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The Paper Log House at The Glass House. Photo by Michael Biondo.

Time and Location

April 15 – December 15, 2024
The Glass House (New Canaan, CT)

About

Japanese architect and Pritzker Prize laureate, Shigeru Ban, works at the confluence of two of the most critical trends in architecture today: the search for modest and sustainable materials and the attempt to turn the creative energy of architects toward the solution of urgent social problems.

After studying architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and The Cooper Union, Ban returned to Japan to start a career as an architect of modern buildings. Ban also experimented with creating entire structures out of cardboard tubes used as framing elements. In the 1990s, Ban developed what he would call “paper architecture,” resolving the structural challenges of supporting cardboard buildings.

Ban’s simple paper houses became a useful response to disaster relief around the world as they could be built quickly and use inexpensive local, recyclable materials. Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House at The Glass House creates a unique opportunity to reflect on the permanence of architecture, and how disparate building materials, namely glass, brick, and paper, offer unexpected possibilities.

A video of the actual construction can be viewed here.

For more information, please visit: Shigeru Ban The Paper Log House at The Glass House

This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.

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