Our technical expertise is led by collaborative partners who bridge the gap between computational logic and the built environment, directing a specialised consultancy to deliver architecture for a living laboratory.
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Co-founder
Ar. IDr. Tan Chee Huey
A graduate of the University of Melbourne in 2015, Chee Huey’s practice is defined by an interrogation of the city as a living, breathing system. Since co-founding KOY_LAB /ARCHITECTS in 2026, she has championed a design language that merges the structural honesty of modernism with a deep-rooted commitment to social and metabolic resilience.
Her career is a testament to the power of typological versatility. During her tenure at leading Malaysian practices, Chee Huey mastered a vast spectrum of the Malaysian built environment, directing the delivery of projects ranging from intricate social fabrics of high-density residential towers and mass housing to the rigorous functional logic of industrial facilities and retail hubs. This extensive foundational portfolio, extending into the strategic scale of urban master planning and mixed use developments, allows her to navigate the complexities of contemporary practice with a distinct analytical rigour.
Beyond the studio, she is an active voice in architectural discourse, serving as a committee member for the Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) Southern Chapter in 2024 and 2025. Her approach at the practice rejects the purely aesthetic. Instead, she treats every commission as an opportunity to craft architecture that is contextually robust, technically precise, and fundamentally focused on the human experience within the city.
Co-founder
Ar. Koh Kah Tzun
A graduate of the University of Melbourne in 2016, Kah Tzun’s practice is defined by the intersection of computational logic and contextual longevity. Since co-founding KOY_LAB /ARCHITECTS in 2026, he has spearheaded the integration of algorithm design and node-based workflows, utilising custom coding and parametric environments to solve complex spatial challenges. For Kah Tzun, the architectural process is an act of research, where data-driven precision is used to refine the relationship between form and performance.
His professional trajectory spans both the Australian and Malaysian landscapes, providing a global perspective on architectural delivery. During his tenure in Australia, he was involved in residential projects and strategic town developments, interrogating the relationship between urban growth and civic governance. This foundational experience in multi-layered coordination later transitioned into the management of critical infrastructure in Malaysia, where he oversaw the technical delivery of data center projects with a collective contract sum exceeding 1 billion Malaysia Ringgit.
Beyond the technical rigours of infrastructure, Kah Tzun views the practice as a medium for metabolic resilience, ensuring that even the most complex computational environments are anchored in human-centric design. He steers the studio’s digital and technical direction, transforming intricate project requirements into high-performance built for future adaptability.