Making Books Now: Go Hasegawa in Conversation with Kersten Geers

Published: Dec. 29, 2017, 5 a.m.

Go Hasegawa speaks with Kersten Geers in this final of six conversations recorded live at the conference \u201cMaking Books Now\u201d on September 15, 2017. The conference was co-organized by Columbia GSAPP and the Chicago Architecture Biennial on the occasion of the Biennial\u2019s opening at the Chicago Cultural Center, and was hosted by GSAPP\u2019s Director of Publications, James Graham.\nKersten Geers, of OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, and Go Hasegawa, of Go Hasegawa and Associates, speak with one another about their respective books, The Difficult Whole (Park Books, 2016) and Conversations with European Architects (LIXIL, 2015).\n\u201cIf we only do the practice, of course we can be a good architect, we can make more beautiful buildings through the experience\u2026 but at the same time, we need to be kids, we need to be [dreamers]. So for that purpose the book is really important \u2013 to make a dream.\u201d \u2013 Go Hasegawa\nMore information about the conference: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/743-making-books-now-columbia-gsapp-at-the-chicago-architecture-biennial\nKersten Geers: http://officekgdvs.com\nGo Hasegawa: http://ghaa.co.jp