Browsing Conference Proceedings (Built Environment) by Title

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    • Rural (low income) housing: inspiring communities to shape their future: Paper presented at PLEA 2015 Conference 

      Ahimbisibwe, Achilles; Ndibwami, Alex; Niwamara, T (PLEA, 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • A study of thermal comfort and thermal preferences in the upland tropical climate of Uganda, Proceedings of 9th Windsor Conference: Making Comfort Relevant, Cumberland Lodge 

      Olweny, Mark R. O.; Mugagga, L.L; Nedala, T (Windsor, 2016)
      Upland tropical climates, are often regarded as ‘benign’, but are of increasing concern, particularly with regard to thermal comfort in the context of climate change induced thermal comfort of university students in the ...

    • Technology and Architecture Education in Uganda 

      Olweny, Mark R. O. (The Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, 2006)
      Architecture education is a relatively new undertaking in Uganda. Despite this opportunity to develop an updated curriculum and pedagogy, an old paradigm continues to persist; isolating the teaching of architectural ...

    • To Build or Not to Build: Going Live is [Not] Just Being Practical! 

      Ahimbisibwe, Achilles; Olweny, Mark R. O.; Ndibwami, Alex; Thomas, Paul; Lubingo, Mathieu; Katta, Jude (Association of Architectural Educators, 2014)
      Increasingly students and faculty alike are calling for a “hands-on” approach to architecture and building construction as an integral part of the architectural education. Schools of architecture have implemented courses ...

    • Training for Real: 

      Nshemereirwe, Connie V.; Rugumayo, A. I. (2005)
      Graduates of Engineering in Uganda face great challenges in the work place as they are expected to be fully prepared to start work with little or no further training. In view of this, training has to begin at the University, ...