# Shigeru Ban (@shigeru-ban)

Shigeru Ban was a Japanese architect known for material invention and humanitarian disaster relief. The work is especially associated with paper tubes, reusable components, light timber systems, and economical construction. Major projects include the Paper Log Houses, Cardboard Cathedral, Centre Pompidou-Metz, and disaster-relief shelters. A responsible account also considers a practice connecting formal experimentation with sustained humanitarian work.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Shigeru Ban's public record._

## Topics

- [Design Language and Method](/@shigeru-ban/design-language.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Legacy and Context](/@shigeru-ban/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Works](/@shigeru-ban/major-works.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2014
- blog: https://shigerubanarchitects.com/works/
- blog: https://www.unhcr.org/innovation/shigeru-ban

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "shigeru-ban", "question": "…"}`.