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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

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1989 · Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20131989
PlaceChristchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandOslo, Oslo, Norway
Place contextChristchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandRepresentative site: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
ClimateClimate unavailableClimate unavailable · via Bibliotheca Alexandrina
FocusCathedral3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Shigeru Ban
  • Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Shigeru Ban Architects

Notable works

  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Oslo Opera House
  • Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre
Typologies
  • cathedral
  • religious building
  • temporary architecture
  • library
  • cultural center
  • civic building
  • performance venue
  • opera house
  • education
  • student center
  • campus building
Materials
  • cardboard
  • timber
  • polycarbonate
  • granite
  • glass
  • concrete
  • marble
  • steel
Carbon signals

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

  • Cardboard
  • Polycarbonate

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
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.
  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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