The Danish hostel on the water.
If you are a student in Copenhagen, your next place of residence can be on the water, in the literal sense of the word. After all building a startup Urban Riggers creates a floating Dorm with a room rate of $ 600 per month.
Modular dormitories made from shipping containers are inexpensive, look quite attractive. Each room includes a separate bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. Provided a common space — the yard, a dock for Canoeing, bathing platform, barbecue facilities and a terrace on the roof.
The unusual design of dwellings created Bjarke Ingels and his, a well-known Danish architect, whose firm has 10% stake in Urban Riggers. The first block of this hostel was presented to the public on September 21.
Let’s look inside:
To get in the first unit of Maritime containers is possible on the bridge. An array of solar cells on the roof of one of the containers is used to provide electricity and also for heating and cooling homes.
Each block consists of 6 shipping containers, installed triangle. In the center of the space is the patio.
On the second floor are wooden decks and terraces that offer sweeping views of the city.
All Dorm rooms have a separate kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Not only that, there is enough space, but large Windows and very light.
In the dormitory Windows from floor to ceiling, which open outward, like doors.
The first location modular dormitories became a pier near the center of Copenhagen. Since real estate in downtown, as a rule, belongs to a dear developers, students have to find affordable housing far from the city centre.
It tells Ingels and his, the project will make housing in the centre of Copenhagen available to students, for now, rents in the area typically exceeds $ 1,200 per month.
According to him, the education of youth is one of the best investments that any society can make.
Urban Rigger hopes that these units will be used with success in other countries and cities that are struggling with housing shortages and sea-level rise.
