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Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Osaka
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architectureTimber and bamboo structuresNews
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Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Osaka
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Blue Ocean Dome　

Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Osaka
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
The pavilion at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo aimed to raise awareness about preserving the bounty of the sea for future...
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Osaka
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Aichi
Type: New-built
Program: Historical Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structuresNews
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Aichi
Type: New-built
Program: Historical Museum

Toyota City Museum

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Aichi
Type: New-built
Program: Historical Museum
Toyota City Museum is planned to be located on the east side of the site, just like the adjacent Toyota...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Aichi
Type: New-built
Program: Historical Museum
Year: In progress
Status: Completed
Location: Pakistan
Program: Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief DesignNews
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Year: In progress
Status: Completed
Location: Pakistan
Program: Temporary Housing

Low Cost Housing for 2022 Pakistan floods

Year: In progress
Status: Completed
Location: Pakistan
Program: Temporary Housing
As a relief effort for the Pakistan floods that occurred in the summer of 2022, plans for low-cost housing are...
Year: In progress
Status: Completed
Location: Pakistan
Program: Temporary Housing
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Poland
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition DesignsExhibitionsNews
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Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Poland
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Shigeru Ban. Architecture and Social Contributions 

Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Poland
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
26 October 2025 – 3 May 2026 at Manggha Museum Far East Gallery in Kraków, Poland...
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Poland
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition DesignsNews
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Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Kanazawa Paper Show

Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
The Kanazawa Paper Show was held from October 17 to 19, 2025, at the Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Hall in...
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architectureNews
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Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary

Paper Partition System / 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires

Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary
Three units of the Paper Partition System (PPS) were installed at the Westwood Recreation Center in Santa Monica, California—one of...
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Morocco
Program: Temporary Housing
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Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Morocco
Program: Temporary Housing

Paper Log House for Marigha, Morocco

Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Morocco
Program: Temporary Housing
This is a relocation project involving a paper log house prototype built with students in Marrakech in 2024. It was...
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Morocco
Program: Temporary Housing
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Disaster Relief DesignExhibition DesignsNews
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Paper Sanctuary SIT

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
The Japan touring exhibition of the “Paper Sanctuary,” which was held in London, is being hosted at Shibaura Institute of...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsNews
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Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing

2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disaster Relief Project

Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
NPO Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) + Shigeru Ban Architects have started to set up Paper Partition System (PPS) and cardboard...
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Disaster Relief DesignExhibition DesignsNews
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

World Bank Understanding Risk Global Forum

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
The Understanding Risk Global Forum (UR2024), organized by the World Bank, was held June 16th to 24th of 2024 at...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Exhibition DesignsPaper tube architectureNews
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Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary

Papertube Pavillion for Kokura Castle Bamboo Lantern Festival

Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Construction by Students in Kitakyushu We will assemble an outdoor-adapted version of the Paper Partition System, originally developed to secure...
Year: 2025
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Disaster Relief DesignExhibition DesignsNews
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Paper Sanctuary Toyota

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
April 26 – May 26, 2024 The Japanese touring exhibition of “Paper Sanctuary” Ban presented the Paper Partition System (PPS),...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Disaster Relief DesignExhibition DesignsNews
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Paper Sanctuary Naoetsu

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
The Japanese touring exhibition of “Paper Sanctuary” held in London. Place: MUJI Naoetsu (Joetsu city in Niigata) Duration: February 13...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Disaster Relief DesignExhibition DesignsNewsEmergency
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Paper Sanctuary OPAM

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
January 13 – February 4, 2024 The Japanese touring exhibition of “Paper Sanctuary” held in London.The inaugural exhibition took place...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary
Program: House Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsPaper tube architectureEmergency
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary
Program: House Temporary Housing

Maui Paper Log House

Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary
Program: House Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief Project for 2023 Hawaii-Maui Wildfires Dec.4th-Dec.7th 2023 Collaborators:Hawaii Off-GridUniversity of Hawaiʻi Maui CollegeSchool of Architecture University of Hawaiʻi...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Temporary
Program: House Temporary Housing
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Korea
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsExhibitionsPaper tube architectureDisaster Relief ProjectsEmergency
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Korea
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing

Prototype of Paper Temporary House for Korea　

Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Korea
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
The prototype of Paper Temporary House for Korea is a simple structure with paper tubes as columns, paper honeycomb boards...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Korea
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
Year: In progress
Location: Morocco
Program: House Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsPaper tube architectureEmergency
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Year: In progress
Location: Morocco
Program: House Temporary Housing

Temporary housing in Marrakesh

Year: In progress
Location: Morocco
Program: House Temporary Housing
2023 Morocco Earthquake Disaster Relief Coordination : Fayçal Tiaïba / Laberinto and FenduqCooperation : National School of Architecture of Marrakech...
Year: In progress
Location: Morocco
Program: House Temporary Housing
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsExhibition DesignsDisaster Relief ProjectsEmergency
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Paper Sanctuary Simose

Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
August 28 – September 3, 2023 The Japanese touring exhibition of “Paper Sanctuary” held in London.The inaugural exhibition took place...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Program: Commercial Facility
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsNewsDisaster Relief ProjectsEmergency
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Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Program: Commercial Facility

Hospital in Lviv

Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Program: Commercial Facility
<<Ukraine Relief Projects PHASE 4 Hospital in Lviv PHASE 3 Stove Aid PHASE 2Styrofoam Housing System PHASE 1PPS for Ukraine...
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Program: Commercial Facility
Year: 2023
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsNewsDisaster Relief ProjectsEmergency
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Year: 2023
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing

Styrofoam Housing System

Year: 2023
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
<<Ukraine Relief Projects PHASE 4 Hospital in Lviv PHASE 3 Stove Aid PHASE 2Styrofoam Housing System PHASE 1PPS for Ukraine...
Year: 2023
Status: In Progress
Location: Ukraine
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition DesignsExhibitionsEmergency
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

The Harmony of Form and Function

Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Spazio 3118th-22nd April, 2023  Interior Concept from Shigeru Ban To best accentuate the beauty of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Lamp,...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
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Wood design award

Zen Wellness Seinei Receives Wood Design Award  Zen Wellness Seinei received Forestry Agency Director-General’s Award for Excellence in the “Wood...
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Japan Times featured

Shigeru Ban’s disaster relief efforts were featured on Sustainable Japan by the Japan Times. He discusses his early work establishing...