Shigeru Ban Eco-Architect and Three-Dimensional Poet Shigeru Ban's practical philosophy of architecture involves nothing less than redefining aesthetics, space, materials and structure. His unusual modular shelter design using recycled paper and cardboard shipping tubes, for example, provided evacuees with sturdy havens after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Shigeru graduated from Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, worked at Arata Isozaki's atelier, and in 1985 founded Shigeru Ban Architects. His notable works include Curtain Wall House, the Japanese Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany, and the Centre Pompidou-Metz museum of modern and contemporary arts in France. Shigeru has received a wealth of awards, including the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize, Auguste Perret Prize, and the Ministry of Education's Award for Fine Arts. Currently on the faculty at the Kyoto University of Art and Design, he has also taught at Harvard, Cornell and Keio University. http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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1. This is cool
2. 日本でやってるんだから日本語で話せばいいのに^^
3. Thank you for this video! Other view to the architect profession, and global problems vs. local priorities
   We all know, that Earth is overpopulated, but not that many ppl wants to look at the hole situation, even less want to do anything about it! It is important to get your eyes of the screen and your one person, and think what can you do for others or maybe start with your own: see how many things do you really need for everyday use and how much do you waist and what can you fix, reuse or recycle.
4. Wonderful. Use the concrete buildings for emergency shelters and paper ones for permament ! Must be about 1/1,000 the cost ! And people love them ! Great man !
5. As a civil engineer, Im mesmerized by the idea great job! but I cant help but thing what happens to those kinda of materials when exposed to Accidental Forces such as Wind and Earthquakes?, does it compromise the integrity of the structure? , who test those materials for later use?
6. i want to be part of his team :) very inspiring that he is helping and giving a good service to humanity.. :) god bless
7. Good a peeper use a paper
8. Master architect and soul master!!!! thanks by exist.....
9. so of course the Pritzker winner whose career has been devoted to helping people in need wasn't gonna be white xD
   
   He's inspiring.
10. This guy is hilarious XD
11. I want to be his student
12. Wow! For him to make buildings out of reusable paper is something else. That's really sustainable!!!
13. I thought this video is great! Who the heck hit the thumbs down its a good video.
14. he is very inspiring !!!!! 
15. this is even better than bamboo...
16. C'MON TED YOU GOTTA GIVE THE FANTASTIC SPEAKERS A FIVE MINUTE BONUS SO THEY DONT HAVE TO RUSH 
17. What an amazing and kind person
18. Doing everything for humans. Humanity architecture :)
19. good work! Intelligent man, Perceptive. funny, ..This man can help me save the whole world! i wish i could speak with him. i promote perfect villages and they need to be built fast using a very similar way. Giant tubes covered in concrete used as apartment in a superstructure that repeats a pattern. this man  has what i need..together we can do something beyond all other works before.
20. love how he whispers 'next'