Cardboard Cathedral

Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, by Shigeru Ban Architects with Warren and Mahoney, rebuilt as an approximate visual BIM model from 2 published architectural references. The building measures 24 × 32 m on plan and 20 m tall, across 2 named levels: Nave floor datum, Paper-tube roof zone.

Modelled detail includes changing-angle A-frame of individually legible paper tubes, translucent weather skin over the tube roof and paired container flanks with corrugated panels.

The template ships with 5 saved scenes — a street-level approach, 3 viewpoints from the building's own observation set, and an aerial three-quarter — and carries the real site at 234 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand, so map context and sun angles line up when you open it. It is an approximate visual reconstruction for design and presentation use, not a measured survey, certified BIM, engineering model or construction document.