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Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch City, New Zealand

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Cardboard Cathedral

2013 · Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Church in Christchurch Central City, New Zealand

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Cardboard Cathedral

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Church in Christchurch Central City, New Zealand

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Cardboard CathedralCardboard Cathedral

2013 · Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

MorphosisMorphosis

Pasadena, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2013Unrecorded
PlaceChristchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandPasadena, California, United States
Place contextChristchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandRepresentative site: New York, United States
ClimateClimate unavailable7°C · 13.6h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art / Morphosis Architects
FocusCathedral7 works in corpus
Architects
  • Shigeru Ban
  • Thom Mayne
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Shigeru Ban Architects

Notable works

  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art / Morphosis Architects
  • Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse
  • 41 Cooper Square
  • Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics / Morphosis Architects
Typologies
  • cathedral
  • religious building
  • temporary architecture
  • offices
  • institutional buildings
  • dabas
  • educational
  • 3d modeling
  • house
  • civic building
  • gallery
Materials
  • cardboard
  • timber
  • polycarbonate
  • glass
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • fabric
  • concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

Cardboard and Polycarbonate look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Cardboard
  • Polycarbonate

Aluminum, Concrete, and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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