a+u 647 OMA Shohei Shigematsu

Description

Shohei Shigematsu, whose works include projects from educational facilities, art museums, and exhibition designs to high-rise commercial complexes, has been the lead at OMA New York since 2006. All his designs can be described as “open-ended” and able to “absorb and reflect society in the moment”. Through a curated selection of images, this issue captures architecture that demonstrates how the rational box and soft form can coexist, as embodied in the contemporary public realm. A selection of 34 projects representing the architecture of both New York and Tokyo is expanded upon with essays by Shigematsu and others, plus two conversations with the architect.

CONTENTS

• Conversation: Play. Shohei Shigematsu and Jeffery Inaba
• New Museum
• Essay: More Room. Sarah Oppenheimer
• – Buffalo AKG Art Museum
  – Pierre Lassonde Pavilion
  – Cai Studio
  – Sotheby’s Headquarters
  – Exhibition Design: Open Frameworks for Display
  – Gion Monogatari
  – Audrey Irmas Pavilion
  – Faena Forum
• Essay: Structuring Community. Germane Barnes
• – Once with Me, Once without Me – Pam Tanowitz Performance at Faena Forum
  – Vocaloid Opera “THE END” by Keiichiro Shibuya × Hatsune Miku
  – 7 Screen Pavilion
  – Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss
  – Prada Waist Down
  – Manus × Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
  – Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
  – Miss Dior: Stories of a Miss
  – Louis Vuitton: Visionary Journeys
  – Tiffany Landmark
• Essay: Shohei Shigematsu
• – Toranomon Hills Station Tower
  – Harajuku Quest
  – Tenjin Business Center I & II
  – 121 East 22nd Street
  – Park Grove
  – Kahala Villa
  – Yokohama Stadium
  – Tsuruga Community Center
  – Kiyoharu Art Colony Tent
  – Casa Wabi Mushroom Pavilion
  – The ReefLine
  – HUD Rebuild by Design Hoboken
• Conversation: On Resiliency. Shohei Shigematsu, Paola Antonelli, and Carson Chan
• – UIC Center for the Arts
  – DPI Headquarters
  – Milstein Hall
• Essay: Je ne sais quoi. Nick Axel