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    • 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 ...
    • 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, ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...