Elementary School // Sichuan // China // Shigeru Ban Architects

After the earthquake in China: The new school term has started, and these kids in Sichuan Province have now at least a temporary school building again- made of paper. In Chengdu city in Sichuan, students from Japanese banlab, architect Shigeru Ban’s research center, and the Hironori Matsubara Lab at Keio University used cardboard tubes to build temporary school buildings. Read the whole story: www.pingmag.jp.

For more paper tube structure projects visit: www.shigerubanarchitects.com.




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