News·17 January 2023Wood design awardZen Wellness Seinei Receives Wood Design Award Zen Wellness Seinei received Forestry Agency Director-General’s Award for Excellence in the “Wood...
News·17 January 2023Japan Times featuredShigeru Ban’s disaster relief efforts were featured on Sustainable Japan by the Japan Times. He discusses his early work establishing...
ExhibitionsNewsEmergency·17 January 2023Beyond Borders Architectures of Japan“Beyond Borders: Architectures of Japan” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China is...
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Industrial designWorks·3 November 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan L-angle Collection Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Industrial design·1 November 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Paper Tube Case for Bordeaux Wine Year: 2022 Status: Completed Year: 2022 Status: Completed
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Industrial designWorks·9 September 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Cardboard Bed Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan This bed made of cardboard was developed in collaboration with Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. to improve conditions in evacuation centers.... Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan
Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: China Works·4 June 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: China Culture and Art Center in Guizhou Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: China Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: China
Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Works·4 June 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Awaji Farm Lecture House Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan
Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Japan Works·4 June 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Japan Fukuoka Prefectural Art Museum Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Japan Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Japan
Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Works·4 June 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Shop in Itoshima Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Year: 2022 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Museum / Gallery Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture·31 May 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Museum / Gallery Ogijima Pavilion Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Museum / Gallery This project was realized as a collaboration with artist Oscar Oiwa for the Setouchi Triennale 2022. The site is located... Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Museum / Gallery
Year: 2022 Location: United States NewsEmergency·9 May 2022 Year: 2022 Location: United States Kentucky Tornado Relief Year: 2022 Location: United States 【Kentucky Tornado Relief】The tornado moved across southern and midwestern United States in December 2021 caused significant damage to many towns.... Year: 2022 Location: United States
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture·2 May 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Ginza Sicilia at Shibaura Institute of Technology Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture·2 May 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan SIT Global Caffe empowered by Segafredo at Shibaura Institute of Technology Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan
Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Belgium Works·2 May 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Belgium European Parliament – Paul-Henri SPAAK Building Brussels Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Belgium Year: 2022 Status: Competition Location: Belgium
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture·2 May 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial Acorium Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures·2 May 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel ZENBO SEINEI Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel This is a plan of an accommodation facility where guests can experience“zazen” on a small, lush site on Awaji Island.... Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures·2 May 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel Shishi-iwa House No.2 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel Second project for “Shishi-iwa House” in Karuizawa. The simple two-story rectangular plan evolved from the very tight rectangular site. The... Year: 2022 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Hotel
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Industrial designWorks·5 April 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Papertube Stool Year: 2022 Status: Completed Year: 2022 Status: Completed
Year: 2022 Status: Completed Industrial designWorks·1 April 2022 Year: 2022 Status: Completed Papertube Sofa Year: 2022 Status: Completed Year: 2022 Status: Completed
Year: 2022 Location: Ukraine Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsPaper tube architectureNewsPPSDisaster Relief ProjectsEmergency·8 March 2022 Year: 2022 Location: Ukraine Ukraine Refugee Assistance / Paper Partition System Year: 2022 Location: Ukraine <<Ukraine Relief Projects PHASE 4 Hospital in Lviv PHASE 3 Stove Aid PHASE 2Styrofoam Housing System PHASE 1PPS for Ukraine... Year: 2022 Location: Ukraine
Year: 2021 Status: Completed Industrial designWorks·1 March 2022 Year: 2021 Status: Completed Papertube Shelf Year: 2021 Status: Completed A decorative shelf made with paper tubes as supports.... Year: 2021 Status: Completed
Year: 2022 Location: Tonga Type: Temporary Disaster Relief DesignNewsEmergency·1 February 2022 Year: 2022 Location: Tonga Type: Temporary Tonga Eruption and Tsunami Year: 2022 Location: Tonga Type: Temporary 【Relief activity for disaster area in Tonga】We have launched a Disaster Relief Projects for the latest Tonga Volcanic Eruption and... Year: 2022 Location: Tonga Type: Temporary
News·17 January 2022Princess of Asturias award for Concord 2022Shigeru Ban is this year’s recipient of the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord. Started in 1986, the award recognizes...
Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Works·26 December 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Shinsaibashi Façade Project Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: Japan
PPSPPS·5 August 2021 Year: 2021 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Saga City, Saga Year: 2021 Location: Japan On August 5, 2021, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Saga City, Saga to supply partitioning... Year: 2021 Location: Japan
Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Works·7 June 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Xian Daming Palace Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt The goal of this project is to prevent rainwater from infiltrating into the foundation of Hanyuan Hall and protect the... Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt
Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: China Works·6 June 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: China GUILIN SOUTH GATE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY PROJECT Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: China The large Chinese banyan tree of Guilin is an important feature that constitutes the city scenery together with the tower... Year: 2021 Status: Unbuilt Location: China
Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Temporary Program: Health Disaster Relief Design·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Temporary Program: Health Mock Vaccination Center Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Temporary Program: Health On February 2, 2021, Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) demonstrated Paper Partition System at mock vaccination center in Komatsu, Ishikawa.Cooperated with:... Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Temporary Program: Health
Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial Farmer’s Restaurant Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial The restaurant is built in the midst of a large natural field and serves fresh vegetables from there. The thatched... Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Retail and Commercial
Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure Works·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure New Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure In order to form an east-west and north-south axis in front of Higashi-Shizuoka Station, a high-rise library was planned in... Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure
Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters Timber and bamboo structuresWorks·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters Karuizawa Town Hall Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters
Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Finland Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters Timber and bamboo structures·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Finland Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters JUURET / ROOTS – STORA ENSO HQ Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Finland Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters The name “JUURET”, meaning ROOTS in Finnish language suggests the concept of this building in many ways. The building inherits... Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Finland Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters
Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Extension / Renovation Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Extension / Renovation Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrasse Spa Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Extension / Renovation Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: Extension / Renovation
Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Transport and Infrastructure Timber and bamboo structures·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Transport and Infrastructure Oita Airport Marine Access Passenger Terminal Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Transport and Infrastructure Year: 2021 Status: Competition Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Transport and Infrastructure
Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: United States Type: Extension / Renovation Program: Residential House and housingWorks·2 May 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: United States Type: Extension / Renovation Program: Residential Cast Iron House Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: United States Type: Extension / Renovation Program: Residential The project consists of a gut renovation of an existing landmarked commercial building, renowned for its ornate cast iron façade,... Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: United States Type: Extension / Renovation Program: Residential
PPSPPS·25 March 2021 Year: 2021 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Kawasaki City, Kanagawa and International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University Year: 2021 Location: Japan On March 30, 2021, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the awasaki City, Kanagawa and International Research... Year: 2021 Location: Japan
PPSPPS·25 March 2021 Year: 2021 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Miyake Town, Nara Year: 2021 Location: Japan On March 19, 2021, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Miyake Town, Nara to supply partitioning... Year: 2021 Location: Japan
Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures·25 March 2021 Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters Tamadic Nagoya Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters Due to Japan’s excessive regulations against timber structures, it is impossible to build a “pure” mid-rise timber structure, so a... Year: 2021 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Office and Headquarters
PPSPPS·15 February 2021 Year: 2021 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Urayasu City, Chiba Year: 2021 Location: Japan On February 15, 2021, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Urayasu City, Chiba to supply partitioning... Year: 2021 Location: Japan
PPSPPS·2 February 2021 Year: 2021 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with 6 Cities and Towns of Ishikawa Prefecture Year: 2021 Location: Japan On November 11, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Kanawawa City, Hakusan City, Kahoku City,... Year: 2021 Location: Japan
PPSPPS·11 November 2020 Year: 2020 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Nomi City, Ishikawa and KOMATSU MATERE Co., Ltd. Year: 2020 Location: Japan On November 11, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Nomi City, Ishikawa and KOMATSU MATERE... Year: 2020 Location: Japan
Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Health Cultural, Commercial, Academic, Others·31 October 2020 Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Health The transparent Tokyo toilet Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Health Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: Japan Type: New-built Program: Health
Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: South Korea Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure Hotel Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures·31 October 2020 Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: South Korea Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure Hotel HAESLEY HAMLET / Condominium Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: South Korea Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure Hotel Hamlet is a four-building complex that serves as an executive training center and accommodation built next to the Haesley Nine... Year: 2020 Status: Completed Location: South Korea Type: New-built Program: Culture and Leisure Hotel
PPSPPS·30 October 2020 Year: 2020 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Kamakura City, Kanagawa Year: 2020 Location: Japan On October 30, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Kamakura City, Kanagawa to supply partitioning... Year: 2020 Location: Japan
PPSPPS·11 September 2020 Year: 2020 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Nagaoka-kyo City, Kyoto Year: 2020 Location: Japan On September 11, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Nagaoka-kyo City, Kyoto to supply partitioning... Year: 2020 Location: Japan
PPS·24 August 2020 Year: 2020 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Tokyo Metropolis Year: 2020 Location: Japan On August 24, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Tokyo Metropolis to supply partitioning systems... Year: 2020 Location: Japan
PPSPPS·5 August 2020 Year: 2020 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Funabashi City, Chiba Year: 2020 Location: Japan On August 5, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Funabashi City, Chiba to supply partitioning... Year: 2020 Location: Japan
PPSPPS·22 July 2020 Year: 2020 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Year: 2020 Location: Japan On July 22, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Nishiwaki City, Hyogo to supply partitioning... Year: 2020 Location: Japan
PPSPPS·20 July 2020 Year: 2020 Location: Japan Disaster Agreement with Tottori Prefecture Year: 2020 Location: Japan On July 20, 2020, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Tottori Prefecture to supply partitioning systems... Year: 2020 Location: Japan