By Brandon Griggs
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 03/29/2008 07:28:39 PM MDT

An artist s sketch of a seven-story condo complex whose frame is made of recycled steel cargo containers. The building is slated to be erected next year on the site of the 337 Project, the grass-roots public art venture on 400 East in Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City building used as art canvas slated for demolition to make way for condo tower
A year from now, if all goes as planned, developers will unveil a downtown Salt Lake City condominium building that will be unlike anything Utah has ever seen.

The seven-story structure will be fashioned largely from recycled steel shipping containers, those trailer-sized units that cross oceans on cargo ships and are stacked at ports and railroad yards around the world. Architects in the emerging field of shipping-container housing believe it will be the first building of its kind in Utah and the tallest such structure in the nation.
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peter brewin and will crawford CCO1 is an multi award winning project that will revolutionise the work of aid agencies and troops that help save lives in emergency situations. with over 35 million refugees worldwide, concrete canvas – ‘the building in a bag’ – will provide quick accommodation, field offices and medical clinics that give much bette protection in extreme climatic conditions, better security against looting and enable otherwise impossible medical procedures. unlike current solutions (soft-skinned tents), which offer inadequate protection, or are expensive and difficult to transport, concrete canvas is a rapidly deployable hardened shelter that requires only water and air for construction. it can be deployed by a person without any training in under 40 minutes and is ready to use within
2 hours. plus, with a design life of over 10 years, (tents only survive for 2 years) concrete canvas is a solution that saves effort and costs over the lifetime of medium to long term operations.
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This is our building mockup for the property on the west coast of B.C. The lot is 6 acres of low bank, secluded ocean front with 1700 ft of shoreline. There are no amenities near by and no municipal services. (more…)