This shipping container house has an unusual reference point: Caterpillars. Animals are the inspiration for a lot of what we do, but bugs as motifs for buildings are not that common at all!
Caterpillar House was built from prefabricated modules: there are twelve containers of varying sizes. One of the project objectives was to integrate the house into the landscape, so the house “rests” on the ground and adjusts to the slopes and local relief.
Basically, its a set of several long structures composed of shipping containers laid end to end and fabricated together. The house slopes down along the side of a hill, then straightens out and thereby projects over the decline below.
It can serve as an example of one way use can be made of land that includes a steep slope, and where you want to build using shipping containers, and are therefore confined to shipping container design layouts.
Architect: Sebastián Irarrázaval – Photos: Sergio Pirrone. To see more of Irarrazavel, find him in our directory.
