Shipping Container School Sports Hall

05 Sep 2009
Posted by dbox

Dunraven Shipping Container Sports Hall

When Dunraven School in London, England, decided to build a new gymnasium for the students they turned to SCABEL architects and Urban Space Management, builders of Container City in London Docklands.  Together they created a gym using recycled shipping containers at a cost of only 1.5 million pounds, little more than half the cost of a traditional gym.  

Dunraven Sports Hall Outside

The building features three sides made from shipping containers which were put in place in only three days, and a fourth side constructed from translucent polycarbonate.  The roof is built using a series of trusses.  Containers are not just used as walls in the design, but also as changing rooms and viewing balconies.  You can read more here and here.

Dunraven Viewing Gallery

Dunraven Sports Hall Plan

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