The Container Guest House is the first of several projects by Poteet Architects we will be featuring. As a national award-winning firm, Poteet Architects is best known for their sensitive adaptive reuse of existing buildings and a fresh, rigorous approach to modern interior design.This project originated from Poteet Architects’s client’s wish to experiment with shipping containers. She lives in a small warehouse on a former industrial site just south of downtown. The finished project serves as a guesthouse and is fitted with a shower/WC and a custom stainless sink. The large steel and glass lift/slide and end window wall open the interior to the surrounding landscape. The remainder of the interior is used as a garden shed.The emphasis was on sustainable strategies– first, the recycling of a “one-way” container for a new and permanent use. The planted roof is held off the container top, providing shade and air-flow to reduce heat gain. The interior is insulated with spray foam then lined with bamboo plywood, equally appropriate for the floor as the walls. Speaking part 1: Home AccommodationPlease enable JavaScriptSpeaking part 1: Home AccommodationThe grey water from the sink and shower is captured for roof irrigation. The WC is a composting toilet. The rear of the container is screened by wire mesh panels which will eventually be covered in evergreen vines.Other innovative material choices informed the design: the container “floats” on a foundation of recycled telephone poles. The deck is made up of HVAC equipment pads (made of recycled soda bottles) set in a steel frame. The exterior light fixtures are blades from a tractor disc plow—a common sight in south Texas.SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATESPoteet Architects320.0 m22010Living in a Container explores projects made with shipping containers around the world and shares them for you.Don’t forget to take a look at the structures made with other amazing shipping containers on our site!We invite you to send in your story and container homes photos too so we can re-share and inspire others towards a simple life too. Thank you!You can share this using the link and social media re-share buttons below. Thanks!» Follow Living in a Container on Social Media for regular shipping container house updates here «