Petti Restaurant in Tamil Nadu Built from Mud-Coated Shipping Containers by Wallmakers
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Jon Astbury
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Summary
Wallmakers, an Indian architecture studio, designed Petti restaurant in Tamil Nadu using stacked shipping containers coated with poured earth. The 439-square-meter restaurant in Tuticorin repurposes discarded shipping containers common in the industrial port city, creating a sustainable design that blends with the local context. The name 'Petti' means 'box' in Tamil, reflecting the container-based construction approach.
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· 3 pulledA cluster of stacked shipping containers has been coated in a layer of poured earth to create this restaurant in Tamil Nadu, India, designed by local studio Wallmakers.
Named Petti, meaning box in Tamil, the 439-square-metre restaurant is located on a narrow site in Tuticori, an industrial port city in which discarded shipping containers are a familiar sight.
Wallmakers has created a sustainable design that repurposes discarded shipping containers common in the industrial port city.
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