A 140-container, seven-storey upcycled housing development in Maboneng, Johannesburg, where Twistlock Africa supplied and helped design the twistlock connections used to erect the structure quickly and safely.
Architect
Drivelines Studios was designed in the United States by LOT-EK and built in Maboneng, Johannesburg — a multistorey containerised building showcasing the upcycling of shipping containers for low-cost, high-design housing. The finished building uses 140 upcycled shipping containers across seven storeys.
Twistlock Africa assisted LOT-EK with the design and integration of twistlocks to facilitate the quick and safe erection of the structure during construction — a showcase of using shipping containers far beyond transport and storage.
Architecture: LOT-EK. Structure: Silman and Asakheni Engineers.
Semi-automatic twistlock — locks automatically when the upper container is landed, so no one locks it at height; released by pulling the release wire, by hand or with an unlocking pole. Single-wire and double-toggle patterns.
Weldable dovetail twistlock for securing containers to structures or structures to containers; available in 45° and 55° configurations, left-hand (standard) and right-hand options.
Replacement ISO corner castings for shipping container repair; manufactured from low-temperature steel (-40°C rated); sold individually by corner position (TL, TR, BL, BR) or as a set of 8.