{"id":7355,"date":"2026-04-18T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:22:19","slug":"mud-coated-shipping-containers-form-petti-restaurant-in-india-by-wallmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/mud-coated-shipping-containers-form-petti-restaurant-in-india-by-wallmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mud-coated shipping containers form Petti restaurant in India by Wallmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Petti<\/div>\n

A cluster of stacked shipping containers<\/a> has been coated in a layer of poured earth to create this restaurant<\/a> in Tamil Nadu<\/a>, India, designed by local studio Wallmakers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Petti
Wallmakers has created the Petti restaurant in India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wallmakers<\/a> used this surplus of abandoned containers as the starting point for its design, cutting twelve of them in half lengthways and welding them to a steel frame.<\/p>\n

This created a series of zigzagging walls, which were then coated in a perforated grid of poured earth.<\/p>\n

\"Restaurant
It is formed of stacked shipping containers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The sheer number of shipping containers discarded in the city made us combine two materials that are usually not combined: steel and mud,” said Wallmakers.<\/p>\n

“Each container was set vertically, as we wanted better room heights, as opposed to the 2.4-metre dimensions that are generally available when containers are set horizontally,” the studio told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The twelve cut containers were placed using a crane in a span of one week and then welded together to form the basic structure of the building, along with a few reinforced concrete cement slabs that were added to connect at the floor levels.”<\/p>\n

\"Petti
The shipping containers were coated in a grid of mud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To create Petti’s long, narrow form, the shipping container halves were organised in a staggered grid, with alternating sections being raised off the ground to create glazed openings below and high-level openings above.<\/p>\n

This arrangement ensures that the dining areas on both levels of the two-storey restaurant have access to natural light, while also creating a stack ventilation effect that helps to cool the interiors.<\/p>\n

\"Poured-earth
The earthen layer curves outwards where it meets the ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Covering the exterior of the containers is a layer of poured earth, which gently curves outwards where it meets the ground.<\/p>\n

This earth coating was applied in a perforated grid, with gaps that reveal the original surface of each container and help to improve the building’s thermal efficiency.<\/p>\n