In the wake of the 2023 Morocco Earthquake, a canvas of destruction was painted across Marrakech, yet amidst the debris, a beacon of innovative and sustainable architectural solutions emerged, courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects and the Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN). The duo, renowned for their humanitarian architectural responses, swiftly erected temporary housing in the city, drawing upon a tried-and-true prototype previously deployed in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake. The architectural anatomy of the housing is both ingenious and pragmatic: foundations sculpted from beer crates, filled to the brim with sandbags, and walls, a mosaic of wooden panels, cradled between paper tube … Continue reading Shigeru Ban’s Paper Tube Structures Offer Quick Homes to Those Affected by Disasters!