Drivelines Studios, Johannesburg

About

Part of a large-scale urban transformation project, this intervention is a response to the post-apartheid generation’s desire to introduce and adopt new models for living. Rising on a triangular plot of land, the building is formed by 140 shipping containers brought in from the city’s dry port, which is one of the world’s busiest, located slightly over a kilometer away. While part of the ground floor is reserved for commercial uses, the other six levels harbor residential units: studios of 30 to 60 square meters with spacious terraces that face the central courtyard.

Sources

• Arquitectura Viva