Why put Go Hasegawa as the lead-off batter?

(…) First, the lead-off is one of the most important spots in the order as it sets the pace of the game. Since the founding of his office in 2005, Hasegawa’s career has been characterized by a slow and steady pace of growth. Beginning with the single-family houses in Japan and steadily expanding to other typologies and geographies, the evolution of his work is rooted in a reverence for history without being bounded by the baggage of that very history. From the tradition of roof types, columns, balconies, to spatial partis, a deep understanding of architecture’s language establishes a pace for the surrounding context synonymous with the growth of cities. Even when facing a tabula rasa, the typological foundations embedded in his projects bring a larger historical lineage to the creation of that new context. (…)

Mark Lee

ESSAYS BY

Ana Leal / José Manuel Pedreirinho / Mark Lee

PROJECTS

House in a Forest    © Go Hasegawa and Associates

House in Gotanda    © Shinkenchiku-Sha   © Takumi Ota

Apartment in Nerima    © Iwan Baan   © Shinkenchiku-Sha

Pilotis in a Forest    © Shinkenchiku-Sha   © Hisao Suzuki

House in Komazawa    © Hisao Suzuki   © Iwan Baan

House in Kyodo    © Iwan Baan

Row House in Ageo    © Shinkenchiku-Sha

Apartment in Okachimachi    © Shinkenchiku-Sha   © Takaya Sakano

Yoshino Cedar House    © Hisao Suzuki

House in Kawasaki    © Shinkenchiku-Sha   © Hisao Suzuki

Chapel in Guastalla    © Go Hasegawa and Associates   © Davide Galli

Villa beside a Lake     © Go Hasegawa and Associates

ICOR NISEKO  © Shinkenchiku-Sha   © parsley

Setonoki  © Go Hasegawa and Associates

Flying carpet (installation)  © Jaime Navarro   © César Béjar