Small(er) (Shipping Container) Projects/XS Book scans

Here's some excerpts from the XS book and some other smaller shipping container type projects.  I will put bigger shipping contain projects separately or with the 'plug-in examples':

Foreign Office Architects

The work of FOA was discussed with a few of you: some with regard to the seminal Yokahama Ferry Terminal (Emma and others) with regard to creating fluid space that transitions between levels.  

With others I talked about their geometric facades and use of patterning with a a view to creating properly parametric facades.  It is interesting how the pattern repeats and seems to reference things like Islamic tiling patterns and designs which are intricate and have a complex way of arraying themselves.

Spanish Pavilion:

Ravensbourne College (next to 02 arena)

A more kinetic version of this idea of parametricism is found  in their housing scheme where the facade is reconfigurable by the occupants, creating a dynamism with the street and and an honest expression of the building's use:

Housing, (Spain I think)

Plug-In Examples

Starting with the Archigram Plug-in City, some examples of plug-in architecture or an architecture that can recreate or reconfigure itself, over time, perhaps as requirements or conditions change.  Some include a permanent crane on site to facilitate this, another Archigram idea.

This is the Archigram Plug-in City:

This is a project based on the principles of Archigram.. Not sure who its by but seems to be called Hex Housing:

 Another plug-in project/example:

 A great example by Howeler and Yoon:

Found this as well which works with a disused italian motorway I believe - or a section of motorway/infrastructure that was built but never finished/used:

On a similar theme is Diller Scofidios Hi-Line project in New York (think John mentioned this already) where an urban park was created on a strip of disused elevated railway: