Aloha Block: building code

Devised by Pak & Associates LLC and Sponsored by PREIT Inc, Aloha Block™ is a simple and efficient modular system that creates affordable accommodation for a wide range of uses.

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Puma City

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Puma City Shipping Container Super Store Designed For Travel

Taking portable buildings to the extreme, Puma (the shoe company) hired the Architecture firm Lot-Ek to design a 11,000 square feet mobile store, which they would send around the world on a cargo ship, accompanied by some Puma Sail boats.

Lot-Ek took 24 standard shipping containers, retrofitted and transformed them into what they are calling Puma City. The building was even built with international travel in mind, meeting international building codes, dramatic climate changes, plug-in electrical and HVAC systems and ease of assembly. This industrial tri-level super store, has an open design, with built in shelving, recessed lighting, large expansive outdoor decks and seems perfectly suited as a night club.

Treehugger : Puma City is a truly experimental building that takes full advantage of the global shipping network already in place. At 11,000 square feet of space, it is the first container building of its scale to be truly mobile, designed to respond to all of the architectural challenges of a building of its kind, including international building code, dramatic climate changes, plug-in electrical and HVAC systems and ease of assembly and operations.

Ecosistema Urbano : Twenty-four shipping containers are retrofitted and transformed into PUMA CITY, a transportable retail and event building that is traveling around the world along with the 70-foot long Puma sailing boat – il Mostro – during the one-year long 2008 Volvo Ocean Race, just started in Alicante, Spain in early October. The building is fully dismountable and travels on a cargo ship along with the sail boats; it will be assembled and disassembled a number of times once it reaches the different international harbors.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Selected common questions from customers, friends, online readers, subscribers, business affiliates, strategic allianced designers and business partners. This list grows as we grow.

1. Who wants to live in a home that looks like a Cargo Container?

2. Is it a new concept of having a container house? I don't like being a white mouse here.

3. What cities would ever allow Shipping Container homes all over the neighborhoods?

4. What about rust and corrosion? Won't a metal shipping container rust quite easily?

5. Aren't shipping containers just hot ovens when they are used for homes or offices?

6. Why are mobile homes and RV trailers being used at emergency locations like Katrina instead of the Aloha Block homes?

7. I see big stacks of shipping containers in many locations near us but I am having difficulty buying any of them. Why?

8. Aren't Prefabricated Homes and Emergency Homes lower priced when made in China?

9. Why can't I get architectural or CAD drawings from shipping container manufacturers?

10. Your website recommends the use of the NASA type Ceramic Insulation Paint for use on the Aloha Block Homes, isn't the Ceramic Insulation too expensive for that type use?

11. Are the Aloha Block homes tall enough to comply with building codes?

12. I read that an Aloha Block Home is hurricane proof. Is that true?

13. Is it true an Aloha Block Home is earthquake proof?

14. Why promote the use of Aloha Block module in home and office construction?