RedScare Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Umm...OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciaphile Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Oh wait, it's back up! I'll put the link in "Anything You Want" before some handwringing wikipedia editor removes it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Oh wait, it's back up! I'll put the link in "Anything You Want" before some handwringing wikipedia editor removes it again.Frankly, I wish you and Niche wouldn't ruin the 'Anything You Want' thread, either. Can't you two just start a mental masturbation thread that only you two know about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Frankly, I wish you and Niche wouldn't ruin the 'Anything You Want' thread, either. Can't you two just start a mental masturbation thread that only you two know about?Perhaps there could be a 2nd thread 'Anything Niche and Luciaphile Want' to compliment the 'Anything You Want' thread.anyway, somewhat related to the topic at hand (and I could swear there was a thread somewhere on haif about shipping container houses), Amsterdam built student housing out of them:Amsterdam student Rose Mandungu stands in front of a colorful apartment complex constructed of a rather unusual material—discarded shipping containers. The crowded Dutch city has been meeting a pressing need for student and other low-income housing by using ubiquitous steel shipping containers. After years at sea, the containers were rusted and dented but ready for reuse to house people instead of products.pictures and more words:http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/sustainable-earth/pictures-amsterdam-shipping-container-homes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciaphile Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Aww, samagon, blessed are the peacemakers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 This is still a thing-this page says Phase I is under construction. https://www.hivehouston.org/timeline MUC -Multiversal Utility Construct •First HIVE Operatioal prototype, 12 Containers •Under Construction, Private https://www.hivehouston.org/more-information IV. How HIVE will be Built – It Takes a Village to Raise a Village HIVE is projected to be developed and constructed from 2020 through 2025.Three HIVE building phases will occur during the time period. Each will be a successful autonomous part of a subsequent progression ensuring a gradual and evolving process of succession. We remain open to input from members of the community, especially including educational and thought leaders, as we finalize our project. The means are as important as the finished or completed construction. The final project will comprise 44 buildings and gardens surrounding the inner HIVE structure. Each building will have a square footprint and be made of 11 40-foot steel shipping containers raising three and four floors. The outer perimeter buildings will be four stories tall, and interior buildings will be three stories. Ground-floor commercial spaces will each be 2,500 square feet with floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides. Above them will be 320-square-foot studios, and 800-square-foot two-bedroom apartments. The architecture of the inner HIVE studios will be made from 20-foot shipping containers arrayed in a hemispheric geometry along a structurally integral ramp that reaches a height of 72 feet. The 198-foot-long ramp is sloped to the maximum critical angle of two degrees, creating an element of universal design, a gently spiraled floor conveying both handicapped and able-bodied individuals to the 148 studio spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSirDingle Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 It's!?!?... IT'S ALIVEEEEEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Wow, there's some serious HAIF nostalgia on display in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Where is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Nestor Topchy, whose wife owns Avant Garden, is one of the main players in this project. He is an artist, who went to the University of Houston for his MFA. He and I were in the 87 graduate program together. He's good friends with another artist entrepreneur named Jim Pirtle who owns Notsuoh on Main. Late night after hours, at Notsuoh, was always interesting. It was his initial concept that started this whole project. He also has a beautiful studio space he built out of old windows from a church that he rescued in the near north side. It was featured in a fashion photo shoot for Paper City, a few months ago. I saw him a few weeks ago and he is still promoting this project and it sounds like they are getting closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, cspwal said: Where is this? From the initial render from 2011 it looks like the Turkey Bend area on Navigation Blvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Actually, it was to be on N York St/Hirsch Rd, just North of Navigation...right where the newly constructed Seafarers International Union Build now sits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Quote MUC -Multiversal Utility Construct •First HIVE Operatioal[sic] prototype, 12 Containers •Under Construction, Private From the website - looks like phase 1 doesn't want their address published Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, cspwal said: From the website - looks like phase 1 doesn't want their address published I don't think you understand. You have to be part of the HIVE "Mind" to make community input, and apparently know where its located. You can't choose the HIVE life, the HIVE life chooses you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Well said. The important thing is that THE HIVE IS ALIVE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Waxing poetically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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