Yoshinori Somiya

In 2002, he completed his studies in the Department of Social Development Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology. His specialty is architectural structural design. He has been involved in a wide range of seismic isolation and vibration control projects, primarily in the Tokai region, including the “JR Gate Tower,” “Gifu Prefectural Government Building,” “Kariya City Hall,” “Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters Main Building (seismic isolation retrofit),” and “Nagoya City Seibu Medical Center,” and has contributed to the design of key facilities in the Tokai region. He has also been involved in the design of numerous government facilities and has accumulated extensive experience in this field. In today’s world, building design has become increasingly specialized and complex across many disciplines. Amid these challenges, he approaches his work with the belief that a key theme is how designers can collaborate with clients to move forward based on a shared vision. He is a First-Class Architect and a First-Class Architect (Structural Design).