CURRICULUM VITAE Name Lee Yoke Lai (PhD.) Correspondence address Senior Lecturer Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Contact number +(6) 017-9708796 Email address lylai@utm.my / lee_yoke_lai@yahoo.com ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 1 th 0ctober 2012-24 th March Doctorate degree (Urban Design) Territorial Design Studies Unit (Kubota-sensei Lab) & Urban Design Lab (Nishimura-sensei Lab) Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School, the University of Tokyo, Japan. Doctorate dissertation: Study on the Evolution of a Heritage Tin Mining Town: A Case of Taiping in Perak, Malaysia. Master of Science (Urban Design) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. July 2010 - January 2012 Master Thesis: The Roles Cultural Spaces Characterising the Identity of Historic Towns in Malaysia. B.A Hons. in Landscape Architecture, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. June 2005 December 2008 June 2000 December, 2003 Undergraduate thesis: Proposed Revitalization Project of Kuantan Riverfront at Sungai Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur. Diploma in Architecture Polytechnic Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Kuantan, Pahang.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Final semester 2003 Semester I 2005/2006 Semester II 2005/2006 Semester I 2006/2007 Semester II 2006/2007 Semester I 2007/2008 Semester II 2007/2008 July 2009 Head of department award in Diploma Architecture (Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah) Dean List, Best Student (Design), Best Overall 2 nd year Student Dean List Dean List, Best Overall 3 rd year Student Dean List, Best Student (Design), Best Overall 3 rd year Student Dean List, Best Student (Design), Best Overall 4 th year Student Dean List, Best Student (Design), Best Overall 4 th year Student Malaysia Landscape Architect Academic Award CURRICULUM ACTIVITY: 2006-2007 Treasurer of EARTH Society (Landscape Architecture student s society) 24-26 August 2007 IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architecture) International Student Charette at Janda Baik, Pahang. 6 May 2008 Study trip and Landscape presentation at Trisakti University, Jakarta Indonesia Sept-Oct 2008 Prepared Landscape Master Plan for Tadika Ihsan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 24 Oct- 28 Nov. 2008 Publicity Committee Member of ALAM (Assembly of Landscape architecture Malaysia 10-11 Nov. 2009 Participated in seminar entitled: Malaysia: Towards a sustainable Landscape 18-20 July 2010 Participated in Cultural Mapping for Taiping Heritage, 2010 13-20 June 2011 Summer school program : 6 th Workshop on Urban Design and Conservation CARRER EXPERIENCE: Date Joined UTM Office Of Asset And Development, UTM Skudai, 81310 Johor, Malaysia. Draughtsman From August 2008 to December 2008 Part time : site inventory, data collection, landscape detail design for courtyard and sculpture at faculty of science and landscape improvement at UTM Mosque, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Colin K. Okashimo & Associates 1 Robinson Road #05-01 Singapore 068895. Draughtsman Date Joined From November 2006 to December 2006
Prepared Tender drawing for condominium landscape, Singapore. Space Design Studio Sdn Bhd A-4394 2 nd Floor, Jalan Telok Sisek, 25050 Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur. Assistant Architect Date Joined From Mac 2004 to May 2005 Part time: prepared tender drawing for condominium landscape, Singapore. ACADEMIC / TEACHING EXPEREINCE: Tutor Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM Skudai, 81310 Johor, Malaysia +(6) 07-5530687 Date Joined 02 July 2009 till June Teaching experiences: Landscape Ecological design studio and conservation and Seminar subject 2009 Student programme : i. Global Outreach Programme 2009 Urban studio Workshop at Universiti Muhammadiyah, Surakarta, Indonesia. ii. 3th Assembly of Landscape Architecture Student, ALAM, UiTM, Iskandar Perak, Malaysia Teaching experience: 2010 Community Landscape Studio and Planting Technology I 2011 Study leaves Teaching experience: Community Landscape Studio and Management B. Coordinator of Industrial Training (semester 2011/2012 semester 3) 2012 Student programme : i. 5 th Assembly of Landscape Architecture Student, ALAM UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia ii. FlORIA Putrajaya 2012 : garden design competition 2012- Study leaves Teaching experience 2015/ semester I SBEL 2435 Urban landscape Design studio (Project 3: Urban Ecological Landscape Master Plan for Petaling Jaya 13 (PJ 13), Selangor). Student competition: Royal FLORIA Putrajaya : (category: University garden design, wall art (gold medal), and desk art (bronze award)
Teaching experience /2017 semester I SBEL 4486 Final Comprehensive Project SBEL 4476 Topical Study studio SBEL 4523 Landscape Construction IV SBEL 3742 Field Study Teaching experience /2017 semester II SBEL 4486 Final Comprehensive Project SBEL 4782 Competition PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP i. Committee member of Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM) (Southern chapter): -2018 REGISTER MEMBERSHIP ii. Graduate member of Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM) iii. Member of Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) iv. Member of Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researcher (AMER) CONFERENCE PAPER, BOOK CHAPTER & JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Lee, Y. L., Kubota, A. & Nishimura, Y. (, January). Cultural Space Retaining an Identity of Historic town: A case study of Taiping Town in Perak, Malaysia. Planning for Sustainable Cities: Urban challenges, policy responses and research agenda, in Chapter 15, Pengjun Zhao (Ed.) Steele Roberts Atearoa, Wellington (ISBN 978-0-473-27038-4) Lee,Y.L & Kubota A. (2015, September). Cultural Heritage Conservation of Industrial Mining Landscape Transformation: A Case of Taiping in Perak, Malaysia. Journal of Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration (IASUR), 21-30. Selected conference paper in International conference of International Alliance for Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration (IASUR), October 25 th &16 th at Kashiwa-city, Chiba, Japan. Lee, Y.L & Kubota, A. (2014). The attributes and meanings of cultural landscape of the ex-mining town: the case of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, 12-15 June at Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka, Japan. Lai, L. Y., Said, I., & Kubota, A. (2013). The Roles of Cultural Spaces in Malaysia's Historic Towns: The Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 85, 602-625. Y.L, Lee 1 and 2 Ismail Said (2012). Urban Studio Project: Urban Regeneration Approach of Heritage Buffer Zone in Kampung Jawa, Melaka City, presented paper for SEATUC 6 th Symposium, 6-7 March at King Mongkut s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand. Nadia A. Wahid 1, Y. L. Lee 2, Noor Adeeb Kamaluddin 3 et al. (2011). Restoring genus loci in Kampung Jawa, Historic City of Melaka Buffer Zone, 11th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA) Conference, 19-21 September at University of Hongo Campus, Tokyo, Japan. Y.L, Lee 1 and Ismail Said 2 (2011). Urban Design Studio Project: the Revitalization of Dungun as a Cultural and Heritage Town, presented paper for SEATUC 5 th Symposium, 23-25 February at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam.
Ahmad Hamidah 1 and Y. L. Lee 2 (2010), Desa Paku Traditional Melaka Malay House and Garden, paper for International Symposium for IFLA APR Cultural Landscape, theme: Identity of Traditional Asian Landscapes, 14-17 December at Seoul National University, South Korea. Y.L, Lee 1 and Ismail Said 2 (2010). Teaching Method of Landscape Ecology Studio, presented paper for SEATUC 4 th Symposium, 25-26 February at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.