Ban Shigeru
坂 茂
1957 | born in Tokyo |
1978-80 | studied at the Southern California Institute of Architecture |
1980-82 | studied at the Cooper Union School of Architecture |
1982-83 | worked at Arata Isozaki & Associates |
1984 | graduated, Cooper Union School of Architecture |
1985 | established Shigeru Ban, Architects |
1995-99 | Consultant, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
2000 | Visiting Professor, Columbia University |
2001- | Professor, Keio University |
project list
2009 |
HOUSE AT HANEGI PARK, Tokyo |
2008 |
SEIKEI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Tokyo |
2007 |
NICOLAS G. HAYEK CENTER, Chuo ward, Tokyo |
2006 |
SEIKEI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION LIBRARY, Tokyo |
2004 |
PLASTIC BOTTLE STRUCTURE at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
2003 |
SHUTTER HOUSE FOR A PHOTOGRAPHER, Tokyo |
2002 |
PAPER ART MUSEUM, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka |
2000 |
IVY STRUCTURE 2, Tokyo |
1998 |
IVY STRUCTURE 1, Tokyo |
1997 |
HANEGI FOREST, Tokyo |
1996 |
TIMBER FRAME HOUSE WITH A CURTAIN WALL, Tokyo |
1995 |
CURTAIN WALL HOUSE, Tokyo
PAPER CHURCH, Kobe ity, Hyogo |
1994 |
PAPER TUBE STRUCTURE-06, Tokyo
HOUSE FOR A DENTIST, Tokyo |
1993 | A FACTOTY AT HAMURA-DENGYOSHA, Hamura city, Tokyo |
1992 |
THE COMPLEX BY A RAILWAY, Tokyo
HOUSING AT SHAKUJII-PARK, Tokyo |
1991 |
LIBRARY OF A POET, Zushi-shi, Kanagawa I HOUSE, Tokyo STUDIO FOR VOCALISTS, Tokyo |
1989 | M RESIDENCE, Tokyo |
1988 |
B BUILDING, Tokyo
THREE WALLS, Tokyo |
2007
NICOLAS G. HAYEK CENTER
ニコラス・G・ハイエック センター
address: | 7-9-18 Ginza, Chuo ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都中央区銀座7-9-18 |
maps: | [Google] |
website: |
www.swatchgroup.jp/nghc/index.html |
sources: |
[Shinkenchiku] 2007/10
[JA] 68 - Yearbook 2007 [Architectural Record] 2008/5, pages 200-205 |
2003.03
GLASS SHUTTER STUDIO
ガラスシャッターのスタジオ - Garasu shattā no sutajio
principal use: | residence, restaurant |
address: | Meguro ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都目黒区 |
site area: | 132.89 m² |
building area: | 75.65 m² |
total floor area: | 150.85 m² |
number of storeys: | 3 |
structure: | S |
sources: |
[JA] 52 - Yearbook 2003, pages 53-54 |
2002.09
PAPER ART MUSEUM
紙の資料館 特種製紙総合技術研究所 Pam - Kami no shiryōkan, Tokushuseishi sōgō gijutsukenkyūsho Pam
principal use: | exhibition space, research laboratory |
address: | 437 Honjuku, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka |
Japanese: | 静岡県駿東郡長泉町本宿437 |
maps: | [Google] [Yahoo] |
site area: | 6,377.69 m² |
building area: | 1,672.40 m² |
total floor area: | 2,437.11 m² |
number of storeys: | 4 |
structure: | S |
general contractors: | Obayashi |
sources:
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[JA] 52 - Yearbook 2003, pages 85-86 [Shinkenchiku] 2003/1, pages 52-63 [The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture] |
1996.06
TIMBER FRAME HOUSE WITH A CURTAIN WALL
木とカーテンウォールの家
+ Oshinomi Kunihide, Senba Takeshi
address: | 4-1 Osaki, Shinagawa ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都品川区大崎4-1 |
total floor area: | 208 m² |
sources: | [Architectural Map of Tokyo, Part 2] page 145 |
1995.07
CURTAIN WALL HOUSE
カーテンウォールの家
address: | 18-5 Sakaecho, Itabashi ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都板橋区栄町18−5 |
lat, long: | 35° 45' 18.75N 139° 42' 8.25E |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 180 m² |
sources: | [Shinkenchiku] 1995/10, pages 69-77 |
1995
PAPER CHURCH
address: | 3-3-8 Kaiun-cho, Nagata ward, Kobe city, Hyogo |
total floor area: | 168 m² |
sources: | [Architectural Map of Osaka / Kobe] page 289 |
1994.02
PAPER TUBE STRUCTURE-06
紙の建築 PTS/06 紙のギャラリー
address: | 36-18 Oyamacho, Shibuya ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都渋谷区大山町36-18 |
lat, long: |
35°40'06.80N 139°40'29E |
maps: | [Google] [Yahoo] |
total floor area: | 87 m² |
sources: | [Architectural Map of Tokyo, Part 2] page 242 |
1993.02
A FACTORY AT HAMURA-DENGYOSHA
羽村の工場ー電業社
address: | 3-7-17 Midorigaoka, Hamura city, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都羽村市緑ヶ丘3-7-17 |
lat, long: |
35°40'06.80N 139°40'29E |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 1,491 m² |
sources: | [Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 190 |
1992.12
THE COMPLEX BY A RAILWAY
address: | 4-5 Moto-Yoyogi, Shibuya ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都渋谷区元代々木4-5 |
maps: | [Google] [Yahoo] |
total floor area: | 1,029 m² |
sources: | [Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 231 |
1992.06
HOUSING AT SHAKUJII-PARK
石神井公園の集合住宅
address: | 3-3-31 Shakujii-cho, Nerima ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都練馬区石神井町3-3-31 |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 1,838 m² |
sources: | [Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 205 |
1991.02
LIBRARY OF A POET, PTS-04 (Paper Tube Structure)
詩人の書庫,紙の建築PTS-04
address: | Zushi city, Kanagawa |
Japanese: | 神奈川県逗子市 |
total floor area: | 43 m² |
sources: | [Shinkenchiku] 1991/6, pages 287-292 |
1988.07
B BUILDING
address: |
5-2-4 Matsubara, Setagaya ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都世田谷区松原5-2-4 |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 194 m² |
sources: | [Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 214 |
publications
JA 30, Summer 1998
further readings
www.answers.com/topic/shigeru-ban
http://eng.archinform.net/arch/2349.htm
www.japan-photo.de/e-mo-j51.htm
www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20shigeru-t.html?pagewanted=3
videos
This video, from the Wall Street Journal, is a short interview with Shigeru Ban. He discusses his architecture, his use of interesting materials such as paper tubes as structural elements, and talks about his believe that architects need to work for all sorts of clients, not just the rich elite.
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