Soki Kimura

Urban Planner / Designer

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Soki Kimura is an urban planner / designer with experience in the public sector in the field of civil engineering and international policy-making regarding the built environment. Passionate about urban planning and design and spatial data analysis.

Skills

  • Spatial Data Science: R / Python / SQL / QGIS
  • Graphic Design: Adobe CC [Illustrator, InDesign] / Blender
  • Languages: Japanese [Native] / English [Fluent]

Qualifications

  • 2nd Class Architect / Building Planner of Japan [二級建築士]
  • Qualified for Associate Professional Engineer of Japan (Construction Division) [技術士一次試験合格（建設部門）]

Professional Experience

Public Sector Experience

Tokyo / Osaka / Nara, Japan | 2019 - 2023

Experience in civil engineering projects and policy-making for international infrastructure development within the Japanese national government.

Involved in the revision of river development plans, road construction planning, and drafting international policy agreements.

Education

The University of Sheffield

Sheffield, UK | 2024 -

MA Urban Design | School of Architecture and Landscape

Studying a studio-based master’s degree in urban design.

University College London

London, UK | 2023 - 2024

MSc Urban Spatial Science | The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis

Completed a master’s degree on urban spatial science, covering the fields of urban data analysis, network science, GIS, and remote sensing.

The University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan | 2015 - 2019

Bachelor of Engineering | Urban Planning Course, Department of Urban Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in urban planning and design. Member of the campus festival committee directing graphic design, public relations, and campus planning.

Awards

  • First Prize, CASA Data Hackathon 2024 as Team GeoJSVN [James Tan, Soki Kimura, Vincent Bedu and Nikhil Desai] - analysis of spatial optimisation of fire service operations
  • First Prize, Student Category, GIS Certification Institute Map Contest - Map of “the Thirty-six View of Mount Fuji” visualising the locations of Hokusai’s artwork using Blender / on display in Esri’s Virtual Map Gallery