Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Paper Church

Accession Number: 
109719
Order Title: 
Shigeru Ban (109686-109831)
Type of View: 
plan
View Title: 
floor plan 1:150
Image Rights: 
copyrighted
Source Institution: 
NCSU Libraries
Collection: 
Design Library Image Collection
Culture: 
Japanese
Subject: 
sustainability
Subject: 
temporary buildings
Subject: 
earthquakes
Subject: 
paper (fiber product)
Subject: 
portable buildings
Subject: 
prefabrication
Subject: 
green design (environmental concept)
Subject: 
tubes (object forms)
Subject: 
natural disasters
Work Types: 
Architecture; religious structures; churches
Preferred Title: 
Paper Church
Agent Display: 
Shigeru Ban (Japanese architect, 1957-)
Date: 
1995 (creation)
Materials: 
58 paper tubes in an elliptical pattern, polycarbonate sheeting, roof made of tent material
Measurement: 
168 m2 (area)
Alternate Title: 
Paper Tube Structure 08
Locations: 
Nagata, Kobe, Kinki , Japan
Location Type: 
(creation)
Style/Period: 
Contemporary
Classification: 
Architecture