$5.3 Million Cardboard Tube Church

Following the earthquakes, Shigeru Ban (who is characterised as a "disaster architect") was invited to Christchurch by Rev. Craig Dixon.

 

The Church is A-frame in style, rising 24 metres (79 ft), it incorporates 86 cardboard tubes of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) each atop 6 metres (20 ft) long containers.

 

Exposed cardboard that had become wet before the building was fully enclosed had to be removed and replaced.

 

I took this photo 23 March 2015, 3 years since its official opening in April 2012.

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