Yuzo Okawa

Graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. While still a student, he was involved in design work at an architectural design firm in Switzerland, and in 2015 he joined Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Co. He is in charge of planning and design of public spaces. While working across a range of fields, he is working hard every day on challenging projects that look to the present and the slightly distant future. His main projects include the Otemae Street project in Himeji City, the Sakuramachi and Hanabatake District Open Space project in Kumamoto City, and the Higashi Yokobori River Outer Bank Park project in Osaka City. He is the co-author of the book “Chiba Institute of Technology Creative Engineering Seminar 1 Design Exercise Textbook” (2017). He is a part-time lecturer at Kyoto University (2021-present).