Shigeru Ban BY NAMAN SRIVASTAVA B ARCH IVth

Shigeru Ban BY: NAMAN SRIVASTAVA B. ARCH IVth YR. 061018

ABOUT Born in 1957 in Tokyo, Japan Shigeru Ban studied at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and later went on to Cooper Union’s School of Architecture Profiled by Time Magazine in their projection of 21 st century innovators in the field of architecture and design Shigeru Ban was the winner in 2005 at age 48 of the 40 th annual Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Inspired by Architect John Hejduk 2003 the finalist of the New York WTC Ground Zero Competition

PHILOSOPHY • Work reflects blend of his American Architectural training and his native Japanese influences. • Adopts a construction method in which the structure is integrated into an over all design. • Innovative exploration and Integration of materials so as to enhance their structural potential. • Materials ranging from Paper, wood, bamboo and steel.

PHILOSOPHY • As a Japanese architect…. …. . uses themes and methods found in traditional Japanese architecture …. . the concept of modules taken forward – ‘Tatami’ SONY TOWER, by KISHO KUROKAWA

PHILOSOPHY Making the spaces free flowing with structures being ‘invisible’…. …. . avoiding overtly expression of structural elements and incorporating it in the design…. Robbie House by F. L. W THE BAUHAUS, DESSAU, 192526, WALTER GROPIUS WILLIS FABER DUMAS LTD. , ENGLAND, 1972 -75; ARCHITECTS: FOSTER ASSOCIATES Pantheon

PHILOSOPHY • As an Ecological architect…. …. . ” I don’t like waste” – Shigeru Ban Most-famous now for his innovative work with paper and cardboard tubing as a material for building construction. “…even in disaster areas, I want to create beautiful buildings, this is what it means to build a monument for common people…” Known for his innovation with building materials Known as the ‘Paper Architect’……

IMPORTANT PROJECTS 2002 Forest Park Pavilion Prototype -Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, USA 2000 PAM-A, Mishima, Shizuoka 2000 Naked House, Kawagoe 2000 Expo 2000 Hannover Japan Pavilion - Paper Tube Structure-13, Germany 1999 Paper Tube shelters for refugees in Rwanda - Paper Tube Structure-10 1997 Wall-less-House, Karuizawa, Nagano 1995 Paper Church - Paper Tube Structure -08, Kobe, Hyogo 1995 Paper Log House - Paper Tube Structure -07, Kobe, Hyogo, Bhuj 1995 Curtain Wall House, Tokyo

1994 Issey Miyake Gallery - Paper Tube Structure -06, Tokyo 1991 Library of a poet - Paper Tube Structure -04, Zushi, Kanagawa 1990 Odawara Pavilion - Paper Tube Structure -02 1987 Villa K, Tateshina, Nagano 1986 Villa TCG, Tateshina, Nagano 1986"Alvar Aalto” Exhibition design, Axis Gallery, Tokyo

PAPER HOUSE - Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan, 1995

PAPER HOUSE This was the first project in which paper tubes were authorized for use as a structural basis in a permanent building. Ø a S-shape configuration comprised of 110 paper tubes (2. 7 m high, 275 mm in inner diameter and 148 mm thick) defines the interior and exterior areas of the paper house. Ø designing it in a big S-shaped circle, he retained the flow between inside and out with clear walls Ø tent-like curtains, which can be drawn for privacy in summer and shut in winter for warmth and insulation. Ø

"I always like to connect inside and outside space and make a kind of intermediate space in between"

Ø The large circle formed by the interior tubes forms a big area a free standing paper tubes column with a 1. 2 m diameter in the surrounding gallery contains a toilet Ø the exterior paper tubes surrounding the courtyard stand apart from the structure and serve as a screen Ø the living area in the large circle is without furnishing or details other than an isolated kitchen counter, sliding doors, and movable closets Ø the roof, supported by the colonnade of paper tubes, is visually emphasized Ø

Exterior View from Southwest The Living area, surrounded by paper tubes

Earthquake Area Rehabilitation – Paper Log Houses…. .

Sichuan School in China

Ban assembled a team of students from his research center banlab, and the Hironori Matsubara Lab at Keio University, along with volunteer teachers from around China, who were assigned by the country's education ministry.

They can be molded into load-bearing columns, bent into trusses and rapidly assembled, and can be made waterproof and fire resistant. Because paper tubes are available in various thickness and diameters, they can be added to a structure to support more weight as necessary. The roofs are made of plywood, and polycarbonate and PTFE was used as insulation

ATSUSHI IMAI MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM LOCATION – ODATE , AKITA , JAPAN ARCHITECT – SHIGERU BAN • Project completion date : August 2002 • Set in a context of a private house and two storey regional hospital building • The main volume of the structure functions as a gymnasium as well as concert hall and annex spaces of the ellipse contain swimming pool, changing room and piano room. • 980 square meter space enclosed by an elliptical dome. • The dome is constructed with LSL (laminated strand lumber) and steel pipe members • It has classic styles of Japanese technical purism by means of a construction method characteristic of technological globalization process.

• The main structure is placed underground, only the dome and the eaves of the two entrances are visible • The region is known for its heavy snowfall piling up to shoulder heights. • The aesthetic structural components enhances the lighting quality of the space.

RCC BRACING AND RETAINING WALLS MULTISKINNED ELLIPTICAL GRID DOME

The plan of the dome is elliptical and is supported by 2 sets of arches. • TRUSSED ARCHES ALONG THE MINOR AXIS • VIERENDEEL ARCHES ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS Arches spanning in one direction generate lateral stability for arches in other direction • Pentagonal trussed arch along minor axis provide space within themselves for Vierendeel arches spanning along major axis • Interconnection of two arches in opposite direction generates multi skinned grid dome as one structure

• The whole assembly is then covered with strips of light weight polycarbonate sheets thus allowing diffused light to enter the space. • Both Arches are composed of LSL (Laminated Strand Lumber) and steel pipe sections and plates.

NOMADIC MUSEUM

POMPIDOU CENTRE, METZ

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