Environmental Sustainable Design and Energy Efficiency in Architecture Education in East Africa

dc.contributor.authorOlweny, Mark R. O.
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-14T18:36:59Z
dc.date.available2017-02-14T18:36:59Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe 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 Green House Gas (GHG) emissions attributed to the building industry. Schools of architecture across the world have undertaken to incorporate ESD as components of programmes: in specific course units; as electives; or in some cases transformed entire programmes to place ESD at the core of the curriculum. For architecture schools seeking recognition and validation through the CAA for instance, it is now essential that they demonstrate inclusion, or at the very least show a move towards incorporating ESD into the curriculum. This paper reports on a study carried out on architectural education in East Africa. It took in all schools of architecture in the region: Kenya (Nairobi University & Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology); Rwanda (Kigali Institute of Science and Technology); Tanzania (Ardhi University), and; Uganda (Makerere University & Uganda Martyrs University). The study sought to review the state of architectural education in the region in order to appreciate how architecture education is responding to the contemporary challenges and opportunities related to ESD and EE in the education of architects. With architectural education viewed as a primary conduit for the transmission of architectural culture, how is architecture education in East Africa responding to these challenges and opportunities?en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/378
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture educationen_US
dc.subjectCurriculumen_US
dc.subjectEnergy efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectEast Africaen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental Sustainable Design and Energy Efficiency in Architecture Education in East Africaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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