He did it again. Shigeru Ban, the Japanese architect known for his work on emergency shelters, unveiled a plan to reuse brick salvaged from collapsed buildings as construction material for relief shelters in Nepal. After the earthquake in April, the Nepalese are still in dire need of shelters and houses. Ban has been designing emergency structures since the early 1990s, first deploying shelters in Rwanda in 1994, and the next year in Kobe, Japan after a devestating earthquake. For Nepal, he designed a wood frame that can easily be filled with brick rubble. The first prototype of the brick transitional house will be constructed by the end of August. Ban is expected to also soon present designs for permanent housing in Nepal.
Japanese architect unveils plans to reuse earthquake rubble to build Nepal relief shelters
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