Shigeru Ban’s Paper Houses
On January 17, 1995, the northern side of Japan’s Awaji Island suffered the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Some 310,000 people were evacuated to temporary shelters. The disaster devastated Kobe, a city of 1.5 million residents on Awaji Island. Shigeru Ban explains that this was the first time he had ever seen such wreckage and living conditions: … Read moreShigeru Ban’s Paper Houses