Completed

Year: 2016
Status: Completed
Location: Ecuador
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing
Disaster Relief Design
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Year: 2016
Status: Completed
Location: Ecuador
Type: Temporary
Program: Temporary Housing

Ecuador Paper Temporary House

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
Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Station
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersDisaster Relief DesignTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Station

Onagawa Station

Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Station
This new station has been moved 150m toward the mountain at an elevation 7m higher than before. This three-story facility...
Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Station
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structuresWorks
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Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum

Oita Prefectural Art Museum

Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
The museum is a simple boxed shape so it could be integrated with the surrounding urban context of the center...
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Nepal
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Disaster Relief DesignTimber and bamboo structuresWorks
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Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Nepal
Type: Temporary
Program: House

Nepal House

Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Nepal
Type: Temporary
Program: House
In order to respond to the earthquake which struck Nepal on April 25th, Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) and Shigeru Ban...
Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Nepal
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
House and housingHousesTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House

Solid Cedar House

Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
Low cost 120mm square cedar timber is stacked, similar to a log house. These walls are unified vertically by steel...
Year: 2015
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Philippines
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Disaster Relief DesignHousesPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Philippines
Type: Temporary
Program: House

Paper Temporary Shelter

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
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersDisaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: Temporary
Program: Nursery School

Paper 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
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Museum

Aspen Art Museum

Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
This contemporary art museum is located in downtown Aspen, Colorado, which is famous for its ski resorts. To harmonize with...
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecturePPS
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Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design

PAPER PARTITION SYSTEM 4 (PPS4) -Landslide in Hiroshima-

Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design
On 20th August 2014, heavy rainfall struck Hiroshima City, Japan which caused huge landslides forcing over 1600 residents to evacuate...
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: New-built
Program: Golf Club
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: New-built
Program: Golf Club

Skolkovo Golf Club House

Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: New-built
Program: Golf Club
This club house is located within a golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus in Moscow. As a timber structure in...
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: New-built
Program: Golf Club
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Atelier
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Atelier

Disaster Relief Center in Kyoto University of Art and Design

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Atelier
At Kyoto University of Art & Design, a temporary studio of ‘Paper Structure’ was constructed once again by the students...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Atelier
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersExhibition DesignsPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum

Rietberg Museum Summer Pavilion

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum
This summer pavilion is constructed annually during the summer season. The roof structure is made of lightweight CFRP trusses, allowing...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade

Calypso Restaurant and Lounge

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
The design is influenced by the contextual reference of the traditional form of the row house style of the nearby...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: United Arab Emirate
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition DesignsPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: United Arab Emirate
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Abu Dhabi Art Pavilion

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: United Arab Emirate
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
This is a structure inspired by the environment as well as the culture and heritage of the UAE. This structure,...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: United Arab Emirate
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
House and housingHousesTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House

Villa at Sengokubara

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
This two-story timber structure residence is situated on a site with a narrow street front and a broader clearing deeper...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: New Zealand
Type: New-built
Program: Religious Facility
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersDisaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: New Zealand
Type: New-built
Program: Religious Facility

Cardboard Cathedral

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: New Zealand
Type: New-built
Program: Religious Facility
The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake (magnitude 6.3) inflicted crippling damage on the Christchurch Cathedral which was the symbol of city....
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: New Zealand
Type: New-built
Program: Religious Facility
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters

Tamedia New Office Building

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
One of the main features of this project is a seven story rigid frame structural system, designed entirely in timber,...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Feature: Furniture House
Exhibition DesignsHouse and housingTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Feature: Furniture House

House Vision Furniture House

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Feature: Furniture House
Instead of being supported by conventional columns and walls, this “Furniture House” is supported structurally by the furniture itself, creating...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Feature: Furniture House
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum

Garage Center for Contemporary Culture Temporary Pavilion

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum
This temporary pavilion was designed for the “Garage Center” art gallery in Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia. It was requested that...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Russia
Type: Temporary
Program: Museum
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Interior
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition Designs
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Interior
Program: Exhibition

Red Cross Museum “The Humanitarian Adventure: Reducing Natural Risks”

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Interior
Program: Exhibition
In the museum, the paper tubes are arranged in organic curves and waves reminiscent of a forest or wetlands, giving...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: Interior
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition Designs
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Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

“Architecture and Humanitarian Activities” Exhibition

Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
This is the first large scale individual exhibition, consisting of not only small models images, and photographs, but of full...
Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition Designs
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Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Irving Penn and Issey Miyake Exhibition

Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
This exhibition was designed to display sketches and posters produced by Irving Penn, in collaboration with Issey Miyake. The exhibition...
Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Retail Store
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Retail Store

Camper Soho

Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Retail Store
Located at 110 Prince Street, with its paper tube roof structure, it was designed to be eye-catching as Camper’s “House...
Year: 2012
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Retail Store
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Feature: Container Structure
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersDisaster Relief DesignTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Feature: Container Structure

Community Center – Onagawa

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Feature: Container Structure
By stacking the container temporary housing on the site, wide building intervals were achieved, and the design for the community...
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Feature: Container Structure
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Spain United States China France
Type: Temporary
Exhibition DesignsPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Spain United States China France
Type: Temporary

Camper Traveling Pavilion

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Spain United States China France
Type: Temporary
Designed for Camper as one of the yacht sponsors for Volvo Ocean Race, a global event that races to 10...
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Spain United States China France
Type: Temporary
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition DesignsPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Maison Hermès Pavilion

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
The concept of the pavilion was to create a nomadic exhibition structure easy to assemble and disassemble; all the structure...
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Disaster Relief DesignHouse and housing
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House

Onagawa Container House

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Since the 3.11 earthquake, we have visited more than 50 evacuation facilities and during that time, we heard the news...
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: House
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Museum

Musée du Luxembourg

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Museum
Two new temporary exterior structures were renovated: a café / restaurant / tea room (Angelina) and the museum’s educational workshops....
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Museum
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Theater
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersDisaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Theater

L’Aquila Temporary Concert Hall

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Theater
L’Aquila Temporary Concert Hall opened on May 7th, 2011. The opening ceremony was held with the orchestra conducted by Tomomi...
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Theater
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant

Kushinoya

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Located in the Daimaru department store in Osaka Station. The façade is veiled in an ethereal white string curtain that...
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: United Kingdom Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition DesignsPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: United Kingdom Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Booth for Davines Group

Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: United Kingdom Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Project developed for the international cosmetic company Davines in 2007 and 2011. The concept was to materialize the idea of...
Year: 2011
Status: Completed
Location: United Kingdom Italy
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition