Nowadays, the architecture of shipping containers

has attracted extensive attention all over the world,

and its methodology and design mode

have been deeply rooted in the construction industry.

However, when it is mixed with unexpected elements,

the whole design will glow with youth.

The project is named [shikiami concon],

which verifies the possibility of integrating container buildings

with traditional townhouses in Japan.

[shikiami concon] located in the center of Kyoto, Japan,

it is a building complex composed of

three traditional Japanese townhouses and 19 containers.

 It acts as a hub, providing small offices and studios for

 various creative groups from different industries.

With the development of urbanization,

the traditional wooden terrace townhouse gradually disappeared in Kyoto.

This is a new building.

Try to create something with existing recyclable materials

without affecting the local history and culture.

The strange combination of old terrace houses and second-hand containers

 will easily attract people's attention.

The container "townhouse" building is composed of two kinds of containers

 (13.77 square meters and 8.30 square meters) to form a complex structure

to surround the existing terrace house.

The size of each space depends on the number of containers connected together,

thus providing space for one to ten people.

Each tenant can freely define its space inside the container,

use some space as an office, and set up some shops and activity spaces.

 The old townhouse is located in the middle of the facilities

and is a common space for everyone.

In [shikiami concon], 14 professionals

and small companies are used in office space,

which involves real estate, architecture,

website design and development, media, photography, fashion, etc.

Traditional Japanese townhouses / townhouses

have complex public-private spatial relationships,

usually with a shop on the ground to

maintain active interaction with public areas on the street.

[shikiami concon] has multi-storey private and public spaces.

Activity spaces and shops such as cafes will be open to the public,

 while there are more private office spaces on the back.

The coexistence of private space and public domain

is a typical feature of Japanese townhouse,

which is why the facility is called "container Machiya",

 thus creating a modern version of Japanese townhouse.

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