Metz · France
GAD / PERSON PROFILE
Shigeru Ban
Material invention connecting cultural buildings with disaster relief.
Background & practice
Ban studied at SCI-Arc and Cooper Union before building a practice spanning museums, workplaces and emergency shelter. His work with displaced communities brought architectural attention to the dignity and practical needs of temporary accommodation.
How to read the work
Paper tubes, timber and reusable components are tested as real structural systems. Availability, transport, assembly and comfort inform the design alongside form.
Professional recognition
2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate.
Attribution note
Centre Pompidou-Metz was developed with Jean de Gastines and Philip Gumuchdjian; it is not a sole-author project.
DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS
Selected project records
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