Wee, Hiang Koon
Assistant Professor Department
Department of Architecture
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
At HKU, Koon teaches classes in urbanism, memory and identity, globalization, and architectural design. As registered architect and founding principal of art and architecture practice SKEW Collaborative, Koon gained a number of awards and recognitions from the Asia Pacific Design Center, Cond? Nast, Architectural Record Magazine (China), ID Magazine, Modern Media Group, Design Singapore Council, National Arts Council, and Lee Foundation. Koon supports government and non-profit bodies in a number of advisory roles, including the Leaders in Urban Governance Program at the Singapore Center for Liveable Cities, the Haiti International University Center, Orphans International, AA Asia, Asian Urban Lab, and Design Singapore Council.
Research Interest
Globalozation, Architecture ,modernity
Publications
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Seng, EMFWee, HKChow, IS (2007)Cores, partitions & useless spaces. Journal:時代建築
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Wee HK (2010) Yale: the new ideology Journal:城市环境设计
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Wee HK (2012) Pluralism and the End of the Avant Garde: book review: Non West Modernist Past: On Architecture & Modernities Journal:Singapore Architect.
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Wee HK (2013) Public Space And Its Reconfigured Public: Hong Kong and other Asian cases in the Age of Globalization (In Chinese) Journal:城市環境è¨è¨ˆ
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SHI W, Jia B, Wee HK (2015)Public Space as a Soft–Connection for Urban: Study on Japanese Streets Journal:International Journal of Contemporary Architecture
