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Research and the future of architecture educaton in East Africa
(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 ...
Ethical Positions in Built Environment Education
(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, ...
Determining the Unit Cost of Higher Education:
(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. ...
Household energy use in Uganda:
(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 ...
That is too radical for us:
(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 ...
Introduction - Radical Discipline.
(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 ...
Students’ Views of the Architectural Design Review: The Design Crit in East Africa
(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 ...