Originally published on August 20, 2013
A $6 million cardboard cathedral designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban was officially opened to public on Thursday in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
According to reports, the new cathedral replaced the city's old neo-Gothic church, which dominated the city's central square.
The old structure, from the Victorian-era, was badly damaged by a 6.3 earthquake in 2011 and demolished right after.
The new cathedral has a triangular A-frame design and it is made of cardboard tubes, timber beams, structural steel and a concrete pad. It includes stained glass windows and can seat as much as 700 people.
It is built to last for half a century, but according to AFP the Anglican Church plans to use it for a decade while it builds a permanent replacement for the church lost in the earthquake.
The building is also meant to be waterproof, although some of the cardboard tubing had to be replaced last month after torrential rain hit the city.
According to Reuters, the architect of the new cathedral, "is known for his reinforced paper and cardboard structures, and designed a similar "paper church" after the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan."
Plans for the permanent church replacement have yet to be completed.
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A $6 million cardboard cathedral designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban was officially opened to public on Thursday in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
According to reports, the new cathedral replaced the city's old neo-Gothic church, which dominated the city's central square.
The old structure, from the Victorian-era, was badly damaged by a 6.3 earthquake in 2011 and demolished right after.
The new cathedral has a triangular A-frame design and it is made of cardboard tubes, timber beams, structural steel and a concrete pad. It includes stained glass windows and can seat as much as 700 people.
It is built to last for half a century, but according to AFP the Anglican Church plans to use it for a decade while it builds a permanent replacement for the church lost in the earthquake.
The building is also meant to be waterproof, although some of the cardboard tubing had to be replaced last month after torrential rain hit the city.
According to Reuters, the architect of the new cathedral, "is known for his reinforced paper and cardboard structures, and designed a similar "paper church" after the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan."
Plans for the permanent church replacement have yet to be completed.
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