Paper relief architecture

Paper relief architecture

Latka, J.F.

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Electrical Sustainable Energy

2014-09-15

The article presents two contemporary projects of paper structures relief architecture designed and built by Shigeru Ban Architects and Voluntary Architect Network. Author of the article took part in design and construction process of one of the projects. The project of Yaan Nursery School, which was built from November 2013 till March 2014 is presented in comparison to another project realized by Shigeru Ban and VAN in the city of Chengdu after the Sichuan Earthquake in 2008. The article gives the introduction of paper components in architecture and its history and shows both projects with their differences as well as evolution of the approaches to structural solutions. The age difference between the projects is 5 years. The attempt of determination of the quality of paper as a construction material is made by comparison of their condition and the process of wear and tear of the older building. At the end of the article thoughts of the author about both projects, their implementations and pros and cons are presented.

paper in architecture
relief
emergency architecture
paper tubes
Shigeru Ban Architects

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International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)

Proceedings of the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium "Shells, Membranes and Spatial Structures: Footprints", Brasilia, Brazil, 15-19 September 2014

Institutional Repository

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