About

- Bio

Kuo-Cheng Hsiao is an architectural designer based in Taiwan, working at the intersection of space, material, and cultural narrative. 

His work explores the tension between ritual and daily life, structure and emotion, permanence and transformation. With a background rooted in Chiayi’s forestry heritage and urban memory, he approaches architecture as a system of cycles—stacking, placing, dismantling, and reorganizing elements to reveal new spatial relationships. 

Beyond buildings, his practice extends into furniture, photography, and digital experimentation, where he continuously investigates how objects shape perception and how environments influence behavior. Detail-oriented yet concept-driven, he moves fluidly between technical rigor and poetic thinking, seeking to construct spaces that are both structurally grounded andexperientially profound.

- Education

- Work experience

2020-2025
成功大學建築學系- 建築學士
B.Arch (distinction), Dept. of Architecture, National Cheng-Kung University,Tainan TW

2014-2020
嘉義市天主教輔仁高級中學
High School Diploma, Fu Jen Catholic Senior High School, Chiayi, TW

2008-2014
嘉義市八掌溪畔旁興安國小
Chiayi Municipal Xing-An Elementary School, Chiayi, TW

2024.06-2025.06
成大建築百十三級畢籌會-總召
Head Coordinator, Class 113 NCKUARCH Graduation Exhibition

2024.07-2024.08
陳章安建築師事務所- 實習生
Intern, J.A. Chen Architects & Associates, Taipei, Taiwan

2023.09-2024.02
Jorge Vidal Studio- 實習生
Intern, Jorge Vidal Studio, Barcelona, Spain

2022.06-2022.08
旭鋒營造- 工務助理
Construction assistant, Hsu Feng Construction Company , Chiayi

- Exhibitions

- Awards

2025.07
威尼斯建築雙年展 - 台灣展區
Venice Architecture Biennale – Taiwan Pavilion

2022.06
臺南建築雙年展-河樂展區
Tainan Architecture Triennial – Hóu Lè Riverfront Exhibition Area

2025.06
評審特別獎-臺北市建築師公會學生畢業競圖
Honorable Mention, Taipei Association of Architects Student Graduation

2024.09
第二名-亞洲建築新人獎
2nd Place, 2025 Asian Architecture Rookie Awards (AARA)

2025.06
成大建築畢業設計優秀獎
Awarded, NCKU Architecture Outstanding Graduation Design

2024.03
第三名-「座.在府城看見臺灣」家具設計競賽
3rd Place,“Sitting in Tainan, Seeing Taiwan” Furniture design Competition