Emergency Shelter Partitions / Shigeru Ban Architects

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A week ago, we shared our ideas about creating a system of temporary housing that could be rapidly constructed after a natural disaster. Building upon that idea, today we are sharing Shigeru Ban’s cardboard partition system for the hundreds of people crowded into gymnasiums seeking refuge after the earthquake. These simple partition shelters are a way to provide a sense of privacy to the families using a low cost, flexible and quick modular solution.

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Cite: Karen Cilento. "Emergency Shelter Partitions / Shigeru Ban Architects" 29 Mar 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/123165/emergency-shelter-partitions-shigeru-ban-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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