Container Coliseum
This proposal aims to create a safe and comfortable living condition for its inhabitant.
In terms of safety, the idea of an ‘inhabitable coliseum’ allows residences to overview a central courtyard, where car parks and basketball courts are put within the sights of the residences, helping to tackle criminal activities by activating the street frontages (filled with shops and amenities), and by neighbourhood watch.
The provision of residential units ranges from single person apartment to a 6 people home. This, in contrast to single family dwellings in a typical suburbia, involves residences of different generations, helping to keep residences on site as they age. These clusters of containers are machine cut, reuse and recycled as inhabitable apartments. Offcuts, with paddings added, are re-used for furniture.
This proposal aims to turn the site into a retail, restaurant and amenities promenade for the commuters, as well as for the residences on site. An active base enhances security and provides venues for smaller local businesses, building a sustainable community.
Whilst the layout of the coliseum is borrowed to create an ‘inhabitable arena’ where residences overlooks a central activity zone, the proposal is largely influenced by the site - The window shapes come from the existing building on site, whilst the use of containers reflects the industrial nature of Newark. The structural elements, which supports the containers, are inspired by the structural elements of the New Jersey bridge.
This is Newark’s ‘Container Coliseum’.
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