Shipping Container Roof Garden

Having spots of bare soil can be quite an eyesore.

Shipping container roof garden.

And it s a super sustainable design. This green roof was created on a shipping container in mytholmroyd june 2019. From poteet architects it sits in the sun in south san antonio texas. The rooftop garden is raised slightly off the top of the container.

This style of roof will still allow the container to be transportable. Stacking shipping containers up to create more living space is a good alternative to placing them side by side and cutting structurally compromising holes in them. Sheds fashioned from new or used shipping containers are a cost effective and simple way to add additional indoor space to your backyard. 2 simple shipping container home.

On each side of the container roof attach a wooden beam into the steel plates. Now we ve launched our latest conversion project to the public the garden office. 3 construct wooden frame around edge of the roof ours is 225mm high made from decking timber on the outside and bitumen coated battening timber on the inside. To install a shed style roof on your shipping container weld right angled steel plates across the length of the shipping container on both sides.

This blog post covers some of the many benefits of transforming a container into a shed as well as offering up some particularly good examples of what is really possible. The ultimate goal here is to have the entire roof covered in so much green that the brownish shade of soil becomes practically invisible. In any case you can either buy a. Shipping crate house with rooftop garden built from a used shipping crate as a guest house in san antonio this residence has sustainability in mind with every aspect of its design.

Introducing the universal containers garden room. 2 seal with bitumen and cover with heavy duty dpm. It s no secret that space is a luxury in your home and it s not always possible to transform a spare room into an office environment that is fit for purpose. Screw the trusses into this beam.

Installing a successful green roof means that you ll have to minimize that as much as possible. Now the roof s basic structure is starting to take shape. Here an idea for roofing a shipping container for water collection and heat abatement. This way not only does it provide shade but there is air flow to provide cooling during the hot texas summer months.

This shipping container makes a fantastic guest house with a roof garden to boot.