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Serious lightness
Ban turns lightweight, recyclable materials into serious architecture.
Shigeru Ban
Portrait of Shigeru Ban
準建築人手札網站 · CC BY 2.0 · SourceShigeru Ban uses paper, timber, and temporary systems to connect architecture with relief, community, and sustainability.
Life span1957 – PresentNationality / Region日本StyleContemporary JapanesePeriodsContemporaryEducation南加州建筑学院（SCI-Arc），库珀联盟建筑学院
ContemporaryContemporary Japanese
Portrait of Shigeru Ban
準建築人手札網站 · CC BY 2.0 · SourceIdeas
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Paper and lightweight structure
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Disaster relief
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Dignified temporariness
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Material innovation for use
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Relief architecture with dignity
Ban treats emergency space as architecture deserving order, privacy, and care.
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Timber, paper, public buildings
Ban’s public buildings make timber and light construction spatially legible.
Reading the works
Cardboard Cathedral
基督城, 新西兰 · 2013
A paper-tube cathedral that gives dignity to temporary recovery.
Centre Pompidou-Metz
梅斯, 法国 · 2010
A woven timber roof turned into a cultural landmark.
Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre
富士宫, 日本 · 2017
A timber cone and reflection frame the experience of Mount Fuji.
Works
4 buildings
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