Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect born in Tokyo (5/8/1957- ), known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Ban’s experimental development of paper tubing structures came in 1986, before any of his programmatic commissions. He found paper’s structural …
“We are not working for society. We are mainly working for privileged people.” Meet Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, best known for his …
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is a maestro of the slight yet seductive, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard …
In the construction industry, cardboard tubes have been widely used since the 1950s as molds for concrete columns. More recently, however, they …
Offsite is the Vancouver Art Gallery’s outdoor exhibition space. Since its launch in 2009, Offsite is presenting an innovative program of temporary …
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is a maestro of the slight yet seductive, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard …
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