Yukio Hasegawa

Yukio Hasegawa, Japanese, is a director of SALAD DRESSING, Singapore. Architect and Landscape Architect. He pursued higher education in the United States, graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Architecture. He began his professional journey in 1992 as an architecture designer with Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) in Tokyo, Japan. In 1993, he was recruited by Kajima Design Co, an established Japanese design and build firm in Tokyo, as an Architectural Designer.
He resided in Singapore in 2017 as a director of SALAD DRESSING. The company focus on the current environmental issues not only through project works but also with installation and art work. SALAD DRESSING now involved in Dubai Expo 2021 Singapore Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 as well as Jurong Lake Garden Central.

Yukio Hasegawa created Hasegawa & Xavier Associates (HXA)with a local partner in Malaysia. Main objective of this architectural design company was to work on environmental issues and ecology though architecture. HXA has several ecolodge (completed) projects which received international award such as Sukau Rainforest Lodge (SRL) in Borneo Island. SRL received National Geographic, Unique Lodge of the World.

As registered architect in Japan, mainly worked on commercial architecture design as well as international competitions with other international architectural design companies such as Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK). As experience of young age (20's), it was great experience to take in charge of medium size commercial (retail) projects from conceptual design to completion.

Employed by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), San Fransisco, I was sent to design Joint Venture (JV) office in Fukuoka, Japan to work on Fukuoka International Airport. JV team was consist of Sakakura Associates, MHS Planners, Architects and Engineers and HOK.

I was the only represented from HOK to coordinate the design.