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Paper Dome

The Paper Dome is a temporary church building constructed using paper tubes as structural elements. It was designed on a pro-bono basis by Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect who is known for his paper tube structures and buildings. This temporary structure was built on September 17, 1995 to serve as a temporary church for Takatori Catholic Church after the Great Hanshin earthquake. The venue was not only limited for…

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2008

Puli Township, Puli Township, Japan

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Church in Nantou County, Taiwan

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Shigeru Ban

Born 1957 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Many of his notable designs are structures which are temporary, prefabricated, or incorporate inexpensive and unconventional materials in innovati…

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Shigeru Ban Architects

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Role: designer

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