Container construction is a new type of construction with a development history of only 20 years, and container construction has entered our vision in the past 10 years. In the 1970s, British architect Nicholas Lacey proposed the concept of transforming containers into habitable buildings, but it did not receive widespread attention at the time. Until November 1987, the American architect Phillip Clark legally proposed a technical patent for transforming steel shipping containers into buildings, and the patent was passed in August 1989. Since then, container construction has gradually appeared.

Architects use containers to build houses due to the crude container construction technology in the early days, and it is difficult to pass the national certification building codes. At the same time, this type of building can only be a temporary building with a short period and needs to be demolished or relocated after the deadline. Therefore, most projects The function can only be used in office or exhibition halls. The harsh conditions did not prevent architects from pursuing container construction. In 2006, the American Southern California architect Peter DeMaria designed the first two-story container house in the United States, and the building structure passed strict national certification building codes.

America’s first container house

In 2011, BOXPARK, the world’s first large-scale temporary shopping mall container park, was also launched.

The container construction technology of BOXPARK, the world’s first large-scale temporary shopping center container park, has also begun to mature. At present, container buildings are mostly used in various buildings such as residences, shops, art galleries and so on. As a new modeling tool and structural tool, the container gradually shows its unique charm and development potential. The scale of container construction continues to increase, the construction difficulty continues to increase, and the performance of the container body in architectural design is constantly being introduced.