Paper Log House Prototype Provides Temporary Accommodations in Maui’s Lahaina Neighborhood

Archinect News is featuring a new collaborative prototype project between Shigeru Ban, the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa School of Architecture, and Hawaii Off-Grid Architecture and Engineering. The structures could provide residents of Maui’s Lahaina neighborhood with some much-needed temporary accommodations following the aftermath of wildfires that killed 97 people and destroyed 2,000 structures in August.

The installation of Ban’s Paper Log House housing prototype in heavily afflicted Lahaina follows previous contributions to earthquake recovery efforts in Turkey and Morocco through Ban’s nonprofit Voluntary Architects’ Network (or VAN), founded in 1995.

“We are so grateful to Shigeru Ban and the Volunteer Architects Network (VAN) to inspire and remind us of the compassion and creativity that architecture and architects can provide to our communities,” Hawaii Off-Grid principal David Sellers said, according to Archinect (citing local reports).