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Container Project: Nomad Living by Studio ARTE

The fascination for the ancient nomad tribes lead Studio ARTE to explore this way of life through a project called Nomad Living. 

Based in Portugal and The Netherlands, the studio developed this mobile living concept with the first prototype located in Silves, Algarve, Portugal. It can serves various options such as a start up for young home owners, a holiday home, a concept for holiday resorts planners, a shed for your guests, a home office, the wished music boom box home studio, a pop up shop, a hotel room.

The modern nomadic life, adapted to new technologies such as smartphones and tablets, which we call urban nomads were re-adjusted into a sustainable, economic and ecological architecture lifestyle by the studio.

For the construction of the first prototype they selected second hand 40ft high cube shipping containers and former Sales Cabines. Those will function as structural shell that can be transformed by adding all various architectural, mechanical and engineering features, which at the end can provide all the necessary comfort. 

All information is a courtesy of Studio ARTE

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This bright orange guest house sits under a tree in the scenic Algarve region of southern Portugal. It is the first in what architect Arnold Aarssen of Studio ARTE envisions as a new line of dwellings built from repurposed shipping containers. The “Nomad Living” container homes are intended to provide economical and relocatable living quarters, and can be produced using various finishing materials.

Built from a 40-foot shipping container, the Nomad Living guest house has 320 ft2 (29.7 m2) of floor space. Except for the bathroom at one end, it is one open room that serves as living, dining and sleeping space. There is no kitchen as this is guest house for the main house on the property, and there is also an outdoor kitchen right next to it. To keep the small home cool in Algarve’s sunny climate, a second roof built over the container with a ventilation space in between keeps the sun from hitting the container itself.

A huge opening was cut in the side and fitted with sliding glass doors, allowing the living space to expand out to a sailcloth-covered terrace. The architect designed the terrace as a true outdoor room with well-defined boundaries established by the shade structure and curtains. By turning the terrace into a room and at the same time removing the visual barrier between the inside and the terrace, it is perceived as part of the living space, doubling the apparent size of the dwelling.

Have a great weekend!

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Nomad Living, a shipping container guest house that expands out to a shaded terrace. See all 22 images at This bright orange guest house sits under a tree in the scenic Algarve region of southern Portugal.