Takao Nishizawa

Mr. Nishizawa joined Nikken Sekkei in 1992 after completing his Master’s degree at Nagoya University. He specializes in structural design and seismic engineering.
He was responsible for seismic retrofitting of the Aichi Prefectural Government Headquarters and Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters and has supervised the design of complex buildings where new construction and seismic retrofits were integrated in New Kyoto City Hall, which is currently under construction. Mr. Nishizawa is leveraging his experience in seismic retrofitting of buildings with high historical value and has been at the helm of the Heritage Business team since 2016 while continuing his work on structural design.
He obtained his Ph.D (engineering) degree in 2011 and continues to work on the development of seismic engineering as committee secretary and working group leader at the Architectural Institute of Japan.