So I went for a ride to the beach today and was greeted by a glaringly obtrusive building that was just put up on Santa Monica beach, no more than 150 metres from the pier. What is it? and where did it come from? The design is different, but COMPLETELY out of place. Cheers!
i remember real train use to come to santa monica and bring lumber for now closed fisher lumber on 14 th. street.
a lot of wessiders think i just came to america..
Thanks, i'll try to get some current photos this week. It's a fine design, a cool gesture anyway, with the shipping containers... but why here? why not help to house the homeless which are so present in Santa Monica?
a giant barracks for the homeless right on the beach would SOOO not fly in santa monica. and anyway, i think there is something just not quite PC about using shipping containers as homeless shelters. i can't put my finger on it though.
shipping containers? Is that a statement or something? I sit behind one every day to and fro work on a flatbed - I hate them. Great- a gable on a Dutch shipping container. Next! Move on....
In the olden days (like 2000) we used them on a couple of projects. Not cost effective - unless you are under serious time constraints you might as well have something made from scratch. The last time we looked at using them for a tower-type applicaton (stacked 5 high) it was around twice the cost of a custom made steel structure.
Most (cheap) shipping containers are made in China or Korea, and if you are using them for structure there is no way for the building department to sign off on them b/c they aren't made by (US) certified welders. Also, the 8' module is great for fitting on standard flatbeds, but doesn't really lend itself to architectural applications.
That said, if you want to just make a eight foot thick storage wall out of them, they are great.
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that building on Santa Monica beach?
So I went for a ride to the beach today and was greeted by a glaringly obtrusive building that was just put up on Santa Monica beach, no more than 150 metres from the pier. What is it? and where did it come from? The design is different, but COMPLETELY out of place. Cheers!
have a pic mate ?
its the nomadic museum by shigeru ban...it houses photos by gregory colbert...go check it out.
I do have a lot of respect for Shigeru Ban ... but .....
It's my bike. Sorry. I'll move it.
i remember real train use to come to santa monica and bring lumber for now closed fisher lumber on 14 th. street.
a lot of wessiders think i just came to america..
I'm glad someone is finally doing something with shipping containers.
Thanks, i'll try to get some current photos this week. It's a fine design, a cool gesture anyway, with the shipping containers... but why here? why not help to house the homeless which are so present in Santa Monica?
a giant barracks for the homeless right on the beach would SOOO not fly in santa monica. and anyway, i think there is something just not quite PC about using shipping containers as homeless shelters. i can't put my finger on it though.
shipping containers? Is that a statement or something? I sit behind one every day to and fro work on a flatbed - I hate them. Great- a gable on a Dutch shipping container. Next! Move on....
Welcome back, nixie. Has anyone hard facts on how "cheap" shipping containers are? Not the actual price, but the cost of using them?
I've heard from the mouth of an expert that they are too expensive to be a realistic option. Let's just call him Les Bones.
In the olden days (like 2000) we used them on a couple of projects. Not cost effective - unless you are under serious time constraints you might as well have something made from scratch. The last time we looked at using them for a tower-type applicaton (stacked 5 high) it was around twice the cost of a custom made steel structure.
Most (cheap) shipping containers are made in China or Korea, and if you are using them for structure there is no way for the building department to sign off on them b/c they aren't made by (US) certified welders. Also, the 8' module is great for fitting on standard flatbeds, but doesn't really lend itself to architectural applications.
That said, if you want to just make a eight foot thick storage wall out of them, they are great.
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