What did he design for evacuation centers?

Paper partition systems for privacy

Shigeru Ban Quiz: Cardboard Tube Churches and Disaster Shelters

This Shigeru Ban quiz explores the Japanese architect who builds strong structures from paper. Play 10 interactive questions on cardboard tubes, Paper Log Houses after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, partition systems in evacuation centers, the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2000, Centre Pompidou-Metz, his relief network and the Pritzker Prize.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country is Shigeru Ban from?
Material
Which material is Ban famous for?
Kobe
What did he build after the 1995 Kobe earthquake?
Church
Which city has his Cardboard Cathedral?
Year
When did the Cardboard Cathedral open?
Partition
What did he design for evacuation centers?
Expo
Which pavilion did he build for Expo 2000 in Hanover?
Metz
Which French museum has his woven timber roof?
Network
What did Ban found to help disaster areas?
Prize
When did Ban win the Pritzker Prize?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country is Shigeru Ban from?
Answer: Japan
He studied in the United States.
Q2: Which material is Ban famous for?
Answer: Cardboard paper tubes
They are cheap and recyclable.
Q3: What did he build after the 1995 Kobe earthquake?
Answer: Paper Log Houses
Beer crates formed foundations.
Q4: Which city has his Cardboard Cathedral?
Answer: Christchurch
It replaced a quake-damaged cathedral.
Q5: When did the Cardboard Cathedral open?
Answer: 2013
It followed the 2011 earthquake.
Q6: What did he design for evacuation centers?
Answer: Paper partition systems for privacy
They give families space.
Q7: Which pavilion did he build for Expo 2000 in Hanover?
Answer: The Japan Pavilion
Its roof used paper tubes.
Q8: Which French museum has his woven timber roof?
Answer: Centre Pompidou-Metz
It opened in 2010.
Q9: What did Ban found to help disaster areas?
Answer: Voluntary Architects' Network
Volunteers build shelters.
Q10: When did Ban win the Pritzker Prize?
Answer: 2014
His humanitarian work was praised.

Building With Paper

Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect famous for building with cardboard paper tubes, which are cheap, light, recyclable and surprisingly strong. He studied in the United States and has worked around the world.

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, he built Paper Log Houses with tube walls on foundations of beer crates. After the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, he designed the Cardboard Cathedral, opened in 2013. In Japanese evacuation centers, his paper partition systems give families privacy.

He designed the Japan Pavilion for Expo 2000 in Hanover with a paper tube roof, and the Centre Pompidou-Metz, opened in 2010, with a woven timber roof. He founded the Voluntary Architects' Network for disaster relief and won the Pritzker Prize in 2014.

What This Quiz Teaches

Architecture fans will enjoy these questions.

What material he uses
Where he helped after disasters
Which buildings he designed
How his relief work works
Which honors he won

Did You Know?

Paper tubes are waterproofed.
Students often help build his shelters.
He has worked in Rwanda and Ukraine.
His Curtain Wall House is in Tokyo.
He also designs with timber.