Lee-Anne Khor

Position:

Research Fellow, Department of Architecture

Qualifications:

• PhD Candidate Monash University
• Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) RMIT
  
  
• Professional Registration - Architects Registration Board of Victoria

Personal Statement:

Lee-Anne studied Architecture at RMIT University and graduated with honours in 2004. She has an interest in computational design and manufacturing techniques which was furthered through an undergraduate scholarship with the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) RMIT. The position involved the digital measurement and translation of five physical models of urban art pieces (designed by artists Bellamo + Cat) for installation in the Melbourne Docklands Precinct. She has been teaching design and communications subjects for the past four years within the Architecture Departments at RMIT and more recently at Monash University.  Gaining her professional registration in 2007, her career has been based in Melbourne working on a range of education, hospitality, community, local and state government projects for Minifie Nixon Architects, Lyons Architects and Sinclair Knight Merz.  Seconded to VicUrban in 2006, Lee-Anne was involved in the project management of the Sustainable Affordable Housing Initiative and is keen to continue research in this area through her position with Monash University.

Selected Projects:

• Sustainable Affordable Medium Density Housing Initiative (SAMDHI)
  State Government funded research grant to research and design best practice models for Affordable and Sustainable Housing in Victoria
  
  
• Sustainable & Affordable Home Initiative, VicUrban
  State Government initiative investigating best practice alternatives for improving the quality and accessibility of appropriate housing for Melbourne’s volume building market.
  
  
• CSIRO Australian SquareKilometer Array Project
  Preliminary design for a global radio telescope array and supporting infrastructure. Primary building design was for a university based research facility for CSIRO, site location accommodation and working areas.
  
  
• Bayside City Council Capital Works
  Project Architect for a continuing program of small scale local council projects including refurbishment and new work for recreation facilities, heritage sites and public amenities.
  
  
• Minifie Nixon Architects
  Design development and documentation for Millennium Hilton Hotel, Bangkok. Subcontracted by the lead architect, design and documentation packages included health and recreation facilities, business centre and work spaces, ballroom and function areas.

Selected Publications:

• 2006:  Mobile Landscapes, Design and production of the publication comprising student work from the Rotterdam Biennale, writing and essays by Richard Black, Martyn Hook and Paul Sinclair. RMIT University Press

Selected Exhibitions: 

• 2003:  Skins of Intimate Distance, Design, fabrication and installation of the exhibition enclosure that housed interactive pieces by the Post Graduate Researchers at SIAL, RMIT. Design, discourse and curation developed by Pia Ednie-Brown.
  
  
• 2003:  Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam, Exhibition of student work completed as part of an RMIT design studio based around the theme of “Mobility”.

Other Relevant Experiences:

   Academic:

• 2008:  Monash University Sessional Staff, Architecture Department, First Year Design Tutor

• 2005-2007:  RMIT University Sessional Staff, Architecture Department, First Year Design Tutor, Portfolio Tutor, Communication Seminar Tutor, Core Communications Tutor (Landscape Architecture).

• 2002:  SIAL Research Scholarship, Three month undergraduate scholarship requiring the translation and rationalization of 5 scale model sculptures by artists Ballemo + Cat for 1:1 fabrication. The process required digital measurement of the physical models, 3D digital replication and generation of data for use by the steel manufacturers. Each of the pieces required more than 400 steel pipe arcs, welded together to form a unique network of intertwining chords. Two of the five pieces have been installed at Docklands, Victoria.
  
  
• 2002:  Digital Mockups, Design studio (RMIT) collaborating with MIT, Boston and Gehry & Partners, Los Angeles