Offsite: Shigeru Ban
May 11, 2018 - October 8, 2018
In 1995 a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Japan with its epicentre at the major port city of Kobe. More than 6,000 people were killed and 200,000 made homeless. A young Tokyo-based architect—Shigeru Ban—known for his innovative work utilizing paper and cardboard tubing as a building material, was invited to respond to the urgent need for temporary relief shelter. His interest in paper, with its low cost, easy accessibility and simple application, provided him with readymade materials to design and build a sturdy, economical and ecologically sustainable home for thousands who were displaced in the disaster. This simple building has become the prototype for similar disaster relief structures built around the world for the past twenty years.
Offsite: Shigeru Ban is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery's Institute of Asian Art and curated by Bruce Grenville, Senior Curator
Liu Bao, Wang Ying and Liu Manzhao
Angela Bi, Gary Chen, Mei Deng, Amelia Gao, Shawn He, Liu Junjun, Yin Qing , Fiona Yang, Vivian Zhang, Cathy Zuo