Judging Panel
Tristance KEE
Associate Professor, Department of Design
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Dr. Tris Kee is the Programme Leader and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Design and Environment at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi).  Tris grew up in Canada and worked in Rome, Amsterdam, London and Vancouver before moving to Hong Kong to become a Registered Architect. Tris’ work was exhibited in the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012, REVEAL exhibition 2014, Shenzhen Architecture Biennale 2013, and the HK Architecture Biennale 2016. She was one of the curators for the Hong Kong/Shenzhen Architecture Biennale 2012. She is a recipient of the ‘40 under 40 Architectural Design Award’ in 2012, Hong Kong Green Building Council Green Building Award 2012 and an Academic Committee Award by the Shenzhen Architecture Biennale 2013.

She published “Old Tai O Police Station” (ISBN 9789881602015), “WE OWN THE CITY” (ISBN 9789078088912) and contributed to “Hong Kong –Barcelona Urban Exchange” (ISBN 9789881693006).  She was an invited speaker at the International Design Alliance Congress in Taiwan in 2011, and a keynote speaker at the Crossover Comprehensive Conference in China Academy of Art 2012. Tris was the Chief Editor for HKIA Journal (2010-2015) and an executive member in Hong Kong Interior Design Association and Hong Kong Architecture Centre.