Shipping Containers as a Thermal Envelope: Petti Restaurant, Tuticorin | Wallmakers

What does it take to make shipping containers viable as built forms in a tropical climate? At Petti Restaurant in Tuticorin, marine waste is reworked into a thermally responsive building envelope. In Tuticorin, a port city shaped by maritime trade, discarded shipping containers form an abundant urban residue. At Petti Restaurant— “petti” meaning box in Tamil—designed by Wallmakers, this industrial leftover is reworked into a building system – restaurant - its performance enhanced to function as a thermally responsive envelope.Set on a narrow, linear site, the 4,720 sq. ft. restaurant accommodates 200 guests within a constrained footprint. The design deploys […]