John Masataka Xianfeng Jiang

John is a New York / Tokyo-based architect, AI researcher, and project manager. He has over eight years of professional experience at Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA), where he has led teams on a wide range of projects, including luxury towers, resorts, private residences, and high-end furniture. His unique career bridges the confluence of management, technology, and design. He also worked for the Center for Spatial Research (CSR) at Columbia University, and is the member of the Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ). John holds master's degree in computation in Columbia University GSAPP and architecture in Hokkaido University.

Awards

2021
Architectural Design Competition for European Film Center CAMERIMAGE Building (Toruń, Poland)
2020
Lighting Category Winner of Restaurant & Bar Design Awards (London, United Kingdom)
2017
Architectural Design Competition for New Taiwan Tower (Taichung)


Professionships

2025 -
Co-founder, Spatial Intelligence Association (New York, USA)
2024 - 2025
Researcher, Center for Spatial Research (CSR) at Columbia University (New York, USA)
2017 -
Project Manager, Kengo Kuma & Associates (Tokyo, Japan and Los Angeles, USA)
2017 -
Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)


Teaching

2025
The Hague University of Applied Sciences (The Hague, Netherlands)
2024 - 2025
Columbia University GSAPP (New York, USA)
2021
Shandong University of Art & Design (Jinan, China)


Exhibitions and Publications

2025
Autodesk University 2025 (Nashville, USA)
2025
JAPANISM (New York, USA)
2025
LLMs-Driven Full Lifecycle Architectural Design, ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (New Orleans, USA)
2025
SIA Annual Exhibition 2025 (New York, USA)
2025
BULT EUR 2025 (The Hague, Netherlands)
2025
AI in AEC (Helsinki, Finland)
2025
LingoBIM: From Words to Design, URBAN Magazine (New York, USA)
2022 Triennale di Milano (Milan, Italy)
2021
World House Projects 2021, GA HOUSE 175 and GA Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2017
National Academic Conference of the Architectural Institute of Japan (Hiroshima, Japan)