Boxpark in Shoreditch, East London is “the world’s first pop-up mall.”  “it’s a small mall, comprising more than 40 retailers, cafes, restaurants and galleries, housed compactly within a stack of shipping containers on a formally vacant lot.”  The container mall saves costs and waste by being assembled on-site, and when disassembled, it can be recycled into future Boxparks. It an instant transformation to the empty 500,000 square-foot site at the base of a rail station and there is no parking on site, except bike parking.  It only takes a few weeks to construct and once dismantled will leave the site unscathed. read the full article here.

Boxpark in Shoreditch, East London is “the world’s first pop-up mall.” 

“it’s a small mall, comprising more than 40 retailers, cafes, restaurants and galleries, housed compactly within a stack of shipping containers on a formally vacant lot.”

 The container mall saves costs and waste by being assembled on-site, and when disassembled, it can be recycled into future Boxparks. It an instant transformation to the empty 500,000 square-foot site at the base of a rail station and there is no parking on site, except bike parking.  It only takes a few weeks to construct and once dismantled will leave the site unscathed.

read the full article here.

7th January 2012
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