Shipping containers everywhere!

Seven restaurants in London, a street kitchen bus and a new site hosted in shipping containers by the Thames…that’s Wahaca, winner of the best sustainable restaurant group in the UK this year. Sustainable and for sure innovative.

Do you remember The Nomadic Museum in New York in 2005? A 45,000 sq.ft. space on Pier 54 made entirely of steel shipping containers by architect Shigeru ban, displaying an art exhibit by Gregory Colbert ? That was the beginning of a long carrier for shipping containers. We have seen them in many occasions since then : The Freitag store in Zurich, Puma City, A Travelodge Hotel, Boxpark pop up, but hosting a restaurant might be pretty new. The structure has been created by Soft Room Architects.

There’s so much to do/explore with shipping containers. You can apparently buy them on ebay. I saw a photo of one at the back of a graden; it had been converted into a private cinema room…my dream!

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Wahaca, By Softroom London, Photograph:josephburns.ie

Florence Rolando

Florence Rolando (journalist, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows) was the original Founder of Pirouette in early 2009. Pirouette blog* has been a reference in the industry since it started with its combined business and consumer view of the children’s market. A fantastic resource for children’s fashion, design, trends and culture, it aims to support creativity and talent but it also does this by talking about life, family, culture and health.

Florence is an international leader in the industry (8 years as a Milk Collaborator, contributor to Naif Magazine in Spain, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows in New York and London).

Now Florence runs Energy Therapy Porto @enrgy_therapy_porto

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