I lived in Japan for 3 years. In the past 10 years I've traveled to Sendai at least a dozen times. On my last trip I stayed in a small hotel adjacent to Soma harbor. I've ridden the Joban train line past the Fukushima reactors too many times to remember. Japan is where I grew up as a young adult. It is where my is heart now.
This morning the New York Times published an interesting interview with Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban. You can view it here. Ban has made something of a career out of making temporary shelters to house victims of natural disasters. What we at Monkey Design like most about them is that they are made of paper! The houses below are located in India.
Rolled into tight logs, paper is a strong, durable, and inexpensive building material. The houses below are located in Turkey.
This morning the New York Times published an interesting interview with Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban. You can view it here. Ban has made something of a career out of making temporary shelters to house victims of natural disasters. What we at Monkey Design like most about them is that they are made of paper! The houses below are located in India.
Rolled into tight logs, paper is a strong, durable, and inexpensive building material. The houses below are located in Turkey.
Papercrafting is a long an time-honored tradition in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. One needs only to deconstruct an origami crane to witness the ingenuity and strength of the design. I believe it is that same ingenuity and strength which will help the Japanese rebuild after this tragic disaster.
