The main purpose of "EX-CONTAINER PROJECT" is to build a house utilizing ISO shipping container format to provide homes for those displaced by the earthquake and tsunami hit in Japan on 11th of March, 2011. This type of house is able to achieve lower cost with higher quality than normal temporary housing. We will support the earliest possible recovery of the disaster area.
Representative of EX-CONATINER PROJECT
Yasutaka Yoshimura / Architect
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| Pre-assembled and interior and exterior finished ex-containers hoisted by crane. |
| October 12, 2011 |
We are now exhibiting the prototype of EX-CONTAINER in Tohoku area. We are all looking for your visit!
Schedule
[Date] October 11, 2011
[Open hour] From 10:00 to 16:00
[Venue] Parking lot of Frespo Fukushima (Shopping Center)
[Address] 2-12 Minami Kouriyama city, Fukushima Pref.
[Date] October 12, 2011
[Hour] From 10:00 to 16:00
[Venue] Storage of Kumahira Co., Ltd Sendai branch
[Address] 4-22 Tsurushiro-machi, Wakabayashi-ku,
Sendai city, Miyagi Pref.
[Date] October 13, 2011
[Open hour] From 10:00 to 16:00
[Venue] Parking lot in Ishinomaki city
[Address] 3-5-19, Chuou, Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Pref.
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| The EX-CONTAINER is hauled out of the ground with a crane. |
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| Exterior |
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| Interior |
| July 28, 2011 |
We appreciate your continuing support for EX-CONTAINER Project. The venue for EX-CONTAINER exhibition has been changed. We are very sorry for your inconvenience. Please check this new address and map.
30(sat) and 31(sun) Jul, 2011
[Hours] 10:00 - 18:00
[Venue] 1-20-46 Nekozane, Urayasu city, Chiba Pref.
[Access] (Route 1)From Urayasu Sta.(Tokyo Metro), 16 min. walk or 3 min. bus ride
(Route 2)From Shin-Urayasu Sta.(JR), 20 min. walk or 4 min. bus ride
[Contact] excontainer@ysmr.com
[Note] Please give your card at the venue
| July 20, 2011 |
We appreciate your continuing support for EX-CONTAINER Project. The prototype has completed and we will exhibit it. We are all looking to forward your visit and further support or considering introducing this EX-CONTAINER!
We are also planning to demonstrating in Tohoku area and now looking for the site. If you have a place in your mind, please let us know via Email.
30(sat) and 31(sun) Jul, 2011
[Hours] 10:00 - 18:00
[Venue]
1-6-5 Asagaya-kita, Suginami-ku Tokyo, Japan (Map)
4 min. walk from North exit of Asagaya Sta.
excontainer@ysmr.com
[Note] Please give your card at the venue
| June 30, 2011 |
Our prototype production is on schedule, despite the slight delay in the process flow. We are predicting for our prototype to be ready by early July. After our prototype is up and running, we would like to display it in a public exhibition somewhere within the Tokyo area. Please let us know if you know a location for this potential exhibition - whether it's outside or in a garage, we don't mind! The dimension of the prototype is: w5.4m x d6.0m x h2.6m. We sincerely thank you for all your support thus far, and we hope you will continue to support us!
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| The prefabricated bath - a 1418 hotel type - is put into place. |
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| The surface adjacent to the doorway will be insulated with white glass wool. This 'translucent wall' will have a beautiful, subtle glow. |
| Jun 22, 2011 |
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| The ceiling is insulated with spray urethane foam. This type of insulation is very effective to prevent condensation. |
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| In every unit, there is an opening up above for a staircase. Clients have the option to take advantage of this opening by converting it to a skylight. |
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| Sashes for sliding windows are set in to place. |
| Jun 20, 2011 |
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| Insulated floor panels are fitted in to place. |
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| Sashes are installed tentatively. Actually, they were fixed to wood frame in advance on the floor. |
| June 15, 2011 |
On June 14th, we had steel framing inspection at Nichinan Tekkou in Chiba Prefecture with Jun Sato, structure engineer.
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| The steel frame is the same size as 20ft ISO shipping container. The prototype is consisted of 2 frame units for this time. |
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| The opening on the ceiling is for the stairs to the 2nd floor. Same frames are also used in the single-story type to unify the member. |
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| These are the roof members. The steel plate which is bended 4.5mm will become a small edge to connect with the coping. |
| June 13, 2011 |
Meanwhile, we have received many inquiries from NPO supporters, individual victims and municipalities who are seeking ways to recover disaster areas other than constructing emergency shelter. We will continue our activities to supply EX-CONTAINER as low-cost permanent housing and reusable alternative.
Also, our fist prototype has started to be constructed at a factory in Chiba Prefecture with the help of collected donation. The completion is scheduled on the end of June, so we will provide the information as the situation proceeds. We appreciate your continuing support for EX-CONTAINER activities!
| March 28, 2011 |
Official Twitter account is open!! Please follow us We are delivering day by day information about reconstruction process in Tohoku area.
| March 27, 2011 |
We express a hearty sympathy for those who are lost and damaged in this immense disaster hit in Tohoku area in Japan.
We are launching a project that will support to provide homes utilizing ISO shipping container format for those displaced by earthquake and tsunami hit in Japan on 11th of March, 2011. We will make the most of our own know-how of the previously completed project, Bayside Marina Hotel located in Yokohama bay, developed and designed by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects.
We are seeking possibilities as follows
Temporary Housing
2. Reconstruction Housing
3. Community Facilities (ex: café, shop)
will build up one common format that can be used as temporary housing as well as permanent housing later on after its recovery. We would like you to understand that although the low cost and short period of construction is most needed in this situation, we can still provide safe and comfortable homes and communities.