paper brick house, architecture Options

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the theme of the chinese pavilion at this year's venice architecture biennale was 'ordinary architecture'

the 'paper brick house' pays tribute to the tens of thousands of people who were buried after the sichuan earthquake as a result of the inferior quality of concrete buildings. it is an alternative response to dealing with nature and architecture. it is a much softer way of approaching nature as opposed to the typical, heavy,
concrete structures of urban environments. the project's paper boxes and paper tubes suggest the production-oriented mode of architectural design in china. it suggests to both chinese and foreign architects that while rapidly trying to build, the importance of quality should not be forgotten and the development of strategies to
deal with this should always be considered. a raft of paper tubes on gravel-filled woven mesh bags, a typical shock absorbing structure which corresponds to the tradition of construction in venice - a city floating above undersea layers of silt. the focus of the house is an internal courtyard which is a chinese tradition, enhancing the building's connection to the street and neighboring infrastructure, acting as a public space, providing a resting place for visitors and others passing by to stop and rest.

that's a lot of paper