Contain Your Enthusiasm
Group 41 Architects
Used shipping containers are the refuse of modern, consumer society. About 50% are designed for a single use. The cost of their re-use being too high, they pile up at major shipping points and are left to rust. The problem grows as we consume more. Upcycling used containers is a highly "green" and responsible alternative. Three containers make a gracious 3-bedroom home of 1300 s.f. and 9 foot ceilings. We've softened their industrial quality with simple wood trellis elements that provide shading.
About the Entrants
Joel M. Karr
Joel M. Karr is an architect, traveler, man of the world, explorer, and generally curious soul. His journeys have included periods of living in Japan and Paris, along with shorter stints doing “green” evaporative cooling research in the Negev Desert of Israel and extensive world travel. As an architect, his work can be found on three continents, spanning a period of 27 years.
Joel has background designing buildings with some of the world's noteworthy architects including Kohn Pedersen Fox of New York, and Helmut Jahn of Chicago, as well as working in Tokyo for one of the largest Construction/Architecture/Development conglomerates in Japan for five years. He is a Certified Green Building Professional, as well as active in social issues including various Sustainable Building forums and Building and Planning issues in the City of San Francisco.
Educated at Oberlin College and UCLA, he holds a Masters' in Architecture and certification with NCARB for practice in all 50 states. He has continuing interests including historic preservation issues (He was active with Los Angeles Conservancy) and music (he is an accomplished flutist, having made his solo orchestral debut at 13). He lives in San Francisco with his partner, Ken, and their Chocolate Lab/Chow mix "daughter" Kaya.
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson earned his B.A. in Architecture from UC Berkeley and worked in San Francisco before relocating to New York City where he received his M.Arch degree from Columbia University. Jason worked with a number of high profile firms in New York, including SHoP Architects, K+D.Lab and A.Bio+ before returning to the SF Bay Area. He has taught at Columbia University, Parson’s New School of Design, Pratt Institute, University of California, Berkeley, and California College of the Arts. He currently seeks to further explore digital fabrication and other emerging design technology advancements through his continuing academic and professional work. In his spare time, Jason has explored almost all of the United States on his motorcycles, and is hoping to explore the remaining 10 states in the near future.