"What is VAN ?" Aiming at... "information exchange" "networking making" "expandation of activity sphere" I, as an architect, have been developing the technique of the "Paper Tube Structure." With the technique, I would like to think and act with the people all over the world, who share the same critical mind about the housing problems of the minorities - the sufferers of calamity, the refugees, the homeless, or the people living in the slums. What can an architect do for refugees, victims of natural disasters or other minority groups? "Paper Church" Why Paper Architecture ? What is "Paper Architecture" ? Paper Architecture built in areas hit by the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake "Paper Church" "Paper Log House" Paper Architecture realized in refugee camps in cooperation with the United Nations. "Paper Shelters" Shigeru BAN, an architect ( In Pursuit of New Space Compositions ) ( In Pursuit of New Structural Methods ) Let's talk about what we can do now from where we stand. Dialogue with Shigeru Ban, an architect Shigeru Suganami Kunihiro Suzuki Norio Maki Kenji Aoike AEF RedR CHAT President of AMADA photographer research assistant at Kyoto University movie director NGO NGO FRIENDS TALK From here, you can search for home pages which contain key words such as refugees, natural disasters, environment issues, homeless people, slums, the United Nations and NGO.