{"id":61427,"date":"2019-09-06T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T16:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/?p=61427"},"modified":"2019-11-29T19:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T18:01:26","slug":"shigeru-ban-amazing-japanese-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/shigeru-ban-amazing-japanese-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Shigeru Ban – Amazing Japanese Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shigeru Ban<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, born on August 5 in 1957,\u00a0\u00a0is a Japanese architect that gained international acclaim by using unorthodox materials such as cardboard and paper for structures designed to aid disaster victims around the globe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Also: Curiosity Japan \u2013 A Design Studio Which Will Leave You Curious<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His visionary aesthetic, at once fluid and geometric, has taken shape in temporary structures like\u00a0relief housing, a cathedral, and a\u00a0bridge\u2014all with an innate understanding of impermanence, the environment, and humanity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His ability to design buildings that blend human needs with breathtaking visual dynamism was honed at Manhattan\u2019s Cooper Union School of Architecture, where he studied under John Hejduk, one-fifth of the famed New York Five group of architects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his humanitarian work, Ban\u2019s has created museums, homes, and short-term pavilions, each showcasing innovative use of space and material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to\u00a0Ban<\/strong>, the only way for\u00a0architects\u00a0to keep their work free from the influence of such transient fashions is to come up with new ways to actually build things \u2014 new materials, for example, or new approaches to structural engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He was profiled by\u00a0Time<\/em>\u00a0magazine in their projection of 21st-century innovators in the field of\u00a0architecture\u00a0and design. The renowned architect has won several design awards since 1985, such as the Display of the Year, Japan, \u201cEmilio Ambasz\u201d Exhibition (1986), the\u00a0Mainichi Design Prize (1995), the Akademie der Kunste (Berlin Art Award), Germany (2000), the Grand Prize of AIJ 2009: Nicolas G. Hayek Center (2009), the 2017 AIA Awards \u2013 Architecture. Aspen Art Museum (2017) and the Japan Wood Design Award 2018, Mt Fuji World Heritage Centre (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \"BB_Book2020\"<\/a>\n\n\n\n