{"id":1050482,"date":"2026-06-26T03:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T03:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050482\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T03:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T03:12:29","slug":"i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050482\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Separate Architecture and Infrastructure&#8221;: Interview With Shohei Shigematsu on OMA&#8217;s New Museum Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1042708\/i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition\/6a3ae43885760e018921c1a6-i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition-photo\" rel=\"attachment nofollow noopener\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&quot;I Don't Separate Architecture and Infrastructure&quot;: Interview With Shohei Shigematsu on OMA's New Museum Addition - Image 1 of 20\" data-nr-picture-id=\"6a3ae43885760e018921c1a6\" fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"512\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"eager\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1042708\/i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition\/6a3ae43885760e018921c1a6-i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-.jpeg\" style=\"min-height: var(--featured-height, auto); aspect-ratio: auto 640 \/ 512\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a>New Museum of Contemporary Art \/ OMA. Image \u00a9 Alex Fradkin<\/p>\n<p>    Share<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<ul class=\"afd-share__networks clearfix\">\n<li class=\"afd-share__social\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"facebook_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1042708\" data-social=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1042708\/i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n<p>Facebook<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"afd-share__social\"><a aria-label=\"Twitter\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"twitter_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1042708\" data-social=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%22I%20Don%27t%20Separate%20Architecture%20and%20Infrastructure%22%3A%20Interview%20With%20Shohei%20Shigematsu%20on%20OMA%27s%20New%20Museum%20Addition&amp;url=https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1042708\/i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition&amp;via=archdaily\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n<p>Twitter<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"afd-share__social\"><a class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"email_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1042708\" data-social=\"email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=&quot;I Don't Separate Architecture and Infrastructure&quot;: Interview With Shohei Shigematsu on OMA's New Museum Addition&amp;body=https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1042708\/i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition\"><\/a>\n<p>Mail<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"afd-share__social\"><a aria-label=\"Pinterest\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"pinterest_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1042708\" data-social=\"pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archdaily.com%2F1042708%2Fi-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.adsttc.com%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F6a3a%2Fe438%2F8576%2F0e01%2F8921%2Fc1a6%2Flarge_jpg%2Fi-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition_6.jpg%3F1782244424&amp;description=%22I%20Don%27t%20Separate%20Architecture%20and%20Infrastructure%22%3A%20Interview%20With%20Shohei%20Shigematsu%20on%20OMA%27s%20New%20Museum%20Addition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n<p>Pinterest<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"afd-share__social\"><a aria-label=\"Whatsapp\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"whatsapp_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1042708\" data-social=\"whatsapp\" href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=%22I+Don%27t+Separate+Architecture+and+Infrastructure%22%3A+Interview+With+Shohei+Shigematsu+on+OMA%27s+New+Museum+Addition+%7C+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archdaily.com%2F1042708%2Fi-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition%3Futm_source%3DWhatsapp%26utm_medium%3DIM%26utm_campaign%3Dshare-button\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a>\n<p>Whatsapp<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1042708\/i-dont-separate-architecture-and-infrastructure-interview-with-shohei-shigematsu-on-omas-new-museum-addition<\/p>\n<p>When the New Museum&#8217;s original SANAA-designed building, a stack of shifted opaque boxes wrapped in a metal mesh skin, opened in 2007, it already seemed destined for some form of expansion to relieve the vertical pressure created by its constrained circulation and limited footprint. In March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1039814\/new-museum-of-contemporary-art-oma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the museum unveiled its long-anticipated addition, designed by OMA&#8217;s Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas<\/a>. The angular and slightly set-back companion building doubles the museum&#8217;s exhibition capacity while reshaping the institution&#8217;s relationship to the city and to the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/sanaa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SANAA<\/a> structure by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/kazuyo-sejima\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kazuyo Sejima<\/a> and Ryue Nishizawa.<\/p>\n<p>At the building&#8217;s press opening, Koolhaas described the project &#8220;not simply as an extension but as a complement or counterpart.&#8221; Shigematsu later elaborated: &#8220;We thought about designing a pair composed of two distinct and yet highly connected buildings. 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