Browsing Journal Articles (Built Environment) by Title

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    • 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 ...

    • People's perception of 'New' architecture: a diaogue between the architect, the architecture and the consumer 

      Ndibwami, Alex (Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda, 2013)
      While the design process is meant to be participatory, the limits to how many (potential) users are involved and how the design team interprets their needs is perhaps often substituted by empirical evidence, architectural ...

    • 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 ...

    • Socioeconomic Status and Access to Higher Education in Uganda 

      Nshemereirwe, Connie (2016-01-01)
      In Africa, transition to a more sustainable life cannot occur without the otherwise marginalised. Governments, including Uganda’s, have taken steps to better the lot of the disadvantaged by widening access to basic education ...

    • 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 ...

    • Sustainable Energy Transitions: Changing the ‘Business as Usual’ Trajectory in Sub-Saharan African Urban Areas 

      Ndibwami, Alex; Borchers, Mark; Euston-Brown, Megan; Bawakyillenuo, Simon; Batchelor, Simon (The Center for African Development Policy Research, 2018)
      This paper describes a novel approach to helping municipal authorities address the sustainable energy challenges associated with rapidly growing urban populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Population in Africa is expected to ...

    • That is too radical for us: 

      Olweny, Mark R. O. (PLEA, 2016)
      Incorporating Environmental Sustainable Design (ESD) into the curriculum is regarded as an important element in contemporary architectural education. However, making this transition has, and still is, somewhat of an uphill ...

    • Towards an Ecosystem-of-Learning for Architectural Education: Reflecting on a network of six pedagogical clusters 

      Morkel, Jolanda; Delport, Hermie; Burton, Lindy Osborne; Olweny, Mark; Feast, Steven (Association of Architectural Educators (AAE), 2021)
      This research is situated in the context of our collective exploration of a new ecosystem-oflearning for architectural education, as a catalyst for change following the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. To move online ...

    • Urban Open Spaces in Kampala, Uganda 

      Olweny, Mark R. O.; Adule, C. (Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs’ University, Uganda, 2008)
      Kampala is one of the few cities in Africa arguably of African origin, having been the location of the capital of the Kingdom of Buganda - one of the largest and oldest kingdoms in the region - for close to a century ...