Cardboard Cathedral – Christchurch, New Zealand
Building: Cardboard Cathedral
Location: 234 Hereford Street. Christchurch, Canterbury 8011, New Zealand
Completed: 2013
Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects
Cost: $6 million
Capacity: 700 individuals
(Shigeru Ban office engineered and constructed this building.)
AE Interests:
Disaster Relief. World’s only cathedral made substantially of cardboard. [a] Gradual change in each angle of the paper tubes. Quake-proof, fireproof, and water-proof. Wood beams inside cardboard tubes to provide additional support. [b]
[a, b]
Video: [1] .
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