In the frame of the Faculty of Architecture’s starter days for students, we invite Shingo Masuda for an afternoon lecture.
– Lecture in English
– 28 September 2022, 15:30, Ghent
– Room A4, LUCA Campus Sint-Lucas (Alexianenplein 1, Gent)
– The lecture is open for anyone and free of charge. Please register here.
Shingo Masuda+Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects
Shingo and Katsuhisa started there carrier in Tokyo right after they graduated from University in 2007. Shingo, born 1982, graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Musashino Art University, and is a Lecturer Critic at Department of Architecture, Musashino Art University from 2010, Baird Visiting Critic at Cornell University 2015, and has been a specially appointed associate professor at Meiji University in 2019-2022. Katsuhisa, born 1983, graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Tokyo University of Fine Art and Music. Awards / Publications Their works have won numbers of architectural prizes, including “RUNNER-UP” in AR Emerging Architecture Awards from the Architectural Review in 2011, “WINNER” in AR Emerging Architecture Awards from the Architectural Review in 2014. In 2015, they won a prestigious award, Yoshioka Prize from Shinkenchiku(Japan Architect) in 2015. They were selected to be part of the team for the Japanese Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2016 where they received special mention. Their solo exhibition entitled “Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo: Is It Truly Necessary?” was held at TOTO Gallery Ma in 2020. They also have published their monograph “Adaptation” from TOTO Publishing in 2020.