Curriculum Vitae
Name.
Crispino C. OCHIENG, PhD
E-Mail
[email protected],
[email protected] [email protected]
Date of Birth.
1958.
Citizenship.
Kenyan.
Sex.
Male.
Marital Status.
Married with three children
Profession.
Chartered Architect, A761 [KENYA], Community Architect.
Professional Membership
Architectural Association of Kenya Board of Registration and Architect Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (BORAQS)
Other Affiliations.
International Association for People-Environment Studies [IAPS], Eindhoven, Netherlands. Environmental Design Research Association [EDRA], Oklahoma. International Association for the Study of Traditional Environment [IASTE], Berkeley, California.
Countries Worked.
Kenya and South Africa.
Educational Background. School/Institution
Award.
University of Cape Town, South Africa
PhD, Environmental Behavior Research (EBR)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
M. Arch. (Human Settlement)
University of Nairobi, Kenya.
B.Arch. (Honors).
St. Patrick's High, Eldoret, Kenya.
East African Advanced Certificate of Education, Three Principals and a Subsidiary.
Aquinas High School, Nairobi.
East Africa Certificate of Education, Division One
Curriculum Vitae Areas of Specialization/ interest
Affordable Low Income Houses - planning, design, policy.
Community Architecture.
Urban Design/ Urbanism.
Environmental Behavior Research (EBR).
Housing and Development.
Architectural Planning and Design.
Theory of Architecture/ Architectural Critic.
Architectural Anthropology
Architectural Conservation.
Employment Records. Period 2011 – Present
Title Associate Prof.
Employer
Duties
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Research, Mentoring,
Agric. And Tech.
Teaching and Fund Raising.
2007 – 2011
Dean, School of
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Head of academics and
Architecture and
Agric. And Tech.
management. Providing
Building Sciences and
leadership/
Associate Professor.
mentorship/fund raising.
2002 – 2010
2001-2003
1996 – 2000
Senior Lecturer
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Teaching, Research,
Agriculture and Technology,
Consultancy/ fund
Nairobi
raising and mentoring.
Senior Lecturer and
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Teaching, Research,
Chair of the
Agriculture and Technology,
Consultancy mentoring
Department –Arch.
Nairobi.
and fund raising.
Lecturer
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Teaching, Research and
Agriculture and Technology,
Consultancy.
Nairobi.
Curriculum Vitae 1997 – 1999
1994 – 1996
Studio Master
Lecturer
University of Cape Town, Cape
Teaching, Research and
Town.
Consultancy.
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Teaching and Research
Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi 1989 – 1993
Assistant Lecturer
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Teaching and Research
Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi 1987 – 1989
Architect
Ministry of Public Works,
Planning, Design and
Machakos District, Kenya
Supervision of Public funded projects
Publications, Text Book Ochieng, C. C., (2012), Social Culture in the Urban Built Environment, A study set in Western Kenya, LAP, Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Berlin, Germany.
Publications in Journals. Ochieng, C. C, (2009), Adaptation of Residential Space by Somali immigrants in Nairobi to accommodate Social and Cultural Needs, In Ed. Monjur Mourshed, Global Built Environment Review, an international electronic refereed journal for architecture, planning, development and the environment, ICDES edge hill, Lancashire, www.edgehill.ac.uk/gber, ISSN: 1474-6824 (Online), ISSN: 1474-6832 (Print). Ochieng, C. C, (2007), A Critical Review of Housing delivery in Nairobi: Different actors – Different Socio-Economic Groups, in, Ed, Ashraf Salama, A., Archnet- International Journal of Architectural Research, Architecture, Planning, Built Environment Studies Vol 1, issue 3, publication of the Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology,
Massachusetts.
http://archnet.org/library/documents/collection.tcl?collection_id=1543 Ochieng, C. C, (2007), Affordability of low income housing in Pumwani, Nairobi, in, Ed, Ashraf Salama, Archnet- International Journal of Architectural Research, Architecture, Planning, Built Environment Studies Vol 1, issue 2, publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, http://archnet.org/library/documents/collection.tcl?collection_id=1543 Ochieng, C. C, (2003), Illegal Development in the Face of Planned Komarock Housing Program in Nairobi,
in
Drivers
of
Urban
Change,
DFID/
DPU
Publication,
London,
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpuprojects/drivers_urb_change/urb_economy/inform_econ.htm Ochieng, C. C., (1998), From Structure to Meaning – an overview to understanding of architecture in the non-western societies, in Discovery, Journal of African Academy of Sciences Vol. 10 No. 1/2,
Curriculum Vitae Academy Science Pub, Nairobi, pp 133-136
http//:www.oneworld.org/inasp/ajol/journals/dai/vol1Ono3-4.html Ochieng, C. C., (1998), Towards Synchronization of Architecture and Society, in, Ed. Ik Umenne, Horizon DAT Towards a Developed Architectural Tradition, Vol. 1, No 1, ICIPE Science Press, Nairobi, pp48-53. Ochieng, C.C., (1997), Attempts at Re-Directing Co-operative Movement Housing in Nairobi, in, Ed Oktay, O, International Journal for housing Science and its Applications, Volume 24/Issues 4, Kurts Bros., Pennsylvania, pp241-248. Publications of Refereed Conference Proceedings. Ochieng, C. C., (2005), Making parts of inner city safe through pedestrianization, a study of parts of Nairobi Central Business District, in, UIA2005Istanbul, Cities: Grand Bazaar of Architecture, A paper presented and published in the proceedings of he International Union of Architects UIA-2005 Istanbul, Turkey. Ochieng, C. C., (2003), Combined intervention in an informal settlement in Nairobi by outside Organizations and Organized dwellers and effects of these, in Ed. Julia, R., Et Al, People shaping places shaping people, proceedings of Environmental Design Research Association (edra) conference, Edmond, pp139-142 Ochieng, C. C., (2002), Layering of spontaneous city over planned one, case of Nairobi’s Central Business District, in Ed. Andreas D., Et Al., UIA Berlin 2002 XXI World Congress of Architecture, Published in Resource Architecture, Main Congress Report and Outlook, UIA White Book, Birkhauser, Publishers for Architecture, Boston, pp76-78. Ochieng, C. C., (2002), Spatial Revolutions in Newly Developed Residential Neighborhoods to Provide for Community Facilities and Developments, in, Ed. Peter, H, Community, Evolution or Revolution, proceedings of the Environmental Design Research Association, (edra) conference, Edmond, pp19-22. Ochieng, C. C., (2001), Planned housing in Komarock Nairobi, changes due to ten years of illegal densification, a paper read at the Network – Association of European Researchers on Urbanization in the South (N–AEURUS) workshop Leuven-Brussels – May 23-26, 2001http:///www.naerus.org Ochieng, C. C., (1999), Problem with the development of regional construction resources in Africa, in, Ed. P. A. Bowens, R. D., Hindle, Customer satisfaction: A focus for research and practice construction, Proceedings of a Joint Triennial Symposium - CIB Commission W65 & W55, with the Participation of W92, W99, TG31 and TG 35, Vol. 2, Managing Construction, Cape Town, pp683-688. Published Conference Abstracts. Ochieng, C. C, (2008), Affordable Housing: getting Beneficiaries to Agree to Sustain Functioning of a Prescribed Housing delivery System in Pumwani, Nairobi, in, Ed. Beatriz Rodriguez Villafuarte, Linking Differences/ Defining Actions, Proceedings of the 39th. Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Boca Del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, p320. Ochieng, C. C., (2007), Affordable Housing, getting beneficiaries to agree to accept prescribed housing delivery system in Pumwani, Nairobi, in Ed, Bissel Janice M., Building sustainable Communities,
Curriculum Vitae Proceedings of the 38th. Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Orlando, p243. Ochieng, C. C, (2004), Nairobi’s Mathare Valley Informal Housing Upgrading: factors that continue to hinder these efforts, in Ed, Hulchanski, J. D, Murdie, R, Campsie, P Adequate and Affordable Housing for All, Research, Policy and Practice, Research abstracts from the International Housing Research Conference, University of Toronto, 2004, CUCS Press, Toronto, P240. Ochieng, C. C., (1999), Purpose without a goal: A Critique on the Approach to Design, in, Ed. Thorbjoern, M, The Power of Imagination, Proceedings of the 30th. Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Orlando, p284. Ochieng, C. C., (1998), Theoretical discussion – singularity in the environmental setting, in, Ed., Jon, S, Betty Rose Connell, people, places and public policy, proceedings of the 29 annual conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Oklahoma, p181. Unpublished Conference Proceedings. Ochieng, C. C., The Paradox of Unplanned Housing in the Growth of Metropolis – Nairobi context, A paper read at the International Union of Architects Congress, IUA Barcelona, 1996. Ochieng, C. C., Towards Permanency of Architecture in the Emerging Societies, A paper read at the “All Africa Conference – towards a millennia” at the University of Cape Town – April 1995. Ochieng, C. C., (1995), Society, Identity and the Sense of Place Among the Africans – the Luo of Western Kenya. A research paper presented during a workshop at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi. Exhibition.
People of the Roadside – A joint exhibition at the Japanese Culture Center, Nairobi between March 2 –11, 1995. The sketches were about some of the roadside activities that influence the landscape of Nairobi.
Award - Silver Medal Winner Government of Kenya Expo Stand, Aichi, Japan. Architect for the Kenyan Government Exhibition Stand at the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan. March-September 2005. The design for the expo won a Silver Medal out of 126 competing countries for the best interpretation of the exhibition theme. Corresponding Editor Design Research News – A magazine for the global association Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Published in Oklahoma, USA. Member of Jury International Competition, Architectural Research Papers, Union of International Architects (UIA) Tokyo 2011
Curriculum Vitae Languages. Spoken
Written
English
Fluent
Fluent
Swahili
Fluent
Fluent
Luo
Fluent
Fluent
Community Participation/ Responsibilities/ Consultancies. Period.
Organization/ Responsibility.
2009
Government of Kenya (Ministry
Roles/ Involvement
of Housing)
Member of the committee re-writing of Planning and Building Bye-laws and Regulations
2010
Member, Executive Committee
Top decision making organ of the university
Attending and participating in the
of the University Council 2008 – present
Member, University Council, Jomo Kenyatta University of
deliberations by the top university policy
Agriculture and Technology.
implementation organ.
2002 - to date
Member, University Senate.
Attending to all policy matters
2003 – 2004
Pamoja Trust – a member of
Holding dialogue with communities who are
Homeless International and
living in the informal housing as a means of
Slum Dwellers Association
housing delivery.
Planning, design and supervision of housing construction for the informal settlers in Korogocho, Kahawa Soweto, Huruma, Dagoreti (Kamwanya and Mbare ya Njiko, Kyelenzi in Athi River and Deep Sea in Parklands
2002 – 2008
Standing Committee, Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS).
Member of Building and Civil engineering Industry Standards Committee.
Curriculum Vitae 1989,
1995,
Syllabus Preparation.
2001-2002.
Member of drafting and final preparation team for the syllabus for the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, 1989 for training of;
Diploma in Architecture.
Undergraduate Degree in Architecture.
Member of team for the drafting of Syllabus for training of the National Diploma in Architecture by the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) – 1995.
Coordinator, drafting of syllabus for the training of Diploma in Architecture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology, 2001-2002.
1991
Joint UN Habitat and KULeuven
Workshop in Housing.
Inter-regional Housing Workshop in the Development Countries in East, Central and Southern African Regions – A period of Two weeks in Nairobi followed by one month Course in Leuven.
Inter-regional Course in Housing on the Asian Context for a month in Belgium – preparation of proposal for re-planning of a Kampung, a traditional urban village in Indonesia.
1995/96,
Conference organization
2003
participation.
Member of the 1995/96 Department committee for organizing conferences – in charge of fundraising portfolio – raised funds for conference, “Africa Architecture and planning in the 21st. Century – the challenge of our time.”
Member Steering Committee for the International Civil engineering Conference on Sustainable Development in the 21st. Century, 12-16 August 2003, Nairobi.
Curriculum Vitae .
External Examiner.
External Examiner, Makerere University, Uganda, Department of Architecture, Undergraduate, 2001 – 2004.
External Examiner – Makerere University, Uganda, Post-Graduate – Lilian Namuganyi, 2004, Achieving Cheaper House Through Understanding Process, M.Arch Thesis, and Kwesiga Phyllis, 2004, An Investigation into office Market Occupancy in Commercial Real Estate, A Case Study of Workers House and Nakawa House, M. Arch, and Allan Birabi, PhD in Conservation.
In-charge, Portfolio Examination, Diploma in Architecture Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). Among other things duties include coordination of markings. Setter for Kenya National Examination Council, Ordinary Diploma architectural Assistant Examination paper.
1998/1999
Assistant to the post-graduate
Arranges and Conducts postgraduate seminars, acts
and
program convener, University of
as reader for some of the thesis.
1999/2002
Cape Town, School of
academic
Architecture and Urban Planning
years. 1999/2002
M. Phil. (Housing Management)
Assists with development of thesis, acts as reader
and
Thesis Supervisor, University of
and also as an internal examiner.
2002/2003
Cape Town – Two different
academic
students.
years. President, International Student
Coordinator for the then 4500 foreign students
Organization of Leuven
while also representing them in the University
(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Governing Council meetings.
Belgium)
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