Dr Khoo Fong Yi
Lecturer | School of Architecture and Built Environment
Academic Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Built Environment)
Master of Arts in Architectural History
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
Professional Bodies
- Graduate Member, Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM)
- Academic Member of the Malaysia Green Building Council
Research
- PhD thesis – Hybridisation and branding in Chinese museums: The case of SWCAC, Shenzhen
- MA dissertation – From Thames Town to Kew: A journey back to eighteenth century Britain to develop a better understanding of the ongoing architecture mimicry trend in twenty-first century Shanghai
Publications
Proceeding / Conference Papers
- Khoo, F.Y. (2022). ‘Brandscaping Sea World through the museum and place-making’. ACT & MARG PhD Summer School 2022, Embodied Cultures of Collecting, Creating, Constructing and Conserving. University of Manchester, 22-23 June 2022. Manchester: Manchester Urban Institute. Page 8.
- Khoo, F.Y. (2020). ‘The Shekou Model: Branding the museum-mall in China’. MUSEUM2050 x HEM 2020 Annual Symposium, Cultural Alliances: The Imperatives and Challenges of Collaboration. He Art Museum (HEM), 5-6 December 2020. Shanghai: MUSEUM2050. Available at:
- Khoo, F.Y. (2020). ‘The architecture of the ‘golden era’ for UK-China museum collaborations’. China’s External Communication and Relationship Building in the 21st Century. University of Nottingham Ningbo China. 10-12 September 2020. Ningbo: Institute of Asia and Pacific
Publication
- Khoo, F.Y., Loo, Y.M., and Hale, J. (2024) ‘Chapter 7: Where the dream started: Branding Sea World’s and Shekou’s urban memories in China’ in The Art of Remembering: Urban Memories, Architecture and Agencies in Contemporary China (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003470137
