Can You Believe What They Did With Shipping Containers?

The shipping container: an incredible tool to revitalize neighborhoods and urban centers.

OPEN A DOG PARK

The PetSmart P.U.P. pop up dog park has activated empty spaces with the happy sounds of man’s best friends by bringing its portable dog park using a shipping container and fencing to both Detroit (pictured) and Phoenix. These units offer an inexpensive alternative to traditional dog park construction, costing around $50,000 each.

Photo Credit: www.onthegrid.city

Photo Credit: www.onthegrid.city

BUILD A PARKING GARAGE… FOR BICYCLES

The Century Building in Pittsburgh is a mixed-use project combining residential lofts, commercial and retail spaces into a unique, historical building. To make the project even more attractive to it’s target audience of young, working professionals the development team constructed a secured bike parking facilities out of a shipping container. The facility, known as the Bicycle Commuter Center, also sells yearly spaces for cycling commuters downtown. In addition to secured parking inside the containers, the facility also includes various exterior bike racks offering free, short term bike parking to customers of the booming cultural district in downtown PGH.

Photo Credit: www.kearch.com

Photo Credit: www.centuryon7th.com