Shigeru Ban

by McQuaid, Matilda

• ISBN13: 9780714841946
• ISBN10: 0714841943
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-18
• Publisher: Phaidon Inc Ltd

Summary

Shigeru Ban lives and works in Tokyo, where he teaches architecture at Keioniversity. The scope of his practice - he has houses, museums, pavilions,nd other public projects in progress in France, London, Beijing, Portugal,russels, and the United States - belies a relatively quiet early career inokyo. Following studies at the Southern California Institute of ArchitectureSCI-ARC) and graduation from The Cooper Union in New York, he establishedis own firm in Toyko in 1985. During next decade, Ban built a following inapan by designing dozens of unique small houses, exhibitions, and otherrojects using alternative, environmentally friendly materials: paper, wood,amboo and prefabricated paper products.;Following the 1995 earthquake inobe, Japan, Ban responded by designing emergency temporary housing he callsaper Log Houses, made out of paper logs, waterproof sponge tape, and beerrates that could be assembled in a matter of hours by volunteers androvided shelter for hundreds of displaced residents. Following on theuccess of this project, from 1995 to 2000 Ban was a consultant to the United

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 4
Introduction	p. 6
Engineering and Architecture: Building the Japan Pavilion	p. 8
Paper	p. 12
Library of a Poet: Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan, 1991	p. 16
Paper House: Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan, 1995	p. 22
Paper Emergency Shelters for UNHCR: Byumba Refugee Camp, Rwanda, 1995-99	p. 28
Paper Log Houses: Nagata, Kobe, Japan, 1995; Kaynasli, Turkey, 2000; Bhuj, India, 2001	p. 34
Paper Church: Nagata, Kobe, Japan, 1995	p. 42
Paper Dome: Masuda, Gifu, Japan, 1998	p. 48
Nemunoki Children's Art Museum: Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan, 1999	p. 54
Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000: Hannover, Germany, 2000	p. 60
Paper Arch, the Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York, United States, 2000	p. 68
Boathouse, Centre D'Interpretation Du Canal De Bourgogne: Pouilly-en-Auxois, France, projected 2004	p. 72
Paper material tests	p. 74
Wood	p. 88
GC Osaka Building: Chuo, Osaka, Japan, 2000	p. 92
Imai Hospital Daycare Center: Odate, Akita, Japan, 2001	p. 98
Atsushi Imai Memorial Gymnasium: Odate, Akita, Japan, 2002	p. 104
Wickerwork House: Chino, Nagano, Japan, 2002	p. 112
Wood material tests	p. 114
Bamboo	p. 128
Bamboo Furniture House: Great Wall at Shui Guan, China, 2002	p. 132
Schwartz Residence: Sharon, Connecticut, United States, designed 2001	p. 138
Bamboo Grid Shell Structures: Houston, Texas, 2002; and St. Louis, Missouri, United States, projected 2004	p. 140
Bamboo material tests	p. 144
Prefabrication	p. 150
PC Pile House: Susono, Shizuoka, Japan, 1992	p. 154
Tazawako Station: Tazawako, Akita, Japan, 1997	p. 158
Furniture House 1: Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan, 1995	p. 164
Nine-Square Grid House: Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan, 1997	p. 170
Institute, Centre D'Interpretation Du Canal De Bourgogne: Pouilly-en-Auxois, France, projected 2003	p. 176
Sagaponac House: Sagaponack, New York, United States, projected 2004	p. 178
Prefabricated material tests	p. 180
Skin	p. 182
House for a Dentist: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 1994	p. 186
Curtain Wall House: Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, 1995	p. 192
Ivy Structure 2: Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, 2000	p. 198
Naked House: Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, 2000	p. 202
Picture Window House: Izu, Shizuoka, Japan, 2002	p. 208
Glass Shutter House: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, 2003	p. 214
Paper Art Museum: Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan, 2002	p. 218
Shutter House for a Photographer: Minato, Tokyo, Japan, 2003	p. 226
Temporary Guggenheim Tokyo: Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan, designed 2001	p. 228
List of works	p. 234
Firm protile	p. 238
Acknowledgments	p. 240
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