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Mr. Koh Jing Hao

Koh Jing Hao is an accomplished lecturer at the School of Architecture, Building & Design with a deep passion for heritage architecture. He has extensive experience in supervising measured drawing projects of significant heritage buildings in Malaysia, including Ng Clan Ancestral Hall, Sun Yat Sen Museum, Old Johor Chinese Temple, Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, Melaka Fui Chew Association, and the heritage dwellings of the Sungai Buloh leprosarium. Through these projects, he has developed a strong expertise in traditional Chinese architecture, culture and society.

 

While Koh Jing Hao is also proficient in digital heritage documentation, his primary focus is on preserving and embracing Malaysia’s cultural heritage. He has organised and curated numerous exhibitions and events that showcase the outcomes of these measured drawing projects to the local community. These include the Melaka Measured Drawing & Local Community Old Photographs Exhibition (2017), Religious Traditional Architecture Measured Drawing & Model Exhibition (2018) and Architecture, Community & Memories: Jln Stesen 1, Klang Measured Drawing Project Sharing Session (2018). Koh Jing Hao's work embodies the importance of preserving our cultural heritage and the role of architecture in facilitating this preservation.



Academic Qualification

  • MSc in Computer Aided Architecture Design & Construction, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, United Kingdom
  • BSc. Housing, Building & Planning (Architecture), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia

Professional Qualification

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Areas of Expertise

  • Applied Sciences And Technologies, Architecture, Heritage And Conservation
  • Applied Sciences And Technologies, Architecture, 3D Visualisation
  • Applied Sciences And Technologies, Architecture, Building Information Modeling

Research Interest

  • Building Information Modeling
  • Heritage architecture
  • Architectural visualisation

Publications

2023
  • Architectural language of the Southern Fujianese traditional Chinese temple timber frame structure in West Malaysia: a cultural semiotics analysis (SCOPUS-Indexed), Archnet-IJAR - Article in Journals
  • A Phenomenological Study of Learner's Virtual Place Experience - Book Chapter
  • A phenomenological study of the Sungai Buloh leprosarium heritage dwelling (SCOPUS-Indexed), Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC) - Article in Journals
  • Rumah Tok Su - Book Chapter
2022
  • First-Year Experience (FYE) in Architectural Studio Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Book Chapter
2021
  • First Year Experience (FYE) in Architectural Studio Education During Covid-19 Pandemic - Article in Proceeding
  • Architectural Language and Cultural Identity of the Southern Fujianese Traditional Chinese Temple Timber Frame Structure in Malaysia - Article in Proceeding
  • A Framework of Peer Collaboration, Assessment and Feedback to Enhance Learners' Experience and Engagement in a Fully Online Setting - Article in Proceeding
2020
  • Timber Frame Structures of Malaysian Traditional Chinese Temples: Tectonic Conception and Timber Carving Ornamentation, FOLK ART - Articles in Magazines
2019
  • Chinese shophouse styles in Malaysia: aesthetics evolution of contextualised traditional Chinese architecture, FOLK ART - Articles in Magazines
  • The Adoption of BIM 360 as a Cloud Collaboration Platform for Method of Documentations and Measured Drawings Module - Article in Proceeding
2018
  • Rejuvenating the shophouse: conservation of historical buildings in Penang's UNESCO World Heritage Site, International Journal of Heritage Architecture - Article in Journals
  • Sun Yat Sen Museum Penang - Book Chapter
  • Rejuvenating The Shophouse: Conservation Of Historical Buildings In Penang's Unesco World Heritage Site - Book Chapter
2014
  • Effects of Interactive Real-Time Simulations and Humanoid Avatars on Consumers Responses in Online House Products Marketing (ISI-Indexed), Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering - Article in Journals

Research

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Awards and Stewardship

  • Best paper award for the paper titled A Phenomenological Study of The Sungai Buloh Leprosarium Heritage Dwelling at the 2nd Thinkspace Conference 2022, Conference, Taylor's University, Best Paper Award , 2022
  • eCondev 2022 eContent Development 2022, Competition, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM), Bronze medal-Pitching , 2022
  • International University Carnival on E-Learning (IUCEL), Competition, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Gold Medal-OpenLearning-Invention, Innovation & Design on e-Learning , 2019

Paper Presented

  • Clan Conception And Traditional Chinese Temple Architecture: Chinese Social Space And Symbolic Space In Nineteenth-Century George Town, Penang, 3rd Think Space Conference 2023 (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 25/11/2023 to 25/11/2023
  • Traditional Chinese Temple Architecture as a Manifestation of the Clan Social Space In 19th Century George Town, Penang., UTAR ICP and R&D Colloquium 2022 (Colloquium ), ORAL PRESENTER , 03/12/2022 to 03/12/2022
  • A Phenomenological Study Of The Sungai Buloh Leprosarium Heritage Dwelling, 2nd Think Space Conference 2022 (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 11/11/2022 to 12/11/2022
  • Architectural Language and Cultural Identity of the Southern Fujianese Traditional Chinese Temple Timber Frame Structure in Malaysia, 1st Think Space Conference (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 23/11/2021 to 24/11/2021
  • A Framework of Peer Collaboration, Assessment And Feedback to Enhance Learners' Experience and Engagement in a Fully Online Setting, Taylor's 14th Teaching & Learning e-Conference 2021 (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 13/10/2021 to 15/10/2021
  • Assessing Learners Sense of Place Attainment through Virtual Place Experience Spatial Knowledge Inquiry in Architectural Education, Taylor's 13th Teaching And Learning Conference 2020 (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 14/10/2020 to 16/10/2020
  • Understanding the Architecture of Malaysia's Traditional Chinese Temples , Heritage Architecture Talk (Guest Lecture), INVITED SPEAKER , 14/03/2020 to 14/03/2020
  • Cultural Consciousness Attainment Among Architecture Students Through Problem-Based Learning Instructional Approach in Heritage Architecture Education, Taylor's 12th Teaching and Learning Conference 2019 (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 13/09/2019 to 14/09/2019
  • Heritage Architecture Measured Drawing- Architectural Documentation in Preserving History and Culture , Heritage Architecture Talk (Guest Lecture), INVITED SPEAKER , 05/08/2017 to 05/08/2017
  • Reading the Language of Traditional Streets, Ketuk Pintu Guided Discovery Tour (Heritage guided tour), INVITED SPEAKER , 11/11/2018 to 11/11/2018