shigeru ban: emergency paper partition system
shigeru ban: emergency paper partition system image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
on december 1st and 2nd, 2011, the design for asia (DFA) award was presented at the business of design week (BODW), both organized by the hong kong design center. for their emergency shelter paper partition system, japanese architect shigeru ban together with the voluntary architects’ network were honored with the gold DFA award in the category of environmental design.
the post tsunami shelter in before the partitions were put in place image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
the BODW in hong kong is asia’s leading annual event on design, innovation and brands. designboom attended as international media partner of BODW and has been a jury member of the DFA – design for asia awards. shigeru ban lectured also at the BODW on december 3rd, 2011.
made for easy transportation image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
after the earthquake in japan, many families found themselves living on the floor of shelters and gymnasiums, sharing one space with strangers in the same situation. although this was tolerable for a few days, their lack of privacy started becoming an issue after weeks of living in this way.
laying out all materials needed for the partitions image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
made of two sizes of cardboard tubing, plywood, ropes and white curtains, the modular system allows for fast and easy assembly and disassembly. the structure can be made different dimensions for different sized families depending on where the cloth is hung. 1,800 individual units of PPS paper partition system were assembled in 50 provisional shelters for evacuees affected by the disaster. it is a cost effective solution to harness materials that are easily available and recyclable.
the lightweight beams require no specific skills and can therefore be put together by people in the shelters image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
designboom first wrote an article on the PPS paper partitions back when they were first being distributed, immediately following the earthquake.
an example of a completed portion of the partition image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
shelter in use during japan earthquake image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
overhead view of assembly image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
example of shelter accommodation image courtesy of shigeru ban architectsphotographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
joint detail image courtesy of shigeru ban architects photographed in the DFA award exhibition by designboom
shigeru ban giving a speech at the BODW image © designboom
video © designboom
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Great, great, great !
be proud of good architecture.
This is what good design should be about man ,
Functionality, simplicity, easy to build, easy to replace, low impact on environement.
This guy understand what is design
when I was in architecture school many years (1982) ago as a first year architecture student, we had a similar exercise of providing temperary structure and I proposed paper tubes just like SB, and my professor was extremely dismissive and raised all sort of reason why it is not safe, not practical…..
Goes to show you, those who can’t do, teach….
Beautifully simple construction. I can’t tell how the structure is formed at the bottom to prevent the light weight tubes from tipping over. This is essential or the whole thing could domino. How is the cube of tubes held down at floorlevel?
Looks nice until someone starts the fire.