Japan

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Education
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Education

Toyota City Museum

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Education
Toyota City Museum is planned to be located on the east side of the site, just like the adjacent Toyota...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Education
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsNews
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Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary

2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disaster Relief Project

Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
NPO Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) + Shigeru Ban Architects have started to set up Paper Partition System (PPS) and cardboard...
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
Disaster Relief DesignExhibition DesignsNews
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Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation

Paper Sanctuary Naoetsu

Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
The Japanese touring exhibition of “Paper Sanctuary” held in London. Place: MUJI Naoetsu (Joetsu city in Niigata) Duration: February 13...
Year: 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architectureTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation

Blue Ocean Dome

Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
Year: In progress
Status: In Progress
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
Year: In progress 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
Disaster Relief DesignExhibition DesignsNewsEmergency
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Year: In progress 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation

Paper Sanctuary OPAM

Year: In progress 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
January 13 – February 4, 2024 The Japanese touring exhibition of “Paper Sanctuary” held in London.The inaugural exhibition took place...
Year: In progress 2024
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition Design / Installation
Year: 2023
Location: Japan
Program: Museum / Gallery Exhibition Design / Installation
Disaster Relief DesignDisaster Relief ProjectsExhibition DesignsExhibitionsNewsPPSDisaster Relief ProjectsEmergency
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Year: 2023
Location: Japan
Program: Museum / Gallery Exhibition Design / Installation

Paper Sanctuary Tokyo

Year: 2023
Location: Japan
Program: Museum / Gallery Exhibition Design / Installation
A simple partition system, created by Shigeru Ban, is completed by draping fabric over frames made from paper tubes. This...
Year: 2023
Location: Japan
Program: Museum / Gallery Exhibition Design / Installation
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, Others
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure

Shiosai Restaurant

Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
Exploiting the magnificent views of the Sea of Japan, the building is designed in a horizontal orientation, running parallel to...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary

Paper Sanctuary Simose

Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
August 28 – September 3, 2023 The Japanese touring exhibition of “Paper Sanctuary” held in London.The inaugural exhibition took place...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Year: 2023
Status: Completed Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersWorksCultural, Commercial, Academic, Others
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure

SIMOSE (Simose Art Museum + Simose Art Garden Villa)

Year: 2023
Status: Completed Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
The facility consists of a museum, 10 villa-style accommodations, and a restaurant on a 4.6ha site facing the Seto Inland...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
House and housingTimber and bamboo structuresWorks
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Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Triangle Lattice House

Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The client happened to acquire a narrow strip of land along the sand beach of Kitsuki, which was once used...
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel

ZEN Wellness SEINEI

Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
This is a plan of an accommodation facility where guests can experience“zazen” on a small, lush site on Awaji Island....
Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel

Shishi-iwa House No.2

Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
Second project for “Shishi-iwa House” in Karuizawa. The simple two-story rectangular plan evolved from the very tight rectangular site. The...
Year: 2022
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Health
Disaster Relief Design
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Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Health

Mock Vaccination Center

Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Health
On February 2, 2021, Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) demonstrated Paper Partition System at mock vaccination center in Komatsu, Ishikawa.Cooperated with:...
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Health
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Retail and Commercial
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Retail and Commercial

Farmer’s Restaurant

Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Retail and Commercial
The restaurant is built in the midst of a large natural field and serves fresh vegetables from there. The thatched...
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Retail and Commercial
Year: 2021
Status: Competition
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
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Year: 2021
Status: Competition
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure

New Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library

Year: 2021
Status: Competition
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
In order to form an east-west and north-south axis in front of Higashi-Shizuoka Station, a high-rise library was planned in...
Year: 2021
Status: Competition
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Culture and Leisure
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters

Tamadic Nagoya

Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Due to Japan’s excessive regulations against timber structures, it is impossible to build a “pure” mid-rise timber structure, so a...
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary

Paper Partition System2020 / Coronavirus pandemic

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
VAN has developed the“Paper Partition System”to be used in order to prevent spreading of virus transmitted through droplets.  March 14th,–...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Culture and Leisure
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Culture and Leisure

hagukumu KOHAN

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Culture and Leisure
A grid was found to accommodate storage, display shelves, lighting, and air conditioning for the cafe’s needs, and the entire...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Culture and Leisure
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel

Former Art Biotop – Suite Villa

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel
Villa-type accommodation facility planned in a vast forest of about 16,000m². With taking advantage of the shape of the land,...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Hotel