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Shigeru Ban
Artwork has been removed.
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Offsite: Shigeru Ban - photo by Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Offsite: Shigeru Ban - photo by Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Offsite: Shigeru Ban - photo by Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Offsite: Shigeru Ban - photo by Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Offsite: Shigeru Ban - photo by Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
1128 West Georgia Street
Shangri-la - Offsite
West of Shangri-la Hotel (on W. Georgia between Thurlow and Bute)
The artwork has been removed from this location.
Partnership
2018
Sculpture
No longer in place
Privately owned
Offsite
Description of work

Shigeru Ban is the 17th installation in the Offsite series. Offsite is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and funded by the City of Vancouver through the Public Art Program.

Artist statement

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.  - Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery

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