Library of a Poet- Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Building: Library of a Poet
Location: Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Completed: 1991
Architect: Shigeru Ban
AE Interests: paper tube, trusses, post-tensioned steel wires, span, cantilevers, sustainability
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Curtain Wall House – Tokyo, Japan
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Building: Curtain Wall House
Location: Tokyo Japan
Completed: 1995
Architect: Shigeru Ban
AE Interests: creative materials, open plan, open facade, curtain, glazed doors
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 – Hannover, Germany
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Building: Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000
Location: Hannover, Germany
Completed: 2000
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold and Stefan Polonyi
AE Interests: low impact, grid, paper tubes, tape, DfD, design for disassembly
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Paper Art Museum – Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
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Location: Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
Completed: 2002
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Structural Engineer: Hoshino Architect & Engineer
General Contractor: Obayashi Corporation
AE Interests: fiberglass reinforced panels, atrium, spacial continuity, art gallery, moving facade
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Imai Hospital Daycare Center – Odate, Akita, Japan
Building: Imai Hospital Daycare Center
Location: Odate, Akita, Japan
Completed: 2001
Architect: Shigeru Ban
AE Interests: LVL, Laminated Veneer Lumber, plywood, weatherproofing, tunnel, daylighting
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Atsushi Imai Memorial Gymnasium – Odate, Akita, Japan
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Location: Odate, Akita, Japan
Completed: 2002
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Structural Engineer: TIS & Partners
Contractor: Obayashi Gumi
AE Interests: LVL, Laminated Veneer Lumber, plywood, dome, span, arches
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Paper Church – Kobe, Japan
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Location: Kobe, Japan
Completed: 1995
Disassembled: 2005
Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects
AE Interests: disaster relief, recycled materials, sustainability, design for disassembly, paper tubes
Related Article: Architect Magazine
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Metal Shutter House – New York City, New York, U.S.
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Building: Metal Shutter House
Location: 524 West 19th Street, West Chelsea, New York, NY
Expected Completion: 2011
Architect: Shigeru Ban
AE Interests: shutters, motors, light control, open plan, universal floor, paper
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Related Article: Dezeen, ArchDaily
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
The Nomadic Museum – Santa Monica, California, U.S.
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Location shown: Santa Monica, California
Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects
Associate Architect: Gensler
Project Principal: David Gensler
Materials: paper tubes, aluminum, fabric
AE Interests: recycled materials, sustainability, design for disassembly
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Centre Pompidou – Metz, France
Building: Centre Pompidou
Location: Metz, France
Completion: May, 2010
Architects: Shigeru Ban, Philip Gumuchdjian, Jean de Gastines
Structural Engineer: Arup
Acoustics Specialist: Commins Acoustics Workshop
Geotechnician: Compétence Géotechnique, Fèves
Shigeru Ban’s design for the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France was chosen over the designs 137 contestants and four other finalists: Herzog & de Meuron, Stéphane Maupin and Pascal Cribier, Foreign Office Architects, and Dominique Perrault.
AE Interests: woven timber roof, tensile membrane of hexagonal modules, glass fiber, teflon
Article: Roof Structure
Article: Construction Photos
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