After twin earthquakes in April and May claimed 9,000 lives and left vast swathes of Nepal in ruins, survivors worried if they reused the brick rubble, they would end up with the same vulnerable, seismically unsound structures.
[...] Shigeru Ban - who helped bring global attention to humanitarian architecture and continues to influence fellow architects and disaster-relief workers - devised a solution. [...]
"I'm encouraging people to copy my ideas. No copyrights," Ban said.
— reuters.com
"While Ban said he enjoys working on grand projects commissioned by privileged people, he also wants to help people who have lost their homes, and is encouraged that many architects have followed in his footsteps."
Previously in the Archinect news:
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Ban is the man!
There is still hope for this profession after all.
yeah, he's about the only famous architect doing important work. The rest are mildly talented designers with big budgets to play with.
Not sure you can patent a building technique ... but positive vibe nonetheless.
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