This is a very difficult thing to do. I think the goal of attracting younger people to church is a matter of church dogma and should not be a design problem. To do so would render your design and the church you are designing it for as a situationally locked as any fashion or trend that we young people cater to. Don’t fight this through shallow design trends, they age fast.

Bibi Rogers – no need to cut trees to make paper tubes – wood industrial waste can be used.

But I’ve often wondered what happens to traditional Japanese paper construction in high humidity or rainy conditions. Do the building members change dimensions?