A few meters from its current headquarters in Granada, Red Cross decided to expand its facilities on the ground floor of a residential block, at the end of the centrally located Paseo del Salón. The decision addressed two needs: a regrouping of all t
After a natural disaster, and until temporary housing is built, those affected take shelter in public buildings or large facilities like sports centers. To address the problems of lack of privacy and overcrowding that emerge in these situations, the
The Hualin Temporary Elementary School in the Chinese city of Chengdu replaces the old building that was torn down by the Sichuan earthquake of May 2008. The structure, made of paper tubes, was assembled by thirty architecture students of Keio Univer
Yaku island, off the southwest coast of Japan, was listed as a heritage site in 1993 because of its value as a biosphere reserve. It is particularly important for its virgin jungle filled mainly with Japanese cedar (sugi), one of the world’s oldest t
Levantada tras un terremoto, la iglesia está construida con 86 tubos de cartón envainados en vigas de madera y 8 contenedores de transporte colocados en la base a modo de estribos.
Aiming to create a cabin that changes in color depending on the position of the observer, 95 templates of 2 mm-thick corrugated sheet and a printed marble-like texture are the only elements needed to materialize this experiment anywhere.
On the outskirts of Tokyo, where the hustle of city life gives way to an orderly landscape of rice fields and greenhouses, a family has made true a dream unattainable for many compatriots: to enjoy a house of more than one hundred square meters. Per
