Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) installed 32units of Paper Partition System and 14 Honeycomb Board Beds in some emergency facilities in...
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Commercial Facility

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Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Commercial Facility
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Commercial Facility
This greenhouse is composed of arches made from paper tubes connected by metal joints. On the exterior, a readymade greenhouse...
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Commercial Facility
Year:
2020
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility

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Year:
2020
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility
Year:
2020
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility
Previously, ministerial approval under Article 38 of the Building Standards Act was required to use paper tubes as permanent structural...
Year:
2020
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility
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Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation
This is an extension and renovation design for the existing terminal building at Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, taking into account...
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Kenya
Type:
New-built
Program:
Housing Complex

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Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Kenya
Type:
New-built
Program:
Housing Complex
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Kenya
Type:
New-built
Program:
Housing Complex
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Kenya
Type:
New-built
Program:
Housing Complex
This proposal was imagined as an architectural project, and an indoor stadium was designed, in thefrom of a rugby ball....
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility

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Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility
The dome structure, measuring 18m in diameter, is composed of 9m-long structural frames joined at a central ring. These frames...
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Higher Educational Facility
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Accommodation

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Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Accommodation
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Accommodation
This hotel contains about 150 rooms and is built in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. The building was carefully positioned so...
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Accommodation
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
The heavy rains in western Japan (heavy rains of July 2018) were heavy rain disasters that occurred from June 28...
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Commonly used as flooring material in China, bamboo flooring (17mm in thickness, 130mm in width, 1,100mm in length) with bolt...
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Visitor Center
Visitor Center
Feature:
Plywood Structure

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Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Visitor Center
Visitor Center
Feature:
Plywood Structure
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Visitor Center
Visitor Center
Feature:
Plywood Structure
This indoor recreation and creative workshop facility was designed for children who are unable to play outdoors during the heavy...
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Visitor Center
Visitor Center
Feature:
Plywood Structure
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design

Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
A lighting fixture designed while Shigeru Ban was still a student. The angle of the “half-mirror light bulb” can be...
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
Carbon fiber is an interesting material because of its high stiffness, high tensile strength, extremely low weight and low thermal...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Australia
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Australia
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Australia
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Australia
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
After 18 years, for the second time at Gallery Ma, the exhibition housed projects in progress, revealing the design philosophy...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design

Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
Aiming to express both his profound respect for the original TALIESIN 2 design and his own unique style, Shigeru Ban...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design

Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
Made exclusively from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Henri Giraud’s Grand Cru vines in Aÿ, ARGONNE 2008 has been crafted...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Program:
Exhibition

Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Program:
Exhibition
This is a prototype of a 50㎡ home that can be built in onemonth for approximately 5 million yen, excluding...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Italy
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Italy
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Italy
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
In central Italy, three earthquakes have occurred in a row since August. The damage caused by the earthquake that occurred...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Italy
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
The Kumamoto earthquake was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 7 observed on April 14 and 16, 2016, causing...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Collaboration work with Jae Eun Choi...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Ecuador
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Temporary Housing

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Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Ecuador
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Temporary Housing
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Ecuador
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Temporary Housing
On April 16 at 18:58 ECT Ecuador was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8. Death toll rised...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Ecuador
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Temporary Housing
Drawing inspiration from Shiro Kuramata’s umbrella stand—where a cane supports a floating ring. Here, the umbrella becomes the support for...
This bench was created for the Ōita Prefectural Art Museum using shichitō-i—a rush plant traditionally cultivated in Ōita for making...
Broader paper tubes form the backrest and seat between wooden frames, allowing the chair to be stacked. Individual cushions are...
By subtracting identical circular segments from each tabletop, the tables can be connected together—either paired through shared curves or arranged...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design

Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
The Carta Collection is made with plywood legs and a seating surface comprised of small paper tubes. The collection includes...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Italy
Program:
Exhibition

Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Italy
Program:
Exhibition
When enveloping together a space using the minimum material and power, a tensile structure* is ideal. To cut out a...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Italy
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House

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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
This is the temporary shelter constructed at Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines, following the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in November of 2013....
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Nursery School

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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Nursery School
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Nursery School
This temporary nursery school was constructed following the earthquake in Ya’an City, Sichuan, on April 20th, 2013. Lushan County in...
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Nursery School


























