Japanese architect brings ‘paper tube home’ example to Maui
A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build home for displaced fire survivors to Maui.
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Joyce Kim of Hawaii Off Grid, left, Naomi Yamaguchi of Rinzai Zen Mission, Erica Pilotin of Hawaii Off Grid and Jonathan Clark of the Maui Arts and Cultural Center toured the paper tube house, designed by Shigeru Ban and built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia on Thursday, Dec. 7. The temporary structure was designed to be built with readily available materials such as cardboard tubes and put wood and to be built and disassembled with relative ease.2/15
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Al Smith of Continest, left and Lee Chamberlain of the Maui Bicycling League toured the paper tube house, designed by Shigeru Ban and built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia on Thursday, Dec. 7. The temporary structure was designed to be built with readily available materials such as cardboard tubes and put wood and to be built and disassembled with relative ease.3/15
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Lee Chamberlain of the Maui Bicycling League toured the paper tube house, designed by Shigeru Ban and built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia on Thursday, Dec. 7. The temporary structure was designed to be built with readily available materials such as cardboard tubes and put wood and to be built and disassembled with relative ease.4/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.5/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.6/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.7/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.8/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.9/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.10/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires.11/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires.12/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.13/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires.14/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires.15/15
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Shigeru Ban, architect and designer of the paper tube house built at the Rinzai Zen Mission in Paia visited the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission on Thursday, Dec. 7, documenting the destruction from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires. His team named the Voluntary Architects’ Network did likewise.
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