KANSAS CITY, MO.- If you’ve ever taken a subway ride, you’re familiar with what goes on at the underground stops. It’s no different in Germany—unless you get off in the Ruhr District between Mülheim and Essen. That’s where German architecture firm raumlaborberlin got creative with portable storage units. “When we heard about the opera lodge these German architects created we were fascinated—but at the same time not surprised. We’re continuing to see new and different uses for portable storage units,” said John Finnessy, CMP, Executive Director of the National Portable Storage Association (NPSA), a nonprofit membership association dedicated to the advancement of the portable storage industry. “By transforming shipping containers into an open air outdoor theater, though, these architects have taken creativity to new heights.” The Eichbaum Opera uses the architecturally modified containerized shipping as a working space for its artists. Passersby can sit and watch the pe