diff --git a/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/DataBox.hpp b/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/DataBox.hpp
index 93a5d0e199..bb6d84fca1 100644
--- a/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/DataBox.hpp
+++ b/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/DataBox.hpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace pmacc
         }
     } // namespace detail
 
-    template<typename Base>
+    template<typename Base, typename SFINAE = void>
     struct DataBox : Base
     {
         HDINLINE DataBox() = default;
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ namespace pmacc
 
     // handle DataBox wrapping SharedBox with LLAMA
     template<typename T_TYPE, class T_SizeVector, typename T_MemoryMapping, uint32_t T_id, uint32_t T_dim>
-    struct DataBox<SharedBox<T_TYPE, T_SizeVector, T_id, T_MemoryMapping, T_dim>>
+    struct DataBox<
+        SharedBox<T_TYPE, T_SizeVector, T_id, T_MemoryMapping, T_dim>,
+        std::enable_if_t<!std::is_void_v<T_MemoryMapping>>>
     {
         using SharedBoxBase = SharedBox<T_TYPE, T_SizeVector, T_id, T_MemoryMapping, T_dim>;
 
diff --git a/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/SharedBox.hpp b/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/SharedBox.hpp
index 06f3b3551a..4349eaf5b3 100644
--- a/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/SharedBox.hpp
+++ b/include/pmacc/memory/boxes/SharedBox.hpp
@@ -22,11 +22,36 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "pmacc/mappings/kernel/MappingDescription.hpp"
+#include "pmacc/math/Vector.hpp"
+#include "pmacc/memory/Array.hpp"
+#include "pmacc/memory/shared/Allocate.hpp"
+#include "pmacc/types.hpp"
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
 namespace pmacc
 {
+    namespace detail
+    {
+        template<typename T_Vector, typename T_TYPE>
+        HDINLINE auto& subscript(T_TYPE* p, int const idx, std::integral_constant<uint32_t, 1>)
+        {
+            return p[idx];
+        }
+
+        template<typename T_Vector, typename T_TYPE>
+        HDINLINE auto* subscript(T_TYPE* p, int const idx, std::integral_constant<uint32_t, 2>)
+        {
+            return p + idx * T_Vector::x::value;
+        }
+
+        template<typename T_Vector, typename T_TYPE>
+        HDINLINE auto* subscript(T_TYPE* p, int const idx, std::integral_constant<uint32_t, 3>)
+        {
+            return p + idx * (T_Vector::x::value * T_Vector::y::value);
+        }
+    } // namespace detail
+
     /** A shared memory on gpu. Used in conjunction with \ref pmacc::DataBox.
      *
      * @tparam T_TYPE type of memory objects
@@ -43,6 +68,63 @@ namespace pmacc
         uint32_t T_dim = T_Vector::dim>
     struct SharedBox
     {
-        T_TYPE* fixedPointer;
+        static constexpr std::uint32_t Dim = T_dim;
+
+        using ValueType = T_TYPE;
+        using RefValueType = ValueType&;
+        using Size = T_Vector;
+
+        HDINLINE
+        SharedBox(ValueType* pointer = nullptr) : fixedPointer(pointer)
+        {
+        }
+
+        HDINLINE SharedBox(SharedBox const&) = default;
+
+        using ReducedType1D = T_TYPE&;
+        using ReducedType2D = SharedBox<T_TYPE, typename math::CT::shrinkTo<T_Vector, 1>::type, T_id, T_MemoryMapping>;
+        using ReducedType3D = SharedBox<T_TYPE, typename math::CT::shrinkTo<T_Vector, 2>::type, T_id, T_MemoryMapping>;
+        using ReducedType
+            = std::conditional_t<Dim == 1, ReducedType1D, std::conditional_t<Dim == 2, ReducedType2D, ReducedType3D>>;
+
+        HDINLINE ReducedType operator[](const int idx) const
+        {
+            ///@todo(bgruber): inline and replace this by if constexpr in C++17
+            return {detail::subscript<T_Vector>(fixedPointer, idx, std::integral_constant<uint32_t, T_dim>{})};
+        }
+
+        /*!return the first value in the box (list)
+         * @return first value
+         */
+        HDINLINE RefValueType operator*()
+        {
+            return *fixedPointer;
+        }
+
+        HDINLINE ValueType const* getPointer() const
+        {
+            return fixedPointer;
+        }
+        HDINLINE ValueType* getPointer()
+        {
+            return fixedPointer;
+        }
+
+        /** create a shared memory box
+         *
+         * This call synchronizes a block and must be called from all threads and
+         * not inside a if clauses
+         */
+        template<typename T_Worker>
+        static DINLINE SharedBox init(T_Worker const& worker)
+        {
+            auto& mem_sh
+                = memory::shared::allocate<T_id, memory::Array<ValueType, math::CT::volume<Size>::type::value>>(
+                    worker);
+            return {mem_sh.data()};
+        }
+
+    protected:
+        PMACC_ALIGN(fixedPointer, ValueType*);
     };
 } // namespace pmacc