SIAO GUAN-YI     

About Me

Guan-Yi Siao is a licensed architect from Taiwan with over eight years of professional experience across Tokyo, Taipei, and New York.
He previously served as Project Architect at Kengo Kuma and Associates and JJP Architects & Planners.
His works include the Kinmen Central Library and Art Museum (international competition, first prize),
Anthill Art Museum in Nanjing, the Foxconn Headquarters in Kaohsiung, the Biotech Research Center in
Hsinchu (2024), and Vancouver’s 1550 Alberni Street Residential Tower (2024).
He believes spatial excellence emerges from the integration of sustainability, culture, and tectonics.


EDUCATION

Columbia University   |  Graduated in May 2026
Tamkang University   |  Graduated in June 2016


LICENSE

Registered Architect, Taiwan
Registered Interior Designer, Taiwan  
Taipei City Building Renewing Promoter, Taiwan


WORKING EXPERIENCE

Kengo Kuma and Associates

Project Architect
Mar 2018 – Feb 2020
Tokyo, Japan

JJP Architects & Planners

Project Architect
Mar 2020 – April 2025
Taipei, Taiwan

Freelance Practice

Freelancer
June 2017 – April 2025
Taipei, Taiwan


HONORS

Next Generation Taiwanese Architects | Top 24  -   2021
National AILUS Competition | Excellence Award  -  2016
Outstanding Thesis Prize | Best Thesis Project  -  2016
Far Eastern Architectural Young Talent Award | Top 20   -  2014


LECTURE

ReviveR | Hung Kuo Real Estate Development  -  2024
Kinmen Central Library and Art Museum | NTCAA  -  2023
Planning Contemporary Libraries | NLPI  -  2023
Japanese Architectural Practices | NCKU  -  2022
Typology of Carpentry | Tectonic Becoming  -  2016


EXHIBITION

GDAP #11 Digital Fabrication | CCC LAB & TKUA  -  2024
Tectonic Becoming | Architectural Institute of Taiwan  -  2016


PUBLICATION

Constructing Sustainable Libraries  -  2022
Particle Reconstruction  -  2021


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Review, NCKU End-of-Semester  -  2024
AI-Driven Architectural Design  -  2023
Architectural Licensing Exam Drawings  -  2021-2023




PROJECTS