ABSTRACT
Shigeru Ban is internationally renowned for his innovative use of paper, and for his activist work within disaster zones around the world. His innovative work with paper, especially recycled cardboard paper tubes, has effectively housed victims of disasters in Japan, Rwanda, New Zealand, Haiti and Sri Lanka. In 1995, he began work as a consultant to the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees and established the NGO, Voluntary Architects' Network. He was recently named the 2014 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. He answers to a question related to choosing the Temporary Container Housing project in Onagawa. This project came about in response to the devastation of the 2011 earthquake in Japan. This project highlights the importance of good design for temporary housing to avoid having a terrible evacuee situation for too long. It provides a three-storey temporary housing design based upon shipping containers.
