Pritzker-winning Japanese
architect Shigeru Ban, known for his innovative work with paper
and recycled cardboard tubes to quickly and efficiently house
disaster victims, visited the quake-stricken town of Camerino in
central Italy on Friday.
The world-renowned architect has placed himself at the
service of the central Italian mountain town, which is home to a
university that was founded in the Middle Ages as well as a
number of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque churches, palaces,
and castles.
"His presence in Camerino means our emergency situation has
not at all been underestimated," said Camerino Mayor Gianluca
Pasqui.
"It means the eyes of the world of architecture and design
are on our city".
Ban designed refugee camps in the African country of Rwanda
as well as housing for earthquake victims in Japan (1995) and
Turkey (1999), and for a Sri Lanka fishing village that was
swept away by a 2004 tsunami. He also designed the Paper Concert
Hall in the central Italian city of L'Aquila after a 2009 quake.
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