Shigeru Ban (Basic Art Series 2.0)

From emergency relief shelters to a cardboard cathedral and exhibition spaces in shipping containers Pritzker PrizeÐwinning architect Shigeru Ban has made his name with his restlessly inventive response to material and situation as much as with his humanitarian work at the sites of natural and man-made disasters. According to scholar Riichi Miyake BanÕs work represents Òan architectural iteration of Doctors Without Borders.ÓIn the spirit of three-dimensional poetry Ban uses materials as an integral part of his design selected not for their cutting-edge credentials but rather for their expressive ability their capacity to convey the buildingÕs overall concept. In particular Ban has made regular use of paper tubing in projects as varied as the Japanese Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hanover and emergency shelters for RwandaÕs Byumba Refugee Camp.This essential introduction compiled with BanÕs own collaboration presents his most important projects to date surveying the full reach and importance