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Shigeru Ban: Nepal project

By end of August the first prototype of the construction system developed by Shigeru Ban Architects – made of wooden frames and infilling rubble bricks – will be constructed.

The system developed by Shigeru Ban Architects for their Nepal Project can be assembled by connecting modular wooden frames (90cm x 210cm) and infilling with rubble bricks.

This simple construction method enables anyone to assemble the wooden frames very quickly and if a roof (a truss made of local paper tubes) is secured on top, and the wooden structure covered with a plastic sheet, people can immediately begin to inhabit the shelters. Afterwards, people can stack the rubble bricks inside the wooden frames and slowly complete the construction themselves. The first prototype is to be constructed by end of August.

Shigeru Ban Archtiects, Nepal project, render of the exterior

Shigeru Ban Archtiects, Nepal project, render of the interior

Shigeru Ban Archtiects, Nepal project, model

Shigeru Ban Archtiects, Nepal project, model

Shigeru Ban Archtiects, Nepal project, model

Shigeru Ban Archtiects, Nepal project, sketch

Nepal Project
Architects: Shigeru Ban Architects
Contribution for visualization: Calzada Visualization
Contribution to the project: TSP TAIYO Inc., ICTC Group, Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions & Culture, The Taragaon Museum

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Shigeru Ban: Nepal project

By end of August the first prototype of the construction system developed by Shigeru Ban Architects – made of wooden frames and infilling rubble bricks – will be constructed.

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