The Sustainable Architecture+Engineering program, in collaboration with the UA/CPD Spring Lecture Series, is proud to welcome Shigeru Ban for this year's Shimizu Distinguished Lecture. This talk will be held in STLC 111 on Thursday, May 15, at 6:30pm. Shigeru Ban is the founder of Ban Architects and Voluntary Architects’ Network. Ban’s work often highlights the innovative expressiveness of wood and structural cardboard.

Bio

Born in Tokyo in 1957, Shigeru Ban graduated from the Cooper Union with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1984. He founded Shigeru Ban Architects in 1985 and later established offices in New York and Paris. Since 1985, Ban has developed a unique structural system using recycled paper as a building material and, alongside his architectural work, has been engaged in disaster relief efforts worldwide. In 1995, he founded a nonprofit organization named Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN). He is the recipient of le grade de commandeur of L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France (2014), the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2014), the Mother Teresa Social Justice Award (2017), the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord (2022), and the Praemium Imperiale for Architecture (2024). His major works include Centre Pompidou Metz (2010, France), Cardboard Cathedral (2013, NZ), La Seine Musicale (2017, France), Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre Shizuoka (2017, France), Tainan Art Museum (2019), SIMOSE (2023), and Toyota City Museum (2024). Currently, he serves as Special Guest Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology. In March 2023, he was named a new member of the Japan Art Academy.