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Go Hasegawa speaks with Kersten Geers in this final of six conversations recorded live at the conference “Making Books Now” on September 15, 2017. The conference was co-organized by Columbia GSAPP and the Chicago Architecture Biennial on the occasion of the Biennial’s opening at the Chicago Cultural Center, and was hosted by GSAPP’s Director of Publications, James Graham. Kersten 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). “If we only do the practice, of course we can be a good architect, we can make more beautiful buildings through the experience… but at the same time, we need to be kids, we need to be [dreamers]. So for that purpose the book is really important – to make a dream.” – Go Hasegawa More information about the conference: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/743-making-books-now-columbia-gsapp-at-the-chicago-architecture-biennial Kersten Geers: http://officekgdvs.com Go Hasegawa: http://ghaa.co.jp