Shigeru Ban details post-earthquake response effort in Turkey
Shigeru Ban Architects has released photos of the architect’s response to the humanitarian crisis plaguing Turkey following the 7.8 earthquake that destroyed over 160,000 structures while claiming the lives of more than 50,000 people there and in Syria on February 6th. The firm had previously been on the ground since March working through its Voluntary Architects Network (or VAN) nonprofit arm to construct shelters using their patented Paper Partition System that was first utilized in the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake in Japan. The system works by first constructing a system of 2x2-meter paper tubes, over which fabric privacy curtains can be installed. Photo: © Mert ÜnalNow, three months removed from the disaster, an effort is underway to build temporary housing using what it says are new prototype designs that improve upon the Paper Log House Ban first debuted following the 1995 Kobe earthquake and later, also in Turkey, in reaction to the devastating İzmit earthquake there in...
Shigeru Ban Architects has released photos of the architect’s response to the humanitarian crisis plaguing Turkey following the 7.8 earthquake that destroyed over 160,000 structures while claiming the lives of more than 50,000 people there and in Syria on February 6th.
The firm had previously been on the ground since March working through its Voluntary Architects Network (or VAN) nonprofit arm to construct shelters using their patented Paper Partition System that was first utilized in the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake in Japan.
The system works by first constructing a system of 2x2-meter paper tubes, over which fabric privacy curtains can be installed.
Now, three months removed from the disaster, an effort is underway to build temporary housing using what it says are new prototype designs that improve upon the Paper Log House Ban first debuted following the 1995 Kobe earthquake and later, also in Turkey, in reaction to the devastating İzmit earthquake there in...
