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Sustainable construction assessment, land-use planning, and Architectural Education
(Africa Habitat Review, 2022-09)
The centrality of the construction industry in the sustainability agenda is undoubted. This is in context of its known economic, environmental and social impacts and numerous forward and backward linkages with other ...
Honouring National Heroes Through Architecture : A Case Study of Presidential Mausoleums
(Africa Habitat Review, 2022-09)
The Presidential Mausoleum is a novel architectural typology procured by African states to honour fallen leaders. The purpose of this study is to expose the Presidential Mausoleum as a significant artefact of national ...
Architectural Education:Lessons from Nairobi and Future Prospects
(African Habitat Review, 2022-09)
Changes in architectural education in the East African region for over half a century do not appear to have made discernible difference to social and environmental concerns in the built environment. The formulation of the ...
The Role of Design in The Circular Design Economy In East Africa
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)
Every item around us begins with the thought process of a designer. The creativity, labour and energy that went into the creation of these products is not sustainable if they cannot be kept in circulation. This study aims ...
Diverse Techniques of Storytelling in East African Art by Stephen Mbatia
(Africa Design Review Journal,, 2022-06-27)
Background: Works of art often tell stories. Artists can present narrative in many ways—by using a series of images representing moments in a story, or by selecting a central moment to stand for the whole story. (The J. ...
Cultural Heritage and Digital Era in Kenya
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)
he use of new technology has risen tremendously in recent years, affecting every area of our life. As a result, it has influenced how various groups around the world experience heritage, whether their own or that of other ...
Afrofuturism and its Influence In Raising Contemporary East African Designers to The World Stage
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)
A narrator on Deutsche Welle, The 77 Percent (2021) said, ‘Whether, in comics, books or designs, the art of Afrofuturism combines tradition with imagination to envision a new form of African culture.’ This paper introduces ...
Art as Social Commentary: Satire and Symbolism in Joseph Mbatia’s Art
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)
From novelists to political cartoonists, artists have long brought a unique perspective to important public discussions of social and political issues. Yet, fury and debate over the role of the artist has resulted in ...
Gis Driven Web Reporting: a Case Study of Nutrition and Hiv Program
(university of nairobi, 2022)
Nutrition is a fundamental factor in managing the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This study focused on the Nutrition and HIV program mainly due to the delicate, bi-directional relationship between nutrition and HIV. The program targets, ...
An Aggressive Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Optimum Power Allocation in a Cdma-based Cellular NetworkAn Aggressive Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Optimum Power Allocation in a Cdma-based Cellular Network
(University of NairobiUniversity of Nairobi, 2022)
This paper proposes an aggressive cuckoo search algorithm for optimum power allocation in a CDMA-based cellular network. To make the cuckoo search algorithm aggressive, adaptive parameters are used to vary the step size ...