Architect Shigeru ban

1957 Born in Tokyo. 1977-80 Southern California Institute of Architecture. 1980-82 Cooper Union School of Architecture. 1982-83 Worked for Arata Isozaki, Tokyo, Japan. 1984 Bachelor of Architecture, Cooper Union School of Architecture . Bachelor of Architecture. 1985 Established private practice in Tokyo, Japan. 1993-95 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Tama Art University. 1995-99 Consultant of United Nations High Commissioner for Refgees (UNHCR). 1995 Established NGO: VAN (Voluntary Architects Network)NGOVAN. 1995-99 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Yokohama National University. 1996-2000 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Nihon University. 2000 Visiting Professor, Columbia University. 2000 Visiting Fellow, Donald Keen Center, Columbia University. 2001-2008 Professor, Keio University. 2005 Amherst College Doctor of Human Letters. 2006-2009 Jury of Pritzker Architecture Prize. 2009 National Order of the Legion of Honor in France. 2009 Honorary Doctorate of Technical University of Munich. 2010 Visiting Professor, Havard University Graduate School of Design. 2010 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France.2010-Visiting Professor,Cornell University

Awards
1995 Mainichi Design Prize. 1993 House Award, Tokyo Society of Architects. 1988 Display of the Year, Japan, Alvar Aalto Exhibiition. 1989 Arflex Design Competition. 1988 SD Review 88SD . 1988 Osaka Industrial Design Contest, L Unit System. 1986 Display of the Year, Japan, Emilio Ambasz Exhibitiion. 1986 Design Competition for the redevelopment of the Shinsaibashi, Osaka. 1985 SD Review 85SD.

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Awards
2000Akademie der Kunste (Berlin Art Award), GermanyAkademie der kunste ) 2000 The Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award from the Cooper Union, NY The Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award . 1999 Architecture for Humanity, U.S.A. for Paper Log House . 1999 4th International Festival for Architecture in Video by IMAGE, Italy . 1999 ar+d, Architectural Review, UK for Paper Churchar+dArchitectural Review. 1998 Tohoku Prize, Architectural Institute of Japan for Tazawako Station. 1997 The JIA Prize for the best young architect of the year. 1996 Ecoplice House Competition, IAA (International Architects Academy)IAA. 1996 JIA Kansai Architects. 1996 Yoshioka Prize. 1996 Innovative Award, Tokyo Journal.

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Awards
2005AIA New York Chapter Design Awards-Project Honors: Nomadic Museum-NYAIA New York Chapter Design Awards-Project Honors: NY2005Amherst College Doctor of Humane Letters 2005Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture 2005Thomas Jefferson Medalist in Architecture 2004Grande Medal France Academie dArchitecture 2004American Wood Design Awards -Best of Non-residential Best of Non-residential 2002World Architecture Awards 2002: Best House in the World, Naked House 20022001The Prize of Japan Society for Finishing Technology, for GC Osaka Building 2001Gengo Matsui Award for the Japan Pavilion 2001World Architecture Awards 2001: Europe Category, Public/Cultural Category for the Japan Pavilion 20012001Time Magazine Innovator of the Year2001TIME Magazine USA2001Nikkei New Office Award, for GC Osaka Building

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Awards
2010 lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres, France 2009 Honorary Doctorate of Technical University of Munich 2009 lOrdre National du Merite , France 2009 Grand Prize of AIJ 2009: Nicolas G. Hayek Center 2009 Japan Project International Award, Student Jurys Award: Chengdu Hualin Elementary School, China Japan 2008 Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence: Finalist, Kirinda Project , Sri Lanka Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence . Finalist , 2007MIPIM Awards 2007: Residential Developments 1st Prize, Kirinda Project, Sri Lanka MIPIM Awards 2007: 2007MIPIM Awards 2007:Special Tribute, Kirinda Project, Sri Lanka MIPIM Awards 2007: 2006Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 2006 International Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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WORKS - PAPER TUBE STRUCTURES

PAPER ARBOR - Nagoya, Japan, 1989

ODAWARA HALL AND EAST GATEOdawara , Kanagawa, Japan, 1990

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Paper house

Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan, 1995

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Plan

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An S-shape configuration comprised of 110 paper tubes (2.7m high, 275mm in diameter and 148mm thick) defines the interior and exterior areas of the paper house. This was the first project in which paper tubes were authorized for use as a structural basis in a permanent building. Ten paper tubes support the vertical load and the eighty interior tubes bear the lateral forces. The cruciform wooden joints in the bases of the columns are anchored to the foundation by lug screws and cantilevered from the floor. A freestanding paper tubes column with a 1.2m diameter in the surrounding gallery contains a toilet. The exterior paper tubes surrounding the courtyard stand apart from the structure and serve as a screen. The living area in the large circle is without furnishing or detail other than an isolated kitchen counter, sliding doors, and movable closets. When the perimeter sashes are opened, the roof, supported by the colonnade of paper tubes, is visually emphasized and a spatial continuity is created between the surrounding gallery space and the outdoor terrace.

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JAPAN PAVILLION, EXPO 2000 HANNOVER Germany, 2000

PAPER STUDIO - Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, 2003

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PAPER THEATER - Amsterdam, Holland, 2003

SINGAPORE BIENNALE, PAVILION- Singapore 2006

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PAPER BRIDGE - Remoulin, France, 2007

PAPER DOME TAIWAN - Taiwan, 2008

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Quinta Botanica - Portugal, 2009

HANGHAI EXPO 2010, JAPAN INDUSTRY PAVILION, THEME SHOW HALL - Shanghai, China, 2010

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WORKS - DISASTER RELIEF PROJECTS

PAPER LOG HOUSES - Kobe, Japan, 1995 HUALIN TEMPORARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Chengdu, China, 2008

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PAPER CHURCH - Kobe, Japan, 1995-2005 (disassembled)

PAPER EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR UNHCR Byumba Refugee Camp, Rwanda, 1999

PAPER LOG HOUSE - Turkey, 2000 / Bhuj , India, 2001

TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN KIRINDA - Kirinda, Sri Lanka, 2007

WORKS - HOUSES AND HOUSING

VILLA TCG - Nagano, Japan, 1986 VILLA KURU - Nagano, Japan, 1991

HOUSING AT SHAKUJII PARK - Tokyo, Japan, 1992

FURNITURE HOUSE 1 - Yamanashi, Japan, 1995

CURTAIN WALL HOUSE - Tokyo, Japan, 1995

2/5 HOUSE - Hyogo, Japan, 1995

FURNITURE HOUSE 2 - Kanagawa, Japan, 1996

WALL-LESS HOUSE - Nagano, Japan, 1997

NAKED HOUSE - Saitama, Japan, 2000

PICTURE WINDOW HOUSE - Shizuoka, Japan, GLASS SHUTTER HOUSE - Tokyo, Japan, 2003 2002

DORMITORY H - Fukushima, Japan, 2006

SAGAPONAC HOUSE - Long Island, USA, 2006

CRESCENT HOUSE, Shizuoka, 2008

VILLA VISTA- Weligama, Sri Lanka, 2010