Browsing by Author "Olweny, Mark R. O."
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498: Integrating Sustainability and Environmental Design in an African Architecture Curriculum:
Olweny, Mark R. O. (Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 2008-10-28)While the majority of Ugandans live in energy poverty, contemporary architecture in the country is for the most part energy inefficient. Progress and development is shown through the inclusion of air-conditioners, while ... -
Capacity Building in Adaptive Reuse Through Collaborative Workshops for Students: On-Site and Remote Experiences in Rwanda and Zanzibar
Ahimbisibwe, Achilles; Louw, Michael; Michieletto, Manlio; Olweny, Mark R. O.; Papanicolaou, Stella; Lans, Berend van der (European Union, 2021)The idea of ‘adaptive reuse’ is relatively new in the African built environment. The value of working with existing under-utilised buildings as a resource for the future lies in the inherent potential for addressing sensitive ... -
Determining the Unit Cost of Higher Education:
Olweny, Mark R. O. (2011)While the growth in private universities in Africa has met a pent-up demand for university education and are meeting and fulfilling a social function, the economic realities of operating a university cannot be ignored. ... -
Educating built environment professionals:
Olweny, Mark R. O.; Nshemereirwe, Connie V. (Faculty of Building Technology and Architecture, 2006)In 2000, the Uganda Martyrs University introduced a new built environment program, a Bachelor of Science in Building Design and Technology (BSc BDT), marking the first time a private institution had entered the field of ... -
Embodied energy of low income rural housing in Uganda
Niwamara, T; Olweny, Mark R. O.; Ndibwami, Alex (PLEA, 2016)Embodied energy is an important consideration in discussions related to the sustainability of the construction sector. As part of this dialogue, this paper presents a developing country context of how these can values of ... -
Environmental Sustainable Design and Energy Efficiency in Architecture Education in East Africa
Olweny, Mark R. O. (2013)The inclusion of Environmental Sustainable Design (ESD) in architectural education is an important paradigmatic shift for contemporary architecture education, in view of growing concerns for Energy Efficiency (EE) and ... -
Ethical Positions in Built Environment Education
Olweny, Mark R. O.; Olweny, Charles L.M. (2010)Architecture has among its goals, to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of society. It is therefore inevitable that ethical decisions are made in the process making architecture. The perceived value of the product, ... -
Ethics of a Brick: Ethical Positions in Built Environment Education in Uganda
Olweny, Mark R. O. (School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, UK, 2009-09-09)Architecture has among its goals, to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of society. It is therefore inevitable that ethical decisions are made in the process making architecture. The perceived value of the product, ... -
Heritage Significance of Late 19th and Early 20th Century Buildings in the Buganda Kingdom, Uganda
Kafuuma, Gilbert; Muhwezi, Esther; Olweny, Mark R. O. (WIT Press, 2019)The paper sets out to investigate the heritage significance of four late 19th and early 20th century buildings in Buganda capital of Mengo. The buildings, Keweerimidde House (1890s), Basiima House (1902), Chwa Building ... -
Historical Study of Jinja, Uganda: A City Influenced by Industrial Developments During the Early 20th Century
Wako, K. Anthony; Olweny, Mark R. O. (WIT Press, 2019)This paper evaluates how industrial developments during the first three decades of the 20th century contributed to the founding and growth of Jinja. During this period Jinja grew to become an important inland port on ... -
Household energy use in Uganda:
Drazu, Candia; Olweny, Mark R. O.; Kazoora, Goodman (The Architectural Science Association and The University of Melbourne, 2015)This paper details patterns of energy consumption for domestic buildings in urban areas of Uganda. The paper shows the range of energy sources employed by households, the level of consumption of energy, as well as common ... -
Introduction - Radical Discipline.
Olweny, Mark R. O. (Folio, 2020-08-15)It has been a privilege to work on the Radical Discipline section of FOLIO Vol. 2, dedicated to endeavours that inform and (re)define architecture as a discipline in the context of sub Saharan Africa. ‘Radical’, in this ... -
Investigating the architecture of architecture education in Uganda:
Olweny, Mark R. O. (The Architectural Science Association, ANZAScA, 2010)For all the discourse on the state of architecture education today, little is written about the student experience in architecture schools. With increasing emphasis on Service Quality, Learning Outcomes, and Completion ... -
Investigating the Processes of Socialisation in Architectural Education Through Experiences in East Africa
Olweny, Mark R. O. (2015)This thesis investigates socialisation in architectural education in East Africa. Socialisation forms an integral part of professional education, through which students acquire these undocumented, but important aspects ... -
Leadership is Critical in Mainstreaming Sustainability in Professional Education
Olweny, Mark R. O. (Building and Cities, 2021-01-28)Mark Olweny (University of Lincoln) comments on the B&C special issue EDUCATION & TRAINING: MAINSTREAMING ZERO CARBON. Leadership in Global South demonstrates the positive transformation of architectural education. The ... -
Listen without prejudice: The design studio as a discursive environment (or) Helping students learn in architecture education
Olweny, Mark R. O. (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), 2020-03)Learning how to learn is an essential part of architectural education, but relies on the confluence of a number of elements: effective teaching, knowledge construction, and active engagement with new knowledge in the design ... -
Research and the future of architecture educaton in East Africa
Olweny, Mark R. O. (2013)Research in architecture education in East Africa has for the most part been presented in what can best be described as a “silo” approach, presented in a stand alone “Research Methodology” courses that are separate from ... -
Socialisation in Architecture Education
Olweny, Mark R. O. (2013)Architecture education is an engaging process; long hours in the design studio, a high level of one-on-one instruction, and intense peer review. The process, which extends over the years of formal education, is instrumental ... -
Socialisation:a perilous transition from novice to architect
Olweny, Mark R. O. (Architectural Education Otherwhere, 2014-08-06)Architectural education includes both formal and informal learning components, instrumental in the transformation of novices into architects. The informal component incorporates tacit aspects of education that can’t be ... -
Students’ Views of the Architectural Design Review: The Design Crit in East Africa
Olweny, Mark R. O. (Sage, 2019-06-19)The design studio and the associated design review can be regarded as the signature pedagogy of architectural education, where students garner the essence of what it means to be an architect. Here, novices are transformed ...