Shigeru Ban: Kobe Paper Log House

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Shigeru Ban, "Paper Log House, Kobe, Japan," 1995

photo: Hiroyuki Hirai

Following the 1995 Japan earthquake, Founder of the Voluntary Architects Network, Ban designed the Kobe Paper Log House as disaster relief shelter with his extensive knowledge of recyclable materials, particularly of paper and cardboard. This exhibition will also feature a large photomural documenting Ban’s ongoing design work on global disaster relief projects – work that in 2017 earned him the Mother Theresa Award. See up-close this remarkable work of sustainable design that has improved the lives of so many.