Shigeru Ban - Innovation

These are some amazing buildings I've come across through my research for my major project.

Atsushi Imai Memorial Gymnasium, Akita Japan 2002. The project uses LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) as a structural system.

Nomadic Museum, LA 2006. Made of shipping containers and paper tubes.

This is the Paper Art Museum Shigeru Ban designed in Mishima Japan, 2002. The PAM is the private museum of a paper manufacturer. All facades are composed of Fiberglass Reinforced Panels. The square floor plan is divided into three rows, and in the middle is a three story high atrium. By opening stacking shutters and awnings (shitomido), a spatial continuity of the interior and exterior is achieved.PAM B is formerly the laboratory and has been renovated as a gallery for contemporary art. By reversing the rails of the overhead sliding doors, when they are opened, they act as a large shading device and create a comfortable shaded patio space. The idea in both buildings was to recreate, using contemporary materials, spaces for contemporary life while maintaining continuity between interior and exterior in a very Japanese manner.