ARCHITECTURE + SCENOGRAPHY
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Shin Bogdan Hagiwara is a Belgian architect in Brussels. After graduating from the Institut Supérieur d’Architecture Victor Horta in Brussels, he worked for Paul Robbrecht & Hilde Daem and for Pierre Blondel for 6 years. In 1999, he co-founded the award-winning architecture studio Bureau Vers plus de bien- être / V+ with Thierry Decuypere and Jorn Aram Bihain. In 2009, he established the new design office SHSH ARCHITECTURE + SCENOGRAPHY with Shizuka Hariu, expanding the design in cross-cultural contexts, both in Europe and Japan. His major completed projects include the public architecture Sauvenière cinema and Bonheur Provisoire for the Expo 58, as well as several residential projects, such as Limite collective housing with art studios, Poissons house with art gallery, Rittweger house and Vanderstappen house. His work has been recognised with several awards, such as the nomination for the Mies van der Rohe – European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2015 and 2009, the Bruxelles-Horta Award in 2014 and 2008, the Steel Construction Award in 2014, the Liège’s City Public Award in 2008 and the Belgian Building Award in 2009. Also, in collaboration with Shizuka Hariu, nominated for the World Stage Design 2022 in Canada for the design works for Yoko Ono's Bells for Peace. He won the public architecture competition for Morlanwelz Library and several exhibition design awards, including the D&AD Desing Award, the German Design Award, and the competitions of the Gallos Roman Museum exhibitions. She has been appointed as jury for the several Belgian universities and the prestigious design competitions such as Non-Architecture Award and ADC 101th Award from NY. Since 2010, Shin Hagiwara has been actively collaborating with SHAA/Shoichi Haryu Architect & Associates, he won the Sakata Crematorium Proposal in Japan and he has been supporting the reconstruction after disaster by tsunami in North-East Japan. He has been assisting intensively the reconstruction works, including the prize winning collective housing in Iwanuma city. Dr. Shizuka Hariu : Creative Director, Scenographer, Spatial Designer Throughout her career, Shizuka has collaborated with some of the most prominent figures in the arts. Early on, she assisted renowned Belgian scenographer Jan Versweyveld on the opera I Due Foscari and Bitches Brew (Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker / Rosas). She also gained valuable experience as an architectural assistant at David Adjaye Architects in London and SHAA / Shoichi Haryu Architect & Associates in Japan. Shizuka holds a PhD in scenography, with research and design developments focused on contemporary dance in Belgium, Japan, and the UK. Her portfolio as a creative director is impressive, with notable projects including the opera Super Angels (New National Theatre Tokyo, Keiichiro Shibuya), Written on Skin (Suntory Hall, George Benjamin, Maestro Kazushi Ono), and the Giortes Rokka Festival in Crete, which drew an audience of 6,000. As a designer, her work has graced productions such as Dark with Excessive Bright (Robert Binet, The Royal Ballet), Sputnik Sweetheart (adapted from Haruki Murakami’s text, directed by Melly Still), Dekalog (based on Krzysztof Kieślowski’s original film, New National Theatre Tokyo), Tsunagu (Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Monaco), Bells for Peace (Yoko Ono, Manchester International Festival), New World (Ballet Am Rhein, Robert Binet), Dystopian Dream (Nitin Sawhney, Wang & Ramirez), Sacred Monsters (Akram Khan & Sylvie Guillem), Solid Traces (Charleroi Dances), among others. Her work has been showcased in prestigious venues worldwide, including Sadler's Wells, Royal Opera La Monnaie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Centre Pompidou, Théâtre de la Ville, and Sydney Opera House. Shizuka’s contributions to the field have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Bronze Medal from the World Stage Design (WSD) 2022 in Calgary, the WSD 2017 in Taipei, the Tokyo Kukan (Space) Design Award Bronze Medal 2022, the Kisaku Ito Theatre Design Encouragement Award, the D&AD Award in London, the German Design Award, and the Tokyo Design Award, among others. In 2019, she was honored as one of "The 12 Best New Theatre Designers" by The Guardian. Her work has been exhibited at PQ 2019 and 2015, and featured in national exhibitions at the V&A in London in 2015 and 2019. As a respected voice in the design community, Shizuka has served as a jury member for prestigious competitions such as the Non-Architecture Award and the ADC 101st Award in New York. She has lectured at esteemed institutions including the University of London (Royal Holloway), Ghent University, La Cambre, Antwerp University, the V&A, the Japanese Embassy in the UK, and David Chipperfield Architects' Symposium. Recently, she curated the "Beyond UK" section for digital scenography at PQ 2023. Shizuka is also the co-director of SHSH Architecture + Scenography, a practice she established with architect Shin Bogdan Hagiwara. Together, they have designed critically acclaimed exhibitions such as Sensing Spaces (Royal Academy of Arts, London) and Face to Face with the Romans (Gallo-Roman Museum), among others. She is an active member of the Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD) and the Japan Association of Theatre Designers and Technicians (JATDT), contributing to the evolution of scenography and design on an international scale. |