Carbord Architecture! (Shigeru Ban)

<strong>HUO</strong> Buildings are ephemeral...<br>
<strong>SB</strong> I'm always asked how long the paper structure will last. I always ask
them in return how long they think wooden construction lasts. There are
so many buildings in Japan which have lasted over five hundred years and
more. Wood is very weak for water, even termite, but we invented
beautiful joineries to replace damaged parts, so the life span of the
material has nothing to do with the life span of the building, even when
the material is weak, we can exchange it, so the life span of the building
can go on forever. I don't know about the durability of the life span r,
but it must last a very long time. But it doesn't matter how long the
paper tube lasts; if it's damaged I can change it, so the building itself
lasts forever.