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shigeru ban

tam bought an architecture book at the bookstore today. it was shigeru ban's work. and it was amazing.
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the concept of the japan pavilion was to create a structure whose materials could be recycled when it was dismantled. ban designed a curvy paper tunnel supported by a matrix of recycled paper tubes, to make the construction as low-tech as possible, the joints were affixed with tape."

to read more go to designboom (click here)

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