The project Container, located in the port city of Itajaí (SC) aims to intervene on a conceptual model, interact with sustainability issues, propose an industrialized modular construction and at the same time make possible, through architecture and creativity, the approximation with the Nature and art. 

© Alexandre Zelinski

Architects: Rodrigo Kirck Arquitetura

Location: R. Tubarão, 182 - Fazenda, Itajaí - SC, 88301-470, Brasil

Area: 135.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Alexandre Zelinski

Team: Rodrigo Kirck, Syndi Bastos, Bruno Bianchini

© Alexandre Zelinski

The project Container, located in the port city of Itajaí (SC) aims to intervene on a conceptual model, interact with sustainability issues, propose an industrialized modular construction and at the same time make possible, through architecture and creativity, the approximation with the Nature and art. 
© Alexandre Zelinski

The project has two monolithic warehouse volumes, each using two overlapping containers, by a zenith opening system that "distances" the volumes and houses the vertical circulations. This system is designed to reduce the use of artificial lighting. On the containers are installed two large garden roofs that fulfill several functions: reduce the impact of solar radiation, capture rainwater ...