House 2/5 : Shigeru Ban

© Shigeru Ban

Architect: Shigeru Ban
Colaborators:

Hoshino Architect & Engineer
Structures: MAtshumoto COrporation

Photographer: Hiroyuki Hirai
Location: Nishinomiya; japan
Completion: 1995
Floor Space 507m2

 

Shigeru Ban (born 1957 in Tokyo, Japan) is an accomplished Japanese and international architect, most famous for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard paper tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Shigeru Ban was the winner in 2005 at age 48 of the 40th annual Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He was profiled by Time Magazine in their projection of 21st century innovators in the field of architecture and design.

Major works

Furniture House, a series of prefabricated homes built in Japan, China, and the US
Curtain wall house (1995), Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Naked House (2000), Kawagoe, Saitama prefecture, Japan
Japanese Pavilion (2000) at Hannover World Exhibition Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
Nomadic Museum (2005–present), built to house Gregory Colbert's video/photo work "Ashes and Snow"
Takatori Catholic Church, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Musée d'art Moderne Georges Pompidou, Metz, France
Luxurious villa designs Maison S und Maison H on an exclusive private island: Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay

© Shigeru Ban

© Shigeru Ban

© Shigeru Ban

© Shigeru Ban

© Shigeru Ban

© Shigeru Ban

© Shigeru Ban

100 Contemporary Houses (25)

Architecture Book Description

Exceptional contemporary houses from Chile to Croatia to China
 Designing private homes offers architects more freedom than corporate projects to express their ideas and try out new concepts. Conceiving living spaces is not without its own set of challenges, for which architects are forever looking for innovative solutions—rethinking the way we inhabit our home and live our daily lives is all part of the job when designing a house. Nowadays environmental concerns have become crucial in building sustainable structures, changing the playing field quite profoundly. 


This two-volume publication rounds up 100 of the world’s most interesting and pioneering homes from the past decade, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including John Pawson, Richard Meier, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, and Zaha Hadid.

About the Author

The author:


Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

100 Contemporary Houses: (2 Volume Set) (25) (2012) Hardcover

Product Details

    Hardcover
    Publisher: Taschen
    ASIN: B00HTC4QZM

Shigeru Ban: Paper in Architecture

Architecture Book Review

This large-format monograph is the first to chronicle exclusively Shigeru Ban’s explorations in "paper architecture." Informed by a thorough and early interest in sustainable forms, his innovative practice pioneered the use of paper as a structural element in buildings. 

This book features permanent and temporary structures, ranging from one-off museums and exhibition spaces to emergency structures for communities displaced by natural and man-made catastrophes. 


The forty projects featured in the book showcase the variety of possible applications for paper and its derivative forms (cardboard, fiber-based composites). 

Shigeru Ban: Paper in Architecture

Product Description

As flexible as it is adaptable, when used in tandem with other locally sourced building materials or post-industrial surplus (maritime shipping containers), Ban’s singular use of paper knowingly references paper’s traditional uses in vernacular Japanese buildings, and advances modern construction technology, reducing its environmental impact. A number of prominent works from the last decade are featured, including the Nomadic Museums built in New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, his work for the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Metz, the Papertainer Museum in Seoul, his pavilions for design and luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Artek, as well as a number of landmark residences in Japan, Europe, and North America. Of particular focus will be Ban’s humanitarian work. Documented in a book for the first time are all the relief projects his studio has undertaken in the last two decades for the U.N. High Commission on Refugees. These include housing for tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and earthquake victims in Turkey and Japan, and emergency shelter for war-ravaged communities in Rwanda and the Congo.

About the Author

Shigeru Ban established his own practice in 1985, and now has offices in Tokyo, Paris, and New York. The recipient of numerous awards for his architecture, Ban is a professor at Keio University and has taught at Columbia University.

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Product Details Hardcover: 232 pages Publisher: Rizzoli (November 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0847832112 ISBN-13: 978-0847832118