Interior spaces are minimal, carrying the simplistic design from outside to inside. Diagonal openings reveal snippets of the city.
The interior balconies provides plentiful views of the urban core.
The shipping container walls are painted white on the interior, creating bright living spaces.
Circulation platforms weave above the open courtyard space.
Exposed stairways and connecting bridges resemble the back side of a billboard.
The interior courtyard has become a social gathering space for residents.
The triangular geometry of the site is revealed at the meeting point of the two volumes.
On the ground floor, diagonal cuts connect the public sidewalk to a covered portico.
Diagonal cuts are mirrored across the facade, creating a rhythmic pattern of material and void.
The buildings create a pedestrian-friendly experience by placing retail on the main floor, where it is easily accessible to passers-by.
Large cuts in the outer walls of the shipping containers create a geometric pattern of glazed openings. At night, the openings create a patterned facade that is both solid and transparent.
The project's industrial character ties in nicely with the surrounding infrastructure and architecture.
The residential building blends in with the urban fabric of the changing downtown neighborhood.
The blue and green color selection was defined by the availability of shipping containers at the time of construction. In the end, it is a simple massing of a green volume and a blue volume, joined at one end.
The two building masses join like a hinge at the narrow end of the site. The solid masses are broken only by the exterior circulation routes. The complex name, DRIVELINES, is painted onto the end facade.