Little Hero Steel Container Apartments- Melbourne, Australia
Location: 30/16-30 Russell Pl, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
System: Steel Container Modular
- Completed:June 2010
- Developer: Delphine Holdings Pty Ltd
- Architect: Fender Katsalidis (By Nonda Katsalidis)
- Manufactured: Shanghai, China
- Product:Steel Container
- Livable Units: 63 Residences
- Apartment Sale Price: $350,000 AUD – $380,000 AUD
- Steel Containers Used:75 containers
- Total Assembly Period: 5 days
- Total Construction Period:30 days
- Total Project Cost:4 Million AUD
Description:
- 63 one- and two-bedroom city apartments and duplex penthouse residences
- Utilising a modular steel container construction system and a parallel on- and off-site construction program
- 8 storeys building was erected in 4 weeks
- End-to-end construction was completed in 9 months
- Reduced construction time by more than 6 months compared with a conventional build
- Saved an estimated $4.2 million AUD in construction labor
- 0 magnitude earthquake and typhoon resistant
- Construction process significantly more environmentally sustainable than conventional concrete building method