cardboard house
thx, jim b
Shipping containers, Miami:
"A few blocks east of the Convention Center, rows of shipping containers along the beach were transformed into mini-galleries to attract younger dealers. While a booth in the main fair cost about $50,000, exhibiting in a container cost only $10,000."
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Coming to New York (I find this a very strange project), the Nomadic Museum:
Shigero Ban (click on 'museum')
Or here is the New York & Company website
They will be displayed in the Nomadic Museum, a 45,000-square-foot temporary structure designed by renowned architect Shigeru Ban and hosted by the Hudson River Park’s Pier 54, between 12th and 13th Streets. The first of its kind in the world, the Nomadic Museum building will be composed largely of recyclable and reusable materials—used shipping containers for the walls and paper tubing for the roof and columns—demonstrating sustainable practices and an innovative architectural approach within a post-industrial environment. The museum will provide a transitory environment that evokes the journey of the exhibition. Designed to be easily disassembled and reconstructed, the entire museum will be packed and replaced in containers as it travels from place to place."
Nice, but the nylon wingnuts seem like a bad idea.
I thought it was lot-ek architecture
Shigeru Ban has been designing with 'paper' for years. He was first known for designing temporary refugee housing out of cardboard tubes (he also just won a competition for the new Centre Pompidou in Metz, France).
A friend of mine drove by Pier 54 (bt/wn 12 & 13 streets) the other day and says they have started assembling the containers. Apparently it is a bewildering sight. It opens March 3 - we can all go see it for $12 a person (I hope some of that income goes to Tsunami relief, but that is just an aside).
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thx, jim b
- bill 12-06-2004 6:19 pm
Shipping containers, Miami:
"A few blocks east of the Convention Center, rows of shipping containers along the beach were transformed into mini-galleries to attract younger dealers. While a booth in the main fair cost about $50,000, exhibiting in a container cost only $10,000."
AND
Coming to New York (I find this a very strange project), the Nomadic Museum:
Shigero Ban (click on 'museum')
Or here is the New York & Company website
They will be displayed in the Nomadic Museum, a 45,000-square-foot temporary structure designed by renowned architect Shigeru Ban and hosted by the Hudson River Park’s Pier 54, between 12th and 13th Streets. The first of its kind in the world, the Nomadic Museum building will be composed largely of recyclable and reusable materials—used shipping containers for the walls and paper tubing for the roof and columns—demonstrating sustainable practices and an innovative architectural approach within a post-industrial environment. The museum will provide a transitory environment that evokes the journey of the exhibition. Designed to be easily disassembled and reconstructed, the entire museum will be packed and replaced in containers as it travels from place to place."
- selma 12-06-2004 7:45 pm [add a comment]
Nice, but the nylon wingnuts seem like a bad idea.
- steve 12-07-2004 6:03 pm [add a comment]
I thought it was lot-ek architecture
- anonymous (guest) 1-13-2005 5:25 am [add a comment]
Shigeru Ban has been designing with 'paper' for years. He was first known for designing temporary refugee housing out of cardboard tubes (he also just won a competition for the new Centre Pompidou in Metz, France).
A friend of mine drove by Pier 54 (bt/wn 12 & 13 streets) the other day and says they have started assembling the containers. Apparently it is a bewildering sight. It opens March 3 - we can all go see it for $12 a person (I hope some of that income goes to Tsunami relief, but that is just an aside).
- selma 1-13-2005 7:37 pm [add a comment]