Shohei Shigematsu
Architect and partner at OMA
Photography: Julian Cassady
Shohei Shigematsu is a Partner at OMA and the Director of the firm’s New York office. He has overseen the design and completion of cultural spaces across North America, including a new building for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; the Faena Forum in Miami Beach; Audrey Irmas Pavilion for the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; the expansion and renovation of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum; and the New Museum expansion in New York. Shigematsu has also collaborated with artists such as Cai Guo-Qiang, Taryn Simon, and Bosco Sodi and fashion brands including Louis Vuitton and Dior.
In Japan, Shigematsu’s cultural works encompass Gion Monogatari in Kyoto, TOKYO NODE, and interventions for the Edo-Tokyo Museum. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), and Columbia University GSAPP. He is a professor at Kyushu University’s Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies and Director of BeCAT (Built Environment Center with Art & Technology).