Dr KEE Yee Chun,Tristance
Associate Professor
Email triskee@thei.edu.hk

Dr KEE Yee Chun,Tristance
Associate Professor
Department of Design
Faculty of Desing and Environment
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
Associate Professor
Email triskee@thei.edu.hk
Dr KEE Yee Chun,Tristance
Associate Professor
Department of Design
Faculty of Desing and Environment
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
TEACHING AREAS
QUALIFICATIONS
EMPLOYMENT
2016 - current |
Full time Associate Professor and Programme Leader Faculty of Design and Environment Technology and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong |
2009 -2015 |
Full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture, HKU Director, Community Project Workshop,Faculty of Architecture,HKU |
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & PUBLIC SERVICES (past & present)
BOOKS
PUBLISHED PEER-REVIEW JOURNAL ARTICLES
CONFERENCES PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES
Conference presentation and Key-note Catalyst Case Sharing with Swinburne University of Technology Professor Blair Kuys at the International Conference on Applied Education, Technology and Innovation, THEi, Hong Kong
“Sustainable Universal Design in Public Housing for Globally Aging Population”,
Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Development 2018, Queens College, University of Oxford, U.K
“A New Design Education Paradigm - An Multi-Disciplinary Research Approach”, Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Social Science, Bangkok, Thailand
“Sustainable Place-Making Strategies in Hong Kong”, Conference Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Innovation and Sustainable Development (ICISD 2017), Copenhagan, Denmark
Invited key-note speaker at the 20/43 Design Forum in Hangzhou by CreateHK
Conference Proceedings of the Global Design Network, Business of Design Week
Conference Session Chair and Proceeding of the International Symposium on Social Sciences (TISSS 2015) in Tokyo, Japan
Conference Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Network of Housing Research Conference (APNHR) 2015 in Gwangju, Korea
Conference Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Chicago, U.S.A.
“Placemaking in Hong Kong: from fragmented space to 3E Placemaking”
Invited presentation by the Development Bureau, HKSAR
Barcelona and Hong Kong Urban Exchange, Barcelona, Spain
Conference Proceedings, “Articulating the Composite City: The case of Hong-Kong” of the European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design- EURAU, Istanbul
Invited Lectures and design workshops by Department of Cultural and Creative Industry Management, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan
Invited Lecture at the Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Australia
Invited Lecture at Pakhuis De Zwijger, Amsterdam
Invited Lecture at the Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Invited Lecture at Department of Architecture, Università IUAV di Venezia, Italy
Barcelona – Hong Kong Urban Exchange Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Conference Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Vancouver, Canada
Conference Proceedings of the New Urbanism and Smart Transport International Conference, Kuala Lumpur
Invited Lecture to the Regional Barcelona and to Prof. Estalislao Roca (Head of the Department of Urbanism, Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
Invited Lecture at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore
Conference Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Network For Housing Research Conference 2013, Kuala Lumpur
DESIGN AWARDS
Hong Kong Education Leadership Awards 2019
by the Asian Confederation of BusinessesGold Award in Architecture for Social Innovation at the Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards 2015 for the design and built project “HK Value Farm” collaborated with Chinese University HK
Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award, by the University of Hong Kong (2015)
Academic Committee Award, Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Academic Committee (2014)
Union of International Associations (UIA) Golden Cubes Award – Asia Pacific (2013)
Low Carbon Research Award by the China Low Carbon Council (2013)
UNESCO Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation – for the Tai O Police Station book publication as part of the Award of Merit for Tai O Heritage Hotel (2013)
40 Under 40 Design Award by Perspective Magazine (2012)
Hong Kong Green Building Council Design Merit Award for Interior Design (2012)
Hong Kong Council of Professional Volunteering Services Accreditation Programme - Silver Award (2010)
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Roll of Honor (2002)
The Ontario Architectural Association (OAA) Guild Medal for Outstanding Thesis Award (2001-2002)
RESEARCH GRANT
2019 KEE T. – Co Investigator
THEi Seed Grant – no. SG1819103
Impact of Co-Design for Under-Privileged Families of Hong Kong for Social Sustainability HK$80,000
2017 KEE T. - Principal Investigator
UGC Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) No. UGC/IIDS25/H01/17
SUSTAINABLE PLACEMAKING –
Seminar Series on Strategic Approaches in Design and Environment (completed) HK$ 237,771
2016 KEE, T. - Principal Investigator
THEi Seed Grant – no. SG1617112
Impact of health care product design on elderly ergonomics (completed) HK$70,000
2014 KEE, T. - Principal Investigator
Research Grant Committee GRF (ECS) – no. 27401214
What is the Impetus to Move? Cross-border Retirement Migration Plans and Housing Preferences of the Soon-to-be-old Cohort (completed) HK$ 626,400 + HK$ 60,000 (Education Fund)
2014 KEE, T. - Principal Investigator
HKU Small Project Funding – no. 201309176060
Assessing Community Planning in Hong Kong: An Analysis of the Infrastructural Model of West Island Line (completed) HK$ 80,000
2013 KEE, T. - Principal Investigator
HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research – no. 201211159166
Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Buildings – Transformation into Quality Housing (completed) HK$ 120,000