University of Nairobi’s Department of Architecture is collaborating with two academic partners:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Kathmandu University (Nepal) as well as
non-academic partners: Kounkuey Design Initiative and UN-Habitat, in the on-going PEARLS
Project (2025-2028). The Project is promoting a New Community of Knowledge and Practice on
Urban Rivers and aims for more inclusive and climate-friendly cities through people-centred and

CALL FOR PAPERS: AFRAUHN NAIROBI

27 Feb

Conference Dates: 8 – 10 September 2026

Conference run by the African Architectural & Urban History Network (AFRAUHN) in collaboration with the Department of Architecture, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

12th Annual E.A Architecture Workshop & Exhibition 2025

This project assesses the impact of mismanaged solid waste burning on air pollution and chronic respiratory
diseases (CRDs), focusing on Nakuru's Gioto and Nairobi’s Dandora Dump sites. 

The University of Nairobi’s Department of Architecture is conducting a Workshop at the University of
Nairobi on Monday 25th November to 29th November 2024. The Workshop is for a Research
Project titled: Respiratory Health, Outdoor Air Pollution and Solid Waste Management: A Built
Environment Perspective (RESPIRA-ABEP).

On the Wednesday, 25th September 2024. The Department hosted Chris Campbell Clause, An Appropriate Construction Technology Expert.

Mr. Chris Campbell Clause has worked with rammed earth technology since building his first home using the Finniemore process on the shores of Lake Naivasha in 1980.

Subsequently he designed and built several eco lodges and private homes throughout Kenya and Tanzania.

He has also manufactured Interlocking Stabilized Soil Blocks (I.S.S.B.) using Hydraform and Makiga manual press machines.