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While the Temporary Studio's
form may have been derived from structural and efficiency
concerns, the tubular space does have a couple precedents
- one immediate, one not - that may have informed that architect's
design. The former are the escalators
of the Pompidou, housed in glass tubes that zig-zag up
the western face of the building. These may be a direct influence
as they are part of the building that the temporary studio
sits upon, perhaps as a way for Ban to integrate old and (temporarily)
new. A less-direct - and perhaps far-fetched - influence is
Renzo Piano's design for the IBM
Travelling Pavilion which was assembled and reassembled
various times across Europe in the mid 1980s. Ban's structure
and cladding are much simpler than Piano's, but again the
form's are similar, as is the use of plastic as a barrier
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