Location:7-3 Ogawacho, Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture 567-0873, Japan

System: Shipping Container

• Completed: January 2016,
• Architect: HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Yhiro,
• Manufactured: Jiangsu Province, China,
• Product: New shipping containers,
• Square space: 1,011 m2
• Total Project Cost: $1.5 million USD,
• Shipping Containers Used: 34 containers,
• Manufacturing Period: 75 days,
• Building Assembly Period: 30 days,
• Total Construction Period: 95 days.

Description:

• R-value 6 times higher than traditional 2×4 wood framing,
• All construction materials were carefully selected to surpass human health and environmental safety codes,
• specially engineered for noise control, to reduce neighborhood disturbances,
• 50+ year manufacturer lifetime guarantee,
• 95% of final structure was manufactured in factory,
• 9.0 magnitude earthquake and typhoon resistant,
• All materials passed Japan F4 Star International Environmental Standards.