AV 195 SHIGERU BAN Social Beauty

From a minimal shelter for emergency situations to large cultural facilities, like the just inaugurated La Seine Musicale in Paris, Shigeru Ban has designed a broad range of projects that reconcile technical inventiveness, aesthetic sensibility, and social commitment. Number 195 of AV Monographs reflects the multi-faceted character of the Japanese master – Pritkzer Prize laureate of 2014 –, with a selection of twenty works classified in four sections that take stock of his main lines of work: ‘Material Ecology,’ ‘Domestic Innovation,’ ‘Emergency Projects,’ and ‘Sustainable Grids.’ The introductory texts of the monograph are signed by Ban himself and by the expert Riichi Miyake.

CONTENTS

• Luis Fernández-Galiano, Ethical Aesthetics
• Shigeru Ban, Works for People
• Riichi Miyake, Action Architect

Material Ecology

• Expo 2000 Japan Pavilion, 1997-2000, Hannover (Germany)
• Nomadic Museum, 2003-2005, New York (USA)
• Paper Temporary Studio, 2004, Paris (France)
• Cardboard Cathedral, 2013, Christchurch (New Zealand)
• Takatsuka Lodge, 2013, Yakushima (Japan)

Domestic Innovation

• Naked House, 1999-2000, Kawagoe (Japan)
• Sagaponac House, 2001-2006, Long Island (USA)
• Maison E, 2004-2006, Iwaki (Japan)
• Villa Vista, 2007-2010, Weligama (Sri Lanka)
• Sengokubara Residence, 2013, Hakone (Japan)

Emergency Projects

• Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation Project, 2005-2006, Kirinda (Sri Lanka)
• Hualin Temporary Elementary School, 2008, Chengdu (China)
• Paper Partition System, 2011, Fukushima (Japan)
• Container Temporary Housing, 2011, Onagawa (Japan)
• Paper Log Houses, 2014, Cebu (Philippines)

Sustainable Grids

• Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2003-2010, Metz (France)
• Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Clubhouse, 2006-2010, Yeoju (South Korea)
• Aspen Art Museum, 2007-2014, Aspen (USA)
• Tamedia Office Building, 2008-2013, Zurich (Switzerland)
• La Seine Musicale, 2014-2017, Boulogne-Billancourt (France)