Humanitarian Projects Can Have a Big Impact

Recently we featured an article on a new innovative structure in Paris we called the "sailing egg." It's architect, Shigeru Ban, has won many awards, designing not only spectacular commercial projects, but amazing humanitarian projects in the wake of disasters around the world.

For example, he has designed structures that take advantage of cardboard and other low cost materials. Following the 2004 tsunami that swept away a Sri Lankan fishing village, he developed timber and earth houses that could be easily built. Following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 he developed shipping-container homes for those displaced by the disaster.

In one interview, Mr. Ban said that "young architects are becoming disillusioned with commercial work and instead are turning to humanitarian projects." A path young engineers can take as well, with the potential for having an equally powerful impact.

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