VS: Shigeru Ban @ the Architecture League


[Shigeru Ban from Architectural League of New York on Vimeo.]

You know, every time I see Shigeru Ban’s name somewhere a voice in my head says it like something out of some anime movie. Shi-Ge-Ru BAN! [wow, how ignorant is that...]

Moving along – here’s the description of the lecture Ban gave earlier this year for the Architecture League:

The Franzen Lecture on Architecture and the Environment is an annual invited lecture by an international figure whose work has significant implications for understanding and reconceiving the relationship between architecture and the environment, created in honor of long-time League trustee Ulrich Franzen. The 2007-08 Franzen Lecture was given by Shigeru Ban on January 22, 2008 at the Great Hall of Cooper Union in New York City. Click above to view the entire lecture, with introduction by League President Calvin Tsao.

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s innovative work tests the limits of structure and form. Often based on elements derived from traditional Japanese architecture, his firm’s designs are ecologically sensitive and flexibly programmed, from quickly constructed temporary paper structures to modular, reconfigurable galleries and pavilions to permanent urban structures. Recent and current work includes the Nomadic Museum; the Seikei Library; Papertainer Museum, Seoul; Nicolas G. Hayek Center, Tokyo; the Metal Shutter Houses; and the Pompidou Center – Metz.

The Franzen Lecture on Archiecture and the Environment is made possible by contributions from the Riggio Foundation, Juliana Curran Terian, and Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown.[via]

Enjoy.

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Posted: November 2nd, 2008
at 12:34am by orangemenace


Categories: architecture, featured ninjas, videos

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