{"id":2947,"date":"2014-06-18T03:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2025-03-23T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:28:00","slug":"creative-constraints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/2014\/information\/creative-constraints\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Constraints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creative solutions that come from constraints inspire me &#8211; especially in architecture.<!--more--> Take the challenge of creating an extra room out of the 320-square-feet from a 40&#8242; shipping container. That&#8217;s what\u00a0Stacey Hill of San Antonio Texas asked\u00a0architect Jim Poteet to do. With a foundation made from recycled telephone poles, floor-to-ceiling window and sliding glass door, sprayed insulation, bamboo flooring, compostable toilet, and roof top garden using grey water that insulates from above, this becomes a space that even MacGyver would crow about!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/2014\/information\/creative-constraints\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2947 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl 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src=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef013485f65f8d970c-500wi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/2014\/information\/creative-constraints\/attachment\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef013485f65f8d970c-500wi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef013485f65f8d970c-500wi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef0133f2d2c4a8970b-500wi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Container Room 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef0133f2d2c4a8970b-500wi.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/2014\/information\/creative-constraints\/attachment\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef0133f2d2c548970b-500wi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef0133f2d2c548970b-500wi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2949\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/2014\/information\/creative-constraints\/attachment\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef0133f2d2c548970b-500wi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef0133f2d2c548970b-500wi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Container Room 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/image-center.com\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/6a00d8341c67ce53ef0133f2d2c548970b-500wi.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>To learn more about this project click to <a title=\"Sierra Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/sierra\/201101\/comfortzone.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Magazine.<\/a> <em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Photo credit: Chris Cooper<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative solutions that come from constraints inspire me &#8211; especially in 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