I imagine that even outside of stadium construction, the modular design that uses these shipping containers should be applicable to other construction projects that require large-scale but relatively temporary constructions (or just make use of abundant, cheap, possibly reused materials). It would be pretty far out, but as climate change makes much of the world less forgiving and nice weather everywhere more seasonal, I wonder if techniques like this might eventually be used to make whole groups of buildings or even cities semi-permanent, so that in response to changing climate conditions or in anticipation of a major natural catastrophe, large groups of people and infrastructure could relatively easily uproot and move. We're definitely not there yet, and this is only a very small step in that direction, but it does seem like this flexibility could evolve into something more.
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