Shigeru Ban Lecture in New York

Shigeru Ban
Franzen Lecture on Architecture and the Environment
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 22
Architecture League of New York
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street

The 2007-8 Franzen Lecture on Architecture and the Environment, an annual invited lecture by an international figure whose work has significant implications for understanding and reconceiving the relationship between architecture and the environment, will be delivered by Shigeru Ban. The annual lecture was created in honor of long-time League board member Ulrich Franzen.

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s innovative work tests the limits of structure and form. Often based on elements derived from traditional Japanese architecture, his firm’s designs are ecologically sensitive and flexibly programmed, from quickly constructed temporary paper structures to modular, reconfigurable galleries and pavilions to permanent urban structures. Recent and current work includes the Nomadic Museum; the Seikei Library; Papertainer Museum, Seoul; Nicolas G. Hayek Center, Tokyo; the Metal Shutter Houses; and the Pompidou Center – Metz.

Co-sponsored by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union.

Admission is free for League members, $10 for non-members. League members may make reservations by emailing rsvp@archleague.org or by calling 212-980-3767. Cooper Union students, staff, and alumni with ID receive free admission; entrance is based on a first-come, first-served basis. AIA and New York State continuing education credits are available.