Chiang Chun

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About Chiang Chun

Vocational education is a springboard, not a finish line. Two bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees and a PhD, then post-doctoral research at Cambridge — theory and practice, side by side.

At sixteen I entered the architecture programme at Da-An Vocational High School. From drafting and surveying to operating excavators, carpentry and waterproofing, I learned what “building” really means on the construction site.

Vocational education was not the end of the road but a springboard. I went on to earn dual bachelor's degrees in architecture and construction engineering at NTUST, a master's in construction management at NTU and a master's degree at the University of Cambridge, followed by a PhD in architecture from NTUST and post-doctoral research at the University of Cambridge. Along the way, my path also took me to California, Waseda University in Japan and Cape Town in South Africa.

Today I am a professional manager in the construction industry, focused on three things: making construction management more transparent, making construction sites safer, and making buildings healthier and lower-carbon. Outside work, I have turned my experience into more than twenty certification and professional books, given over a hundred talks at schools, companies and professional associations, and continue to publish research in columns and international journals.

“Born to shine”: I believe everyone can shine in their own place.

Education & Career

Education & Experience

Education

  1. University of Cambridge

    Post-doctoral research

    Homerton College Post-Doctoral Development Programme

  2. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

    PhD, Graduate Institute of Architecture

    Research focus: consumer awareness of healthy buildings and home-purchase decisions

  3. University of Cambridge

    Master's (MSt)

  4. National Taiwan University

    Master's, Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management)

  5. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

    Dual bachelor's degrees: Architecture · Construction Engineering

    Minor in Applied Foreign Languages

  6. Taipei Municipal Da-An Vocational High School

    Comprehensive high school programme, Architecture track

    Where my vocational journey began

International Study

  • UCAM, Spain — Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), in progress
  • Saïd Business School, University of Oxford — Oxford Future of Real Estate · FIABCI Certified Professional (FCP), inaugural cohort (2025)
  • PM Academy, Japan — property management training (Tokyo, Takamatsu)
  • Stanford University — Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies certificate (2014)
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona — exchange student, Department of Architecture
  • Waseda University — completed coursework, Graduate School of Japanese Applied Linguistics
  • University of Cape Town — certificate in land development and investment

Experience

  1. Present

    General Manager, property developer and Grade-A general contractor

    Leads decision-making, cost and quality management for construction projects, driving digital transformation and low-carbon construction methods

  2. Previously

    Special Assistant to the Chairman, property development group

  3. Previously

    Engineer, construction company

    Built hands-on construction and management experience, starting on site

  4. Earlier

    Certified computer instructor; teaching assistant in interior design

    Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), coaching learners to MOS, IC3, ACA and other international certifications

Teaching & Industry Mentoring

  • Industry mentor, College of Design and Innovation (Creativity & Entrepreneurship Programme), National Taiwan University
  • Industry mentor, Graduate Institute of Industry Management, Tungnan University
  • Lecturer, Interior Renovation Project Management course, Chaoyang University of Technology (three consecutive years)
  • Director, corporate summer internship programme (six consecutive cohorts, 30 interns trained)
  • Taiwan OSH Card instructor; instructor, unit bathroom (UT) assembly technician training course
  • OSH course instructor, Yilan County Labour Education Association
  • Lecturer, Community Management Practice lecture series, Taiwan Institute of Property Management
  • Industry expert lecturer, Chihlee University of Technology and Lee-Ming Institute of Technology
  • Lecturer, School of Continuing Education, Chinese Culture University
  • Teaching assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

Public Service & Associations

  • Committee member, 23rd term, Architectural Institute of Taiwan (Committee on Architects' Practice Standards and International Alignment; Low-Carbon Building Task Force)
  • Chief Advisor, National Building Safety Association
  • Global Construction Ambassador, PMI Taiwan Chapter
  • APC Counsellor, RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
  • Board member, FIABCI-Taiwan
  • Supervisory board member, 7th term, Taiwan Intelligent Building Association
  • Board member, 6th term, Taiwan Sick Building Diagnosis Association
  • Supervisory board member, 1st term, Taiwan Unit Bathroom Industry Development Association
  • Supervisory board member, 13th term, NTUST Alumni Association | Executive board member, Architecture Alumni Association
  • Board member, Da-An Vocational High School Alumni Association
  • Brand Ambassador, RSG Taipei 2026
  • Vice President, Taiwan Youth Affairs Association
  • Member, 1st Youth Advisory Committee, Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education; member, 3rd Youth Advisory Council, Ministry of Education
  • Member, 3rd Youth Advisory Committee, Taipei City Government and Yilan County Government

What I Believe

What I Believe

A few lines from my posts, classrooms and construction sites.

  • Safety is the only road home.I have championed the Taiwan OSH Card for years; making sure every colleague gets home safely is a leader's most basic responsibility.
  • What is routine work for us is someone else's trust for a lifetime.A home is the biggest decision a family makes, so every detail deserves to be built as if it were our own.
  • Seismic design saves lives; seismic isolation preserves value.Structural safety is the foundation of a building. Seismic isolation protects not only lives but a lifetime's worth of property.
  • A building's story doesn't end at completion — real stewardship begins after handover.A building takes two or three years to build and is used for sixty. Design has to leave a way in for the people who maintain it.
  • Vocational education is not a fallback; it is the main stage for a professional career.What someone who started in Da-An's architecture programme most wants the next generation to know.
  • You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to become great.Confidence comes from small wins adding up: try widely before thirty, then choose a direction and go deep after thirty.

Moments

Places I've Been

Visiting a seismic isolation bearing laboratory in Japan to see a 4000-ton biaxial testing machine
Visiting a seismic isolation bearing laboratory in Japan to see a 4000-ton biaxial testing machine
FIABCI-Taiwan general assembly
FIABCI-Taiwan general assembly
Reading and writing: a lifelong habit
Reading and writing: a lifelong habit
2019 Youth Medal — national recognition of outstanding youth
2019 Youth Medal — national recognition of outstanding youth
New Taipei City “Youth Voices Dialogue” forum
New Taipei City “Youth Voices Dialogue” forum
Youth Advisory Council, Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education
Youth Advisory Council, Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education
2016 study tour on green energy policy in Germany
2016 study tour on green energy policy in Germany
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Beyond Work

Beyond Work

The meaning of life is to keep challenging yourself.

  • Triathlon & Marathon

    2025: 1st place M35 at the Lanyang Triathlon and 3rd place M35 at the New Taipei Breeze Triathlon, plus a 113 km finish at Challenge Taiwan. Marathons in Osaka, Fukui and Sydney 2026 (a World Marathon Major), and the Kuafu Chasing the Sun relay around Taiwan

  • Diving & Water Sports

    Became a PADI Scuba Instructor and AIDA3 freediver in 2025; also a Class C canoe instructor, holder of Class 2 yacht and motorboat licences, and has swum across Sun Moon Lake

  • Motorsport & Flying

    National racing licence; champion of the 2025 Dapeng Bay national touring car circuit race. Began flight training in 2025 and completed a first flight evaluation

  • Disaster Relief & Volunteering

    In 2012, volunteered as a teacher at Yutang Primary School in Minli Village, northern Thailand, then joined an international volunteer house-building project in Cambodia. After the 2025 barrier-lake disaster in Guangfu, Hualien, joined relief work as a heavy-equipment operator and EMT, and also supports running races as a medic athlete

  • Global Perspective

    2014 Cross-Strait Architecture Exchange Camp at Tsinghua University, Beijing; 2015 Epson Green Leaders training in Hokkaido; 2016 Youth Development Administration social enterprise study programme in Germany; 2017 Chang Feng Foundation delegation to Japan and Harvard HPAIR Asia-Pacific conference (Sydney)

  • Bucket List

    Working through a 100-item dream list; also qualified as a Mandarin-speaking tour leader and tour guide, and a Grade A cycling tour leader