Set in Bardstown, Kentucky, The Paper Church explores how a lightweight structural system can create a strong architectural identity through repetition, material expression, and craft. A roof composed of paper tubes spans the primary gathering space, transforming a modest and renewable material into both structure and atmosphere. The detail draws from a construction language frequently developed in Shigeru Ban’s humanitarian projects, where paper tubes offer an adaptable, economical, and rapidly deployable building system. Here, that same logic is refined into a more permanent architectural expression, balancing structural efficiency with warmth, rhythm, and a sense of enclosure.