Itsuko Hasegawa. Itsuko Hasegawa is an architect, born in Yaizu, Japan in 1941. He studied with the architect Kiyonori Kikutake and worked as a research assistant for Kazuo Shinohara. She was the first woman architect to create a public building. His career focused on the development of projects. She has won numerous prizes and contests both in Japan and abroad.
After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Kanto Gakuin University (1964), in 1969, Hasegawa began working as a graduate student in the laboratory of Kazuo Shinohara in the Department of Architecture of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. After two years, he became his research assistant. In 1979 she established Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier. Her projects include a variety of houses and public buildings. in Japan and abroad. Part of her work has a great social commitment, Itsuko Hasegawa has never seen architecture as a singular creative act and isolated by an individual - on the contrary, she is convinced that the construction must be a social event.
Hasegawa earned acclaim when she won first prize in the open competition to design the Shonandai Cultural Centre in Fujisawa. She was then commissioned to do a large number of projects across Japan including the Sumida Culture Factory, the Yamanashi Museum of Fruit, and the Fukuroi Workshop Centre. In 1986 she received the Design Prize from the Architectural Institute of Japan for her Bizan Hall project. Her residential projects also earned a Japan Cultural Design Award. She has also lectured at numerous universities and was a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 1992. In 1997 she was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA, in 2000 she received the Japan Art Academy Award, in 2001 she received the Honorary Degree Award at University College London and in 2006 she was elected as one of the Honorary Fellows of the AIA. Also, in 2005 she received the Japanese Prime Minister's Award for her contribution to the achievement of a gender equality society. His work has been exhibited in London, Paris. Moscow, Rotterdam, Oslo and Berlin. Finally, in 2018 he received the Royal Academy Architecture Prize.
After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Kanto Gakuin University (1964), in 1969, Hasegawa began working as a graduate student in the laboratory of Kazuo Shinohara in the Department of Architecture of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. After two years, he became his research assistant. In 1979 she established Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier. Her projects include a variety of houses and public buildings. in Japan and abroad. Part of her work has a great social commitment, Itsuko Hasegawa has never seen architecture as a singular creative act and isolated by an individual - on the contrary, she is convinced that the construction must be a social event.
Hasegawa earned acclaim when she won first prize in the open competition to design the Shonandai Cultural Centre in Fujisawa. She was then commissioned to do a large number of projects across Japan including the Sumida Culture Factory, the Yamanashi Museum of Fruit, and the Fukuroi Workshop Centre. In 1986 she received the Design Prize from the Architectural Institute of Japan for her Bizan Hall project. Her residential projects also earned a Japan Cultural Design Award. She has also lectured at numerous universities and was a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 1992. In 1997 she was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA, in 2000 she received the Japan Art Academy Award, in 2001 she received the Honorary Degree Award at University College London and in 2006 she was elected as one of the Honorary Fellows of the AIA. Also, in 2005 she received the Japanese Prime Minister's Award for her contribution to the achievement of a gender equality society. His work has been exhibited in London, Paris. Moscow, Rotterdam, Oslo and Berlin. Finally, in 2018 he received the Royal Academy Architecture Prize.
