I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects expect them to create works that have an element of exoticism, the kind typical of Japanese culture. I don't do that.
I believe that the material doesn’t need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has nothing to do with th… - Shigeru Ban
I believe that the material doesn’t need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has nothing to do with th…
- Shigeru Ban
I'm not inventing anything new, I'm just using existing material differently. - Shigeru Ban
I'm not inventing anything new, I'm just using existing material differently.
For me, there's no difference between what's temporary and what's definitive. I built the church in Kobe, which was supposed to be temporary, and peo… - Shigeru Ban
For me, there's no difference between what's temporary and what's definitive. I built the church in Kobe, which was supposed to be temporary, and peo…
I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects expect them to … - Shigeru Ban
I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects expect them to …
The most important thing, in order to forge one's own creative personality, is to travel, to see different environments, different cultures. I wanted… - Shigeru Ban
The most important thing, in order to forge one's own creative personality, is to travel, to see different environments, different cultures. I wanted…
Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind of … - Shigeru Ban
Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind of …
An architect does not need to spend his whole career making monuments for rich people. - Shigeru Ban
An architect does not need to spend his whole career making monuments for rich people.
People are not killed by earthquakes alone, but by collapsed buildings. - Shigeru Ban
People are not killed by earthquakes alone, but by collapsed buildings.
I did a lot of tests, and I finalized my research. Paper has become a part of my visual vocabulary. You know, paper is an industrial material. You ca… - Shigeru Ban
I did a lot of tests, and I finalized my research. Paper has become a part of my visual vocabulary. You know, paper is an industrial material. You ca…
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