The Architect Issue 6, 2014

Jun - Sept 2014 | ISSUE NO. 6

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inside Choosing a Floor Plan That Works For Family PARTICIPATIVE DESIGN FOR URBAN PLANNING LONE RANGER IN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

NAIROBI INTEGRATED URBAN DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN (NIUPLAN)

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EDITORIAL BOARD: MANAGING EDITOR Arch. Caleb Mutali CONTRIBUTORS

EDITORIAL BOARD Arch. Caleb Mutali

Arch. Peter Makachia

MANAGING EDITOR Arch. Arch.

CalebFrancis Mutali Kere

Arch. Ema miloyo Arch.

Costant Cap CONTRIBUTORS Arch.

Michael Mathenge Arch.

Caleb Mutali Arch.

Peter Makachia Arch.

Humphrey Mumita Arch. Francis Kere Phyllis Wambugu

Arch. Emma Miloyo Grad.

Arch Humphrey Mumita EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Planner Constant Cap Lindah Njani Michael Mathenge

David Mazeras

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT DESIGN Lindah Njani & LAYOUT

David Mazeras

Contents Contents 04.

REGULAR Editor’s message

05.Editor’s message FromFrom thetheChair Chair

Cover story - Greenpark Estate

06.Nuclear energy for Kenya

pictorial How to manage a project Lone ranger in ISR

08.Participative design for urban housing

Participative Design for Urban The relationship of urban design to human health and Housing condition

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New Products in the market

Students corner Where will my next House be?

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Pictorial Events

Choosing Fun zonea Floor Plan That Works For Family

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Participative Design for Urban Housing

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How to survive project finance without losing[UIA your 2014 hair.

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The urban design in Nairobi is experiencing a golfing tips paradigm shift from beginners blanket structures to eco-friendly modern buildings.

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urban environment: engaging through travel

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Shining the beam on BIM Arch. Caleb Mutali Editor-in-Chief

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ith every issue, I hope that you are finding ‘The Architect’ magazine an interesting read ever since it was revamped. Now some simple lessons in life your mama should have told you: your office needs to remain abreast with the latest technology innovations to remain relevant in the region. If you are shrewd enough to identify emerging opportunities, then like the eagle, you must also have the skill and boldness to catch the wave and surf it. Put another way, is your practice growing at the ‘same speed as change itself ’, or are you fossilised in a time-warp, feeling marooned by the incursions technology has made into construction project execution, only to wake up and start playing catch-up?

Which brings me to this simmering point. In the last issue of ‘The Architect’, we carried an article christened ‘Visualization, Digital Prototyping and Fabrication’ which largely warned of the deceptions that have tagged along with the advent of the BIM era.

In true fidelity to our first call as a mouthpiece of this professional Chapter, this article summarily sanitised our audience, by having all, tongue in cheek, raise their mouses and chant the mantra “I acknowledge and respect the power of visualization to mislead the uninformed; therefore I shall not visualise with intention to hide or confuse the truth.” This we did in the name of retaining the integrity of the profession.

see, BIM is not just an efficient design tool as commonly held.

True Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the process of generating and managing building data during its life-cycle.

In other words, you would be in serious error if you intend to employ BIM only to visually impress a client and win your next job, bank the cheque, and then go on to develop the design using CAD. That would be a technical still-birth, complete with rigor mortis. The real power of BIM is unleashed when one uses threedimensional, real-time, dynamic building modeling software to increase productivity in both building design and construction.

Exciting, isn’t it? But that is not all; a skilled operator should demand that all project partners – by this I mean the different design disciplines, the customer, contractor, specialists and suppliers –use a single, shared 3-D model and cultivate collaborative working relationships. This ensures everyone is focused on achieving best value, from project inception to the final commissioning. When in that 100% detailed design submission you are reviewing a single 3-D model containing multidisciplinary design inputs, the joy of working in the construction sector in the 21st Century suddenly begins to permeate the whole being. Design clash detection where building services interface with the shell can be picked up at once, identified and resolved in advance of construction, eliminating the cost and time impacts of redesign, what is commonly known as ‘abortive work’. Dynamic models also enable new and existing assets to be integrated seamlessly. Finally, a handle can also be placed on project risks and uncertainties. Project concepts can be visualised at an early stage, giving owners and operators a clear idea of design intent and allowing them to modify the design to achieve the outcomes they really want. In short, in advance of construction, BIM also enables the project team to ‘build’ the project in a virtual environment, rehearsing complex procedures, optimising temporary works designs and planning procurement of materials, equipment and manpower. Get it?

use a single, shared 3-D model and cultivate collaborative working relationships

In some quarters, however, it was misconstrued that we were bashing “BIM”, that darling name that Building Information Modelling has come to be known by. BIM describes the process of designing a building collaboratively using one coherent system of computer models rather than as separate sets of drawings.

Don’t be misled by the word ‘building’ in this acronym – BIM is just as relevant to the civil engineering sector. To be sure, clients are increasingly requiring BIM services from construction managers, architects and engineering firms. Many construction firms are now investing in “BIM” technologies during bidding, preconstruction, construction and post construction and they are enjoying great dividends, but only if they do it right. You 4

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From the Chair’s Desk Arch. Emma Miloyo Chair - Architects Chapter

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t is yet another issue of “The Architect” the 6th since the revival of the magazine. We continue to grow by leaps and bounds with the latest appointment of David Mazeras a testament to our growth. David joins the editorial team for the magazine to take charge of the production and all coordination of the magazine on a full time basis.. The 2nd issue of the online magazine has also been released, ensuring continued engagement with our readers on a real time basis.

We encourage the membership to continue engaging with us via our very active social media platforms. Our social media pages on Facebook and Twitter have an average of about 800 followers and likes respectively and continue to be an exciting platform to interact with architects locally and internationally.

As always, we look forward to your valued input and comments.

It has been a busy quarter at the Chapter with many regional and international engagements on matters regarding the profession. Most notably, the East Africcan Institute of Architects just concluded its annual general meeting on 24th July. At the AGM, Burundi was admitted to the EAIA after a successful application to join the insitute. I take this opportuity to warmly welcome them, and look forward to their active participation in matters East Africa, umoja ni nguvu!

At the EAIA AGM the following were nominated as council members: • Emma Miloyo • Gad Opiyo • Alex Nyagah • Wilson Mugambi • Mugure Njendu - Board of Practice and Ethics • Juma Oino - Board of Education • David Mutiso- Senior Trustee • Philip Kungu - Trustee The International Union of Architects , UIA’s triennial congress has also just concluded in the port city of Durban.

The congress was a colourful affair with over 5000 delegates, 450 meetings and workshops among other events. The theme was “Architecture Otherwhere”. For the first time, Kenya was able to mount an exhibition at the event themed “The Rebirth of Kenyan Architecture, Kenya at 50” and was represented by a total of about 96 architects and students . The Chapter commits to continue to engage on an international and regional front in a bid to discuss matters that affect the built environment and the profession as a whole.

Emma Miloyo, Musembi Mumo and Mugure Njendu at the EAIA Gala Dinner in Kigali Rwanda” 5

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The AAK stand at UIA Durban

The EAIA student caravan arrives in Johannesburg

UIA Ministry Stand

A stop over during the EAIA student caravan

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One of the buildings on display at the UIA Durban Chinese stand As part of its CSR initiative, the Architects’ Chapter of the AAK set up a bursary kitty from funds donated by Architect Henning Rasmus of Paragon Group. The Chapter matched up his donation, bringing the kitty to 100,000 KSH to be distributed to several recipients. Applications were received from different students and after a vigorous scrutiny process two students were successful.

The 2nd of September 2014 saw the bursary cheques presented to two students of Architecture - Robert Ndalo and Eric Chavulimu to support their tuition. Emma Miloyo, Architects Chapter Chair presented the cheques to the recipients at the Professional Centre and wished the students all the best in their studies.

AAK Chairman and the Chief Guest-Hon Danson Mungatana during the AAK Annual Convention 2014

Delegates arrive at the UIA Congress, Durban

The MC doing what he does best “keeping time” at the AAK Annual Convention 2014

East Africa Institute of Architects dinner in UIA celebrating the success of the student’s caravan

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Participative Design for Urban Housing

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n African cities, people are peripheral to architectural processes despite the fact that those processes produce structures that they use and interact with every day. Laypeople’s disengagement often produces socially dysfunctional neighbourhoods whose residents lack both a strong sense of community and environmental awareness.

Residents ought to be engaged in the planning, design, and construction of houses, as well as in the management of the neighbourhoods those structures constitute. This policy note considers ways to engage residents and ways that housing delivery can be improved in order to merge good intentions and the expectations of the beneficiaries through participative housing design.

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Major deviation Participation in housing-delivery strategies is a major deviation from the cornerstone of modernist theories and practices in architecture. In Kenya, modern development models adopted in housing delivery have proved inadequate to meeting the demand for urban housing. This shortfall has been reflected both in the quality and in the number of available houses. It has led to the proliferation of informal settlements on land occupied by squatters.

Additional problems are Dweller Initiated Transformations (DITs) and the physical and social deterioration of the few existing public-housing estates. The policy direction offered here is applicable in four possible housing scenarios in African cities.

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A people-centred approach to public housing engages users at the various phases of housing namely; feasibility and planning studies, design and conceptualization building and project management, inhabitation and maintenance.

The strategy is to engage the public in stakeholder meetings at each of these stages, during which ideas are shared with the target groups, the public, and other interested parties, such as developers of utilities, services, and other elements of infrastructure, as well as financial institutions, social organizations, and nongovernmental organizations.

For this process to succeed future residents and project developers must meet and converse regularly The central, county, and local government is also expected to participate in these sessions, and depending on the scale of the project this involvement can be broadened.

Needs of the residents During the initial feasibility and planning stages, the future residents must make project developers aware of their priorities and needs. They can accomplish this by presenting examples of various functions that need to be accommodated in the new houses and neighbourhoods and by expressing preferences about them.

The architects’ role would be to initiate and facilitate discussions through proposals using a medium that is well understood by the future residents (who are laypeople, not architectural specialists).

The means of communication can include scaled dummy models constructed from basic solid materials, such as paper and clay.

Full-scale models from timber and cardboard/paper are also possible. For this process to succeed future residents and project developers must meet and converse regularly. Social media and other ICT (information communication technology) channels, now increasingly understood and more widely owned, can be used for this end.

Mapping strengths and weaknesses

These entail the following: 1. New schemes for virgin land 2. Informal settlements as upgrading projects 3. Increasing housing density in underdeveloped neighbourhoods (densification) 4. The repair and rebuilding (gentrification) of existing rundown public housing

During the feasibility and planning stages, the future residents should engage the project developers, making them aware of the amount of space (and other resources like building materials) needed for the various activities that will take place in the envisioned houses and neighbourhoods. Not only the physical forms but also the costs must be considered.

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strengths of an existing slum settlement, for instance, may be the residents’ acquaintance with one another, any building that is already present, and the skills (including building, management and social skills) some residents possess.

One internal weakness might be a lack of social cohesion.

An external opportunity would constitute the architects and other professionals now at hand to take part in the proposed development; these external actors would then serve as catalysts to address the internal weaknesses and build on the identified strengths. Another opportunity might involve finance for development.

Finally, the threats to housing development in an African city always include external cultural spatial forms (like privacy, gender and relationships) reflected in the design standards that affect the use of domestic space.

The suggested approach to development entails interactive sessions that should also make use of all the available and appropriate media.

The people’s participation at this stage aims to match their visions with the economic and environmental reality in which sustainable development takes place Sharing with stakeholders Finalizing the design is the next stage, and this step is guided by directions and positions expressed at the earlier stakeholders’ sessions and spelt out in the initial feasibility and planning stages.

The designers produce proposals using, for instance, drawings, paper models, and computer animation. Further, the designers

should also construct simulations of expenses and possible environmental impacts and share them with the stakeholders in a public-engagement session. The people’s participation at this stage aims to match their visions with the economic and environmental reality in which sustainable development takes place.

The seismic shift in this approach is not to supplant the professionals and elevate the lay users (i.e., residents) to a decision-making role but, rather, to allow users’ input to inform the decisions taken in the early stages of the project. In effect, this approach questions the professionals about the suitability of the solutions they offer. The technical professionals should assume a listening but guiding role, given their training in the arts and sciences of the built environment.

At least two kinds of professionals are involved here. First, those representing the urban government authorities are responsible for ensuring adherence to development-control guidelines for urban settlements.

Second, the other professional class like architects and planners represents the eventual users; their interests include social cohesion and easy access to urban services of the city.

The former group, whose objective is to enforce development control codes and regulations, is tasked with being more reflexive, responsive, and flexible with respect to reasonable suggestions emanating from this participative process. The latter, whose objective is to advise the client end-user, should adhere to professional ethics that do not harm the public and contribute to common good.

Self-help strategies The design phase has always been the most disengaged stage in conventional modernist architecture, but equally crucial is the construction stage, in which houses are actually built. Since the 1970s, self-help strategies have been commonly used in many housing projects in African cities - yielding less than spectacular results.

These approaches aimed to engage residents in building their own dwellings on surveyed land on which the lots were supplied with basic services in order to save costs. In reality, the plot owners sold the land to middle income speculators who developed multi-storied rental spaces, often single rooms with common ablution areas and minimally equipped with kitchens and other common domestic features (e.g., dining rooms, bedrooms, living space). Instead, the single rooms became multiple-use spaces in which almost every household activity took place. The outcome in most cases has been a new category of environmentally unsuitable tenements that are hardly an improvement over the slum conditions they were intended to replace.

In these earlier approaches, there was no coordinated approach to the self-help processes, thus leading to the failed outcomes.

The participative strategy presented here invokes the principles of self-help strategies that have proved useful, but these have been revised in order to avoid the obstacles encountered earlier. The absence of organized neighbourhood communities that led to

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implement common areas and services, such as neighbourhood infrastructure and open spaces. The professionals will provide technical advice on best practices when and as required.

Replacing natural resources In addition to their immediate environmental impact during construction stage, building activities deplete the environment through the extraction of raw materials during construction.

speculator tendencies - individually initiated and profit driven, often at cross purposes with community objectives, was the main obstacle in self-help.

In the earlier models, the self-help processes included the building, material procurement and processing, and programming of the various construction stages for the individual units; they excluded community organization.

OSHH groups act as the social conscience of the community and through consensus redirect individual tendencies found to be detrimental to the common good and to the environment Organized Self-Help Housing This policy note stresses the need for organized self-help housing (OSHH) communities as part of the strategic approach to urban housing in Africa. Such organizations involve the populations that will inhabit the neighbourhood created through the participative design process presented in this paper. This is necessary particularly at the construction stage because it is then that environmentally unsuitable options are selected by some individuals, the trend that bedevilled past self-help initiatives.

OSHH groups act as the social conscience of the community and through consensus redirect individual tendencies found to be detrimental to the common good and to the environment.

Through membership contributions, the groups can initiate and

This is especially true if the materials are locally sourced, as advocated in sustainable development initiatives. It is therefore imperative that a strategy of replacing used natural resources be put in place as part of the broader housing initiative for sustainability and participative design. OSHH groups should act as liaisons with similar outfits in the county, region, or nation to establish environmentally sustainable programme, for example, tree-planting initiatives and anti-soil erosion measures. Further, even after construction has been completed, people-centred strategies remain valuable in the management and administration of the neighbourhoods. Residents’ associations (RAs) already exist in Nairobi estates and control neighbourhood security and garbage collection arrangements. However, RAs are mostly informal and have limited roles in neighbourhood management and administration.

These valuable responsibilities can be extended to include others mentioned in the OSHH standards, including neighbourhood design and environmental control.

OSHH as social authority Formal housing, especially which developed as public housing, is usually subject to dweller-initiated transformations (DITs), personal initiatives in which individuals adjust or add space to the housing contrary to the provided design.

This phenomenon, if unchecked, often harms the aesthetic and physical environment.

Local and central governments have mostly been unable to prevent DITs, leaving the public exposed and vulnerable to individual modifications.

This proposal suggests that the OSHH community act as a social authority guiding its membership vis - Ă - vis the consensus for adding space in developed neighbourhoods. This control would help limit strains on infrastructural services like water and sewage that are caused by unanticipated additions and extra population.

Peter Makachia; B.Arch. (UoN, Kenya), M.Arch. (KUL, Belgium), PhD (UoN, Kenya), MAAK (A); is a practicing Architect, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Architecture and Environmental Design of the Technical University of Kenya. He has researched and published in housing delivery strategies in African cities and he was an African Guest Researcher at NAI from October to December 2013.

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Where will my next House be?

By Caleb Mutali How to Choose a Neighbourhood

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hen one decides to buy a house, one feels real excitement only associated with childhood memories such as when you would join the school trip to the agricultural show or when circus comes to town. However, stress and frustration  12

begins to set in thanks to the sheer volume of decisions one has to make. What area do you want to live in? What kind of house are you looking for? What features matter the most? Are you a big yard person or do you prefer a low maintenance patio? Are you a big city person or are you looking for a change to areas such as Athi River that speak of the country next to the city?

What is the relationship between your dream house and the neighbourhood it

sits in? Well, here is a simple analogy. If houses are like spouses, a neighbourhood is like the extended family. But while you can have a good marriage and still dread holidays with the in-laws, you can never love a house if you do not like your neighbourhood. Why is this? It would be like have your grumpy in-laws as the gate-keepers to your home. So, what are these oft-ignored but important pointers that we need to look out for as we shop

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around for which gated environment to buy into?

City or Country?

Member of investment clubs and a budding socialite? If you are in love with the culture and energy of a city, you know you want to live in one. If you want lots of land and quiet nights, you are looking in small towns, suburbs and the country.

If you cannot stand late-night noise, you will probably want to steer clear of the college area or an area with a lively bar scene.

Baby Boomer Do you have children or are you planning to have children anytime soon? If you have kids, you’re thinking about where you can find the best schools and resources for families. Parents know that the first thing to do when looking at a neighbourhood is to research the school system. Even if you are single, living in an area with a much sought-after school system raises your property value. If you have kids, you will probably also want to live close to parks, community centres and shopping malls because it is therein we find the recreational facilities the children will want to relate to over the weekend. Churches with vibrant youth programme like a basketball team make for great neighbourhoods that make for safe but inexpensive distractions for youth.

House Type What type of home do you want? Are you interested in a single-family home or an apartment, townhouse or buying into a chama strategy to deliver housing?

It would be like have your grumpy in-laws as the gatekeepers to your home.

Mega Rider How far are you willing to commute?

Do you plan to drive, walk or take mass transit to work? Do you have a car or would you be willing to get one? How predictable is the public system and how safe is it as you transit between your gate and the bus stop? Do you want to be able to go places on foot? Would you like to be within walking distance of shops, restaurants and bars? Or would you be willing to drive to nearby businesses?

Old or New Neighbourhoods Do you want to be in a historic neighbourhood or a new development?

Historic neighbourhoods already have character, but often require lots of repair work and are governed by community associations with strict standards. This means your new home can be boring and predictable; probably something similar to the house your parents raised you in. Newer developments have more modern features, but are typically far from the city centre. Sounds familiar… the Mlolongos and Ngongs.

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Choosing a Floor Plan That Works For Family

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any home builders give serious thought to how the rooms and other parts of the house will look like once the structure is built. This can take several approaches as to how it is done. Others buy generic house plans from the street, while others just want their houses to look like the Joneses next door. The best way to go about this is actually a consultative process with the key partners in the project. These would include your spouse, the architect and other important persons for the project success.

A floor plan determines privacy, comfort and functionality in a home. There are key areas worthwhile in considering a house plan: Double Volume versus Intimacy: •

We all agree that savings is a Herculean commitment that is dreaded by many but is prudent for one’s financial independence.

Especially, when a goal is set as a step towards scaling the hierarchy of needs in which housing is critical to savings.

When embarking on a plan to build your home which can be done anywhere, there is a strong temptation that actually materializes for off-shelf readymade architectural building plans.

A floor plan is a simple line drawing showing rooms from the birds’ view. Walls, doorways, and windows are often drawn to scale. Floor plans show the size and perimeter of a new residence as well as all interior living spaces.

Many Kenyans have taken to buying readymade building plans from the streets and non-registered builders. Some developers prefer the houses to be like one they saw in a coffee table magazine at the local salon and do not take into consideration their lifestyle and special needs when choosing floor plans.

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Living rooms with huge ceilings are not ideal if you are to encourage a welcoming feel to your home. Keeping ceilings low fosters intimacy and warmth. For most Kenyan families, living room is the focal point and not the fireplace nor the outside view. So if the room’s layout begins with the television LCD monitor’s placement, one should plan how to avoid glare on the television screen which distorts view without having to close curtains thus block the outside view.

A Little Timber: •

To ensure excellent movement and proper use of the floor space, one should decide what furniture they will use before choosing the layout of the room. Window size and placement are also fundamental considerations.

Outsiders Out! •

For adequate privacy within a home the chosen plan should ensure interior is not on display whenever the front door is open. This can be achieved by opting for a formal living room or some form of vestibule adjacent to the front door. This

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will allow guests to immediately sit and feel comfortable while leaving the rest of your house private.

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Today’s kitchen is hailed as the social epicentre of a modern home.

It plays host to activities from quick morning family breakfast to a meeting point for those private never-ending women conversations.

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by beautiful fixtures at the expense of functionality. It is important to design the room so can fix a meal easily. The sink, stove and refrigerator should be in close proximity and in a triangular form so as to minimize movements while cooking and avoid crisscrossing the kitchen.

A good kitchen should be large enough to accommodate two cooks.

The sink should be surrounded by a 24-inch wide landing area to one

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How a kitchen should function is an extremely personal matter and a floor plan needs to be customized to reflect that. A kitchen might have the most beautiful cabinets, technologically advanced appliances and high-end finishes, but if the layout does not meet the needs of your lifestyle, the rest doesn’t matter.

You should consider your cooking style to determine the appliances you are going to install in the kitchen.

You also need to consider whether or not you want people in the kitchen when cooking or whether you would prefer guests looking over while you are cooking (American Style).

The two elements determine the floor space size and whether or not to include an extra counter space to allow lounging in the kitchen with extra high bar stools. One of the most popular designs to make this possible and that has stood the test of time and is still as relevant today is the kitchen peninsula design.

A metaphorical way of describing a freestanding cabinet surrounded by a sea of flooring, peninsula, as opposed to a cooking island, is where a cabinet or series of cabinets are only connected to the main body of the kitchen on one side.

This series of cabinets replace the solid walls, creating storage space while at the same time defining the kitchen border. When it comes to floor planning of the kitchen, home owners tend to be seduced

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side and at least an 18-inch wide landing area on other side. When designing cabinets try and figure out what each cabinet would store so as to design their appropriate sizes and shapes to avoid ending up with nonfunctional cabinets. Also plan where trash receptacle should go.

This is normally overlooked during planning. One can chose to have the general lighting and lighting below the kitchen cabinets that will illuminate the working table.

Lighting inside the cabinets is also ideal for functionality.

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One of the most exciting private places to design is the master bedroom. One of the main things to have in mind when thinking about space sequencing for a master bedroom floor plan is how important it is for one person to be able to use the bathroom and get dressed or undressed without disturbing the other person.

If there is ample space, one of the best inclusions is for the master bedroom with a walk-in closet. Even if it means sacrificing some space in the main part of the bedroom, having a walk in closet helps keep away those inevitable piles of clothes and saves the bedroom from clutter.

To ensure less disruption, one should have an entrance leading to a corridor with the bath on one

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side and a walk in closet on the other. At the corridor’s end install another door that opens to the main bedroom area.

Being able to close off both ends of this corridor allows one to bathe and dress without disturbing a sleeping partner.

A master bedroom with curved vaulted ceilings and cross tie beams retains openness and gives a more intimate atmosphere.

Master bedrooms should also be located far from main activity areas in the house and guest rooms should be not be placed above or below master en-suite as in the norm in multi-level floor plans.

Pay attention to sound buffers. If it is inevitable to have the master next to high activity areas, building closets along walls adjoining walls of high activity areas helps to minimize noise.

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Most families who have young children like to have the private spaces of the house – bedrooms and bathrooms grouped in one area of the house while families with teenagers and young adults prefer to have bedrooms separated from each other.

Physically challenged and small children need extra space to manoeuvres and extra wide hallways.

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Muslims have extra rooms in their floor plans that act as their prayer room. These rooms have to face north to Mecca, therefore their position in the entire floor plan has to be taken into consideration.

Women and men rooms tend not to interact as much therefore men spaces such as living room and the kitchen should be distanced in the floor plan.

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[UIA Road trip Caravan 2014 / Students under the EAIA]

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or the very first time, six colleges of architecture across East Africa supported their students in an adventurous academic trip through the region’s major cities whilst engaging them in architectural discourse.

They shared ideas on urban design challenges with solutions emerging from ARCHITECTURE OTHERWHERE as a means to prime them for the highly anticipated UIA Durban 2014 Conference.

Warm reception It was a part of a program created by the East African Institute of Architects to sponsor 30 students from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda to the international conference in South Africa and along the way encourage collaboration and competition within groups. The program was spearheaded by the AAK who hosted the students in Nairobi, the concrete ‘green’ city in the sun from July 24th to July 26th.

Admirably, the group selections scattered the different nationalities into a collective of eager minds with diverse backgrounds.

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No herding was observed allowing for fresh intimate interactions between strangers that fostered strong ties. And where the conversations dropped, the ever cheerful Arch. Nicholas Onyango steered on the debates.

Most of the road was smooth for a change which made the trip bearable The initial orientation was quickly followed with the first brief for the travelling studio. The task at hand was to tackle the chaos (or kavuyu for our Ugandan friends) in an informal node that is Muthurwa Market, a massive public transit station for buses and matatus that is rife with hawkers, mkokotenis and makeshift kiosks.

Needless to say, it has caused perpetual headaches to the County Council officials

and Urban Planners alike. The brief asked for proposals that will intervene in the small, medium and large scales of the site following the themes of the conference; RESILIENCE, ECOLOGY, and VALUES. All that in a span of 24hours! A warm welcome indeed.

Caravan Roadtrip But miraculously, the dynamic mind of a young creative perseveres through timelines and on the early morning of July 27th the group was on the road.

The destination was Dar es Salaam via Namanga border, a journey that was courtesy of African Tours specialists.

For those who have had the luxury of caravans, there are two sides to the coin.

Views are breathtaking, with no route better than the Namanga to Moshi route, showcasing two Mountains (Meru and Kilimanjaro) and exotic landscapes comparable to a desktop slideshow wallpaper. Most of the road was smooth for a change which made the trip bearable. However, the downside is in the rugged experience of tent assembly and dismantling, considering the 8 hour

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periods on the road testing the limits of one’s mental and physical fitness.

After two days on the road, innumerable selfies and hiked roaming charges, a gorgeous sea front embraced the group’s arrival. Dar es Salaam exposed a story of an unpublicized city itching to overtake the region’s capitals. Infrastructure was ideally placed with robust road networks and walkways were articulated exclusively for pedestrians and bicycle users.

Tanzania National Stadium had a majestic crown that was visible from the highway while some of the tallest buildings in East Africa pierced the sky upto 40 floors.

Regardless, traffic was still a menace on these roads and contemporary glass boxes had been fronted so much that there have been environmental design concerns raised by the students.

Studio by the Beach As a continuation of the travelling studio, another urban design challenge had been presented by Dr. Lwamayanga of Ardhi University, whose main concern was the development pattern of the MwengeUbunge (Mlimani area) that was turning from residential projects into commercial exploits. Afterwards, the teams were free to dream large for the zoning and morphological changes with crits carried out occasionally in a span of 2 days.

Transnighting sessions by the beach were interesting, with the gentle splash of the waves at earshot and the breeze taking the students into the wee hours of the night.

South African Bliss On the eve of August 1st, the group was flown into Johannesburg where the villagers were truly brought into the city. The urban morphology was truly organized with a gradual increase in overpasses and building heights towards the CBD. The students shunned from comparisons as they toured Brightwater shopping mall in Randburg and Sandton city. There is a real need to develop East Africa!

The hotel rooms were an important upgrade from camping in tents, and this time was utilized on finalizing previous design interventions. By the next day, the teams had toured Soweto Market opposite Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital as well as the late

Nelson Mandela’s residence on Nobel Laureate Road which had been converted into a commercial street full of restaurants and clubs. As a surprise last minute stop, the eager travelers passed by Soccer City to admire the stadium.

The trip into Durban was an enjoyable journey through the Gauteng Province and Kwa Zulu Natal countryside which looked otherworldly with burnt dry grasslands, volcanic plugs, Montusi Mountain and the Drankensburg Mountain at the horizon. After an 8 hour drive, the city of Ethekwini emerged from the hilly landscapes. The group settled in a backpackers lodge which was opposite the ICC Arena, home for the first UIA conference south of the Sahara.

By the opening day of the conference, the students were elated to see how advanced the city was in architecture and recreation facilities. Most of them had visited the Moses Mabidha Stadium with its sky lift that offers a view over the city. The beachfront offered a case study into the direction a public beach could be rejuvenated in both aesthetics and spaces for social interactions.

Then finally the conference begun and in the entire three day schedule, the paths of the attendees were shaped into thinking globally. The keynote speakers ranged from Toyo Ito, Francis Kere, Susannah Drake, Rahul Mehrotra and Cameron Sinclair, just to mention a few. Their talks inspired the audience into accepting their enormous role in creating environments and not just beautiful forms for people to live in. The exhibitions placed by various countries around the world maintained their relevance and appeal to the last day. All over were workshops on aspects of built environment taking place with the world’s most critical minds sharing their intellectual papers on disaster management, low cost housing and contextual design in the 21st Century.

The students were later to present their travelling studio designs, a daunting task as they had all used various media to arrange their ideas and interventions.

The jury comprised of AAK, EAIA and CAA officials who were impressed by the success of the studio under tight restraints and commended the teams in their focus.

The final day was topped off with a formal dinner at the Southern Sun hotel, where

Architecture Students: UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI: Michael Mathenge, Mercy Oballa, Rita Gacheri, Victor Basweti, Lynette Masai, Christine Otieno, Koigi Kubai JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY: Titus Muteti, Robert, Migingo, Caroline Chege, Miriam Onyango, Wallace MAKERERE UNIVERSITY: Paul Kavuma, Kenneth Masuba UGANDA MARTYRS: Annet Twinokwesiga, Joseph Nsubuga, Sheila, Alpha, Rian Paul, Donald ARDHI UNIVERSITY: Frank, Nancy, Dorothea, Gabriel KIGALI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Minerve Dukunde, Elly Butera, Christian Architectural Associations: Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) Uganda Society of Architects (USA) East Africa Institute of Architects (EAIA) Sponsors: DUMU ZAS Special Thanks: African Tours Ltd Kipepeo Beach Hotel Mercure Randburg Hotel Banana Backpackers ICC Durban and the UIA team that made the conference all possible

the AAK and EAIA coordinators had a chance to interact and congratulate the students in their experiences and their overall good behavior along the trip.

Parting Shot The student team acted as the front runners for representing our amicable cultures and professionalism to the world.

They had put into the environments as much as they had taken out from their travels and experiences, and as Cameron Sinclair had put it in his keynote speech; Architecture is where life happens.

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DELIVER HIGHERQUALITY DESIGNS WITH BIM FOR BUILDING PROJECTS

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As technology evolves our ingustry is going to need to understand the entire life cycle of a building David Pikey BIM implementation director The Hill Group

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n competitive environments, accurate designs are key to achieving business objectives.

Autodesk Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Building Design and Engineering helps reduce the risk of errors through integrated design, engineering, and fabrication workflows.

How engineers can differentiate today and adapt to tomorrow’s higher expectations Digital infrastructure has evolved considerably over the last two decades.

Take the fax machine for example: it once had a very important place in every business…today, it rarely is seen. Digital infrastructure has evolved to newer methods of communication— email, mobile and social mechanisms are quicker and more

efficient, allow greater productivity and reduced overhead costs.

In just the last 10 years, the architecture, engineering, and construction industries have rapidly adopted Building Information Modeling (BIM)—an intelligent model-based process for informing and communicating project information in order to make better designdecisions.

Owners are now reaping the benefits of faster project delivery, higher-quality outcomes, and more efficient and economical operations over the lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure.

Multi-discipline collaboration plays a key role in two of the biggest benefits to owners—fewer clashes during construction and operational cost savings.

Savvy architecture and engineering firms have understood these benefits for some time and use their BIM experience to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

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In fact, BIM adoption among North American architecture, engineering, and construction firms (for example) has risen dramatically, climbing from 17 percent in 2007 to 71 percent in 2012.

Where BIM goes from here will be determined by evolving building owner requirements and how quickly building project stakeholderscan adapt to higher expectations.

Today’s design teams are using the information and data contained in 3D models to perform increasingly complex tasks, including energy performance and structural analysis, airflow simulations, and near-realistic visualizations. As the design progresses, more and more data is added to the model.

Technology advances and trends lead to the booming of Cloud computation.

BIM, with its naturally collaborative nature, is a process that greatly benefits from the advances in cloud technology, especially when it comes to the “anywhere / anytime” project access.

With the advent of cloud computing, the technology landscape is set to change yet again. The cloud makes virtually

unlimited computing poweravailable; designers are now harnessing this power for such heavy tasks as energy analysis, air and fluid flow, thermal-comfort simulation, and even rendering. The cloud also provides key financial benefits related to information technology infrastructure and cost savings.

We are just getting too much data. And the demand for data will continue to increase as buildings become more intelligent.

John Mack BIM Manager, Herrero Builders

Big data The evolution of digital infrastructure enables and strengthens another change affecting the industry.“The Internet of Things” is a phrase used to describe the changingpathways of information— sensors and actuators linked to physicalobjects, connected through wired and wireless networks, churningout huge volumes of data that flow to computers for analysis.

The laws of economics tell us demand must be met by supply.The demand for increasing amounts of data by building ownersis going to change the responsibilities of architects, designers,engineers, and construction professionals in the long run.

As building owners’ expectations broaden to include intelligent buildings smoothly integrated with building information models,architecture, engineering, and construction professionals will need to revisit how their processes work and what they are inevitablyresponsible for delivering. And this is

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he Architects Chapter has held an annual golf tournament for several years now. The uptake of the game amongst its members has however not been very encouraging.

This article aims at demystifying this wonderful game.

Learning how to play golf the correct way is key for all beginner golfers to build a solid swing foundation. Once a beginner golfer develops bad habits, it’s much harder to cure and try to unlearn them than it is to get it right from the start.

Beginners are often caught off-guard by golf ’s difficulty. Who knew a game where all you do is hit a stationary ball while standing in place could be so complicated? So intimidating? So hard?

golfing tips for beginners

you know, they’re hooked for life. Yours truly can attest to this!

While some individuals are blessed with gifts that translate well to the links – such as hand-eye coordination, flexibility and rhythm – natural ability matters less

But the challenge is what makes golf so great.

Unfortunately, many new golfers give up in frustration after a few practice sessions or a couple of casual rounds. Those who make it through the initial stages, however, soon find that improvement comes in leaps and bounds. Next thing 20

But the challenge is what makes golf so great

in golf than perhaps any other sport.

Nobody – and I mean nobody – simply picks up a golf club and starts smashing 300-yard drives, lofting precision iron shots or sinking 30-foot putts. No, golf doesn’t play favourites. Everyone starts on a level playing field, where height, weight, foot speed, leaping ability and other traditional measures of athleticism don’t determine who excels and who rides the bench.

That’s one of many reasons the game is so appealing.

So how can you, the novice golfer, move

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from the awkward early phase to the next level, where you routinely get the ball airborne, finish holes without picking up and hit numerous shots every round that bring you back for more?

It may not sound exciting or sexy, but don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. The golf swing becomes much simpler when it’s built on a solid base of these four elements: • •

Grip – how to hold a golf club correctly.

Stance – correct positioning of ones legs before swinging.

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Posture – overall positioning of the body prior, during and after swinging.

Aim – this is self-explanatory, but is one of the most challenging aspects of the game.

Get these right and you take four big steps toward playing well and enjoying golf to its fullest.

Finally, where can one learn all these at a fair price?

There is a public golf course within The Ngong’ Racecourse in Nairobi, The

Golf Park, it is the only one of its kind in Kenya. Unlike most golf clubs where membership attracts a one off fee of approximately Kes.200,000 and annual subscriptions of up to Kes.20,000, membership at The Golf Park is a VERY reasonable Kes.7,500 per year and no subscription! This entitles you to a 20% discount on all fees such as Green fees, driving range fees and even on hiring their magnificent grounds for functions such as weddings and corporate functions.

You also have free entry to all races held at the course! Check out http://www. ngongracing-kenya.com/index.php/thegolf-park There is a resident Golfing Professional (Pro) at the course to provide guidance and lessons at a very good rate per hour.

So what are you waiting for? Get started on your golf game!

Compiled by Arch. Wilson Mugambi.

Courtesy of Golf Info Guide www.golf-info-guide.com

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cover story

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Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan (NIUPLAN).

Urban planners from the County Government of Nairobi and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have produced a new Master plan called Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan (NIUPLAN). This is expected to guide the growth and development of the City for the next 15 years. It is the first major plan since the Nairobi Metropolitan Growth Strategy in 1973.

By. Constant Cap

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airobi covers 695 km2 consisting of both highlands and lowland plains. Urban development in Nairobi started when it was established as a railway headquarters in the late 19th Century. It grew to be the capital of Kenya Colony. From 380,000 people in 1965, the City population now stands at 3.5 Million and is projected to reach 5.2 million by 2030. Population density varies from upper class Muthaiga that has 5 persons per

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hectare (p/ha), to Highridge with 70 p/ha and the working class Mathare with 1,200 p/ha.

The city has seen continuous urbanization, expansion of industries, and increased densification. Places with detached single housing models have changed to apartments and offices, while urban sprawl has taken effect, especially along highway corridors. The rich agricultural suburbs are turning residential, while slums expand along rivers, railways and roads.

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mass rapid transport are proposed and this includes bus rapid transit, light rail transit, and metro rail, with a transit hub at the CBD.

Central Business District (CBD)

Developing storm water drainage that integrates the city’s rivers and localized drainage networks and the planning of renewable energy as a power source at household level are also proposed.

Social facilities such as schools, health centers and markets have been mapped and proposals covered through an Infrastructure development management mechanism.

Many recommendations of the 1973 Master Plan were not realized due to shortages in capacity by the old City Council, as well as lack of commitment and political will. The current plan proposes more private sector involvement, something not evident in previous plans.

The plan now awaits final validation followed by approval by the county cabinet and county assembly. The City Governor has expressed full commitment towards implementation of the plan although many are skeptical about its realization.

Kibera slum in Nairobi The plan’s formulation covered six thematic areas. These were Land use and Human Settlements, Population and Urban Economy, Governance and Institutional Arrangements, Environment, Urban Infrastructure and Urban Transport. Key among the challenges identified are uncontrolled urban development, insufficient infrastructure, transport problems and high demand for mid-low income housing.

Inadequate coordination between relevant organizations was also identified on the institutional angle.

The plan proposes an inclusive urban economy, effective and efficient transport systems, a healthy, thriving & green city, and pedestrian-friendly urban spaces for the Central Business District (CBD).

It also proposes a more integrated road network and new land use plan suitable to current urban conditions. It

acknowledges the current traffic situation – assessing the change in peak hours, lack of proper traffic management, increase in number of vehicles and unreliable public transport systems. Nine new corridors for

The City Governor has expressed full commitment towards implementation of the plan although many are skeptical about its realization

Based on past experience of nonimplementation of plans, what do you think of the new Nairobi Master Plan?

Would it have been better to have sectoral plans instead of a master plan?

Credits: Images by Constant Cap. Data linked to sources.

Constant Cap is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He holds an undergraduate degree from the same university. He regularly writes about urban planning issues online and in local dailies.

Constant was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and is passionate about the planning issues facing African Cities.

He has a deep interest in sustainable transportation and the application of ‘new urbanism’ in Africa. He intends to work as a planner on the African continent and assist in bringing about modern sustainable urbanism. He currently works at the Advancement Office at Strathmore University, Nairobi.

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CSR FROM JAPAN: CHANGING THE HORIZON IN MUKURU SLUMS

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Toilet as Vanity Space

Name: Green Toilet in Mukuru Slums Name of School: Maendeleo Learning Centre Client & Sponsor: LIXIL Corporation Japan, Improved Sanitation in Schools Program Design: Dick Olango, OSA Social Design Group Design Period: Jan - Mar, 2014 Construction Period: April June 2014 Appliances and Equipment: LIXIL toilet About Mukuru Slums Mukuru slums is located in the heart of Nairobi county with a population of about 500,000 people. Despite being in Nairobi County, there is no proper drainage and piped water systems reaching the schools.

Water-Flush toilets are not used because of lack of proper disposal infrastructure by the authority. The only option is the use of pit latrine, which when full; is vacuumed and carelessly disposed in the  24

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free time in the toilet powder space, especially for the girls. Girls normally do miss roughly 4 days per month because of the menstrual period, which account for a great loss in education to the children. nearby trench. This creates high risk for contamination of water borne diseases.

From waste to resource LIXIL CORPORATION, a leading housing building and appliances manufacturer in Japan commissioned green toilet project. LIXIL did provide the technical expertise around the toilet.

This toilet is based on an old technology and new technology. Designed as a squat toilet, it is a non-flushing, all natural allowing for separation of the excrements and use as fertilizers. With the use of removable containers the excrements are collected and changed upon getting full. The design has allowed for an onsite

storage and decomposing section for the excrements. The design also captures the following: 1. The is 100% rain water collection 2. Natural ventilation and lighting 3. Plants that will for natural curtains and provide food A shift in the preset mind set, almost a taboo to discuss about poop to open discussions regarding waste is being witnessed.

The Vanity Space

Through education on sanitation, there is ripple effect where the kids ‘educate’ their parents on the importance of regarding the waste as resource.

Local communities taking charge of the maintenance of toilet, plants and being the pioneer trainers for future roll out.

There is awareness creation and job creation at the same time; this coming from the once almost taboo topic: toilet and poop.

By Dick Olango JIA, Principal architectAOAD, Partner-OSA Social Design Group Contact: olango@aoad.jp

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GOOD NEWS FROM WEST AFRICA

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Of What Use is your Architecture to your Local Community?

Lone Ranger in Social Responsibility

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urkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in Africa. By 2011, more than 80% of the population was completely illiterate. It is in this country that Diebedo Francis Kere was born in 1965, in a small village called Gando. No schools existed in Gando. Luckily, Kere was the first son of the village chief, and thus the only child allowed to attend school so he could read and translate his father’s letters.

After finishing his education, he received a scholarship from the Carl Duisburg Society to do an apprenticeship in Germany as a supervisor in development aid. Afterwards, he went on to study architecture at the Technical University of Berlin, graduating in 2004.

While in school, he felt the need to give back to the community that had supported him, and to give the future generations an opportunity to follow in his footsteps. He decided to do so by building them a school.

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In Burkina Faso, schools are built with corrugated iron sheets for roofing. The classes are also overcrowded and it is very hot inside them. Francis Kere felt the need to do something to alter this situation in his community as a way of giving thanks to the society that made it possible for him to attain the education levels that he had.

As a 3rd year student in Germany, Mr. Kere decided that the time had come to embark on his school project. However, his biggest challenge was that he had no money. Moreover, no one was willing to give a huge sum of money to a third year student to carry out a non-profit project. On the other hand, Mr. Kere felt

The people became one with their school and developed a sense of ownership and identity with it

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that he needed to do something immediately about the situation at home. He could not wait a few more years as he was advised.

In his desperation, he decided to create a foundation to raise funds for his project. He therefore started the Schulbausteine für Gando Foundation and managed to raise about 50,000 dollars.

This was the entire budget for the project, including transport costs, purchase of materials, and labor. Thus, Francis Kere was able to realize his first project, a primary school in Gando, as a third year student. The project was completed in 2001.

RC bars to support the roof because cranes were obviously not an option. These organizational circumstances for the project turned the building into more than just a school for the people of Gando.

The school has no maintenance costs. Over 10 years after it was built, it still looks as good as new.

Mr. Kere also initiated a project to teach the children other life skills such as agriculture, so that even those who do not proceed to higher education drop out, they can still sustain their lives.

In the construction process, Francis Kere used simple drawings and sections to explain his ideas to the illiterate builders. He often had to build models to show that the new techniques, such as arches, were just as effective as the old, if not more.

The school had walls made of clay. He experimented with the idea of using 92% clay mixed with 8% cement for strengthening, which was a great success. It proved both cheap and effective. The clay was locally sourced.

For the roof, he used corrugated iron and steel trusses since timber was obviously not durable because of termites.

To build the foundation, he involved the community by asking them to collect stones and rocks and bring them to the site. This saved money and made the people become part of the project.

The people became one with their school and developed a sense of ownership and identity with it.

The people of the community were also taught skills that they could apply elsewhere in other projects. The builders received training and certificates, which they could use to earn a living even after the project was complete.

The Primary School in Gando is just one of Diebedo Francis Kere’s projects. It won numerous prizes such as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Global Award, the BSI Swiss Architectural Award, the Marcus Prize and most recently the Global Holcim Award Gold 2012. All his projects reflect his unique style and his need to integrate the community, since they are always the ones on whose lives the project has the biggest effect on.

His other projects include; The Secondary School in Dano, Burkina Faso, Opera Village in Laongo, Burkina Faso, Zhoushan Harbour Development in China, Taylor Barracks in Manheim, Germany, The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (MICR), Geneva, Switzerland, among others.

As Kenyan designers, we could surely learn a lot from the works and ideas of architects like Diebedo Francis Kere. We need to start thinking of our buildings as part of the community and the environments in which we place them, and to design them accordingly, so that they add to the wellbeing of the community rather than take away from it.

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WHY ARCHITECTS MUST TRAVEL

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URBAN ENVIRONMENT: ENGAGING THROUGH TRAVEL

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he world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page... Earnest Hemmingway.

Today’s world is more like an amorphous form, a fabric; interconnected by a fast medium called the internet. This is a phenomenon that gained traction since the fall of the Berlin wall, unveiling the new era of Information Age, an era that has brought fortunes to those who seek information, knowledge and take action. This brought with it change in the way people live, socialise, trade and engage other activities.

Urban environment too is more of a fabric. Much like a ‘living organism’ that adapts every day, very fast. It is important that urban designers be engaged in global aspects of the profession as the world dictates. This calls for seeking firsthand experiences in global trends through travel. An excellently trained professional needs to be conversant with the dynamics of different cities that showcase excellent urban environments across the globe. A brief mention is Bogota in Colombia, Curitiba in Brazil, Seoul, Munich, Kigali among others. Each of them has an outstanding character that glorifies its identity.

Travel introduces a different level of engagement for the designers involved. It is learning by the ‘power of presence’, meaning some things can only be learnt by experiencing them. It involves engagement with administrators, city planners and social experts as well as with other professionals and importantly, the local community. As a travel enthusiast

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and continue to change their face both underground and over ground.

Its sustainability is way below the threshold needed to remain on the course towards the fulfilment of the country’s Vision 2030. and consultant, it is this realisation and passion that calls for engagement of the professional through organised and customised group tours to different cities across the globe.

Most widely-travelled urban designers will reveal that for our urban environment to be sustainable, a massive overhaul of constructive rebuilding should been undertaken. Mention Nairobi, the gateway to East Africa and a prominent city on the continent, its capacity to cope with the daily demands on it is massively overwhelmed. Its sustainability is way below the threshold needed to remain on the course towards the fulfilment of the country’s Vision 2030. A modern urban environment is a system of systems incorporating mass transportation, mass housing, effective and efficient waste management, socialisation platforms and agriculture. These key fibres of this fabric called urban environment have changed,

All urban stakeholders need to actively engage with authority and all other stakeholders to position our urban centres on the global map of efficiency.

With urbanisation unevitable, for our urban environment to absorb the pressure from population growth, a reorganisation of the systems and even regulations is much needed.

A 21st century city without a mass transport system is on a dangerous path and risks being chocked by rapid urbanisation. It can only be through active engagement of our urban designers, seeking firsthand experience globally by taking that travel opportunity, consultations and taking action that will help the situation. Proposed cities, such as Konza City will remain a pipedream and its realisation a mirage to urban designers and all consultants unless we grapple with what ails neighbouring cities such as Nairobi.

As it is, we are in information Age. Travel more; engage more; see and experience more and you will have more to give to our society…Let’s Travel. For Students in Construction industry, taking part in this year’s Dubai & Abu Dhabi travel is a big step towards equipping yourself adequately for the industry.

Humphrey Mumita is a graduate Architect, travel enthusiast and consultant at Africair Travel. mumitahn@gmail.com

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CEMENT IN BAGS

(1442Kg/M3)

21,780/= per cubic metre (15,103/= per ton) F.O.R. W.E.F. 01.05.2014. Index =153.51

SAND

3,132/= per cubic metre delivered Nairobi Area (2,175/- per ton W.E.F 01.08.2011). Index = 245.25

AGGREGATE

2,341/80 per cubic metre (1,624/= per ton) W.E.F. 01.05.2014. Index = 183.49

STEEL REINFORCEMENT (TO B.S. 4449, 4461 AND 4483) 04.1 STOCK LENGTHS – EX-MILL (W.E.F. 01.11.2013) 04.1.1 04.1.2

16mm Mild Steel 84/68 per Kg.] 16mm High Tensile Steel 84/68 per Kg.] Index = 197.74(W)

04.2 FABRIC MESH REINFORCEMENT (CONTRACTS TENDERED FROM 16.12.91) (W.E.F. 01.11.2013) (See Practice Note 91/05) Type A 142 Mesh (2.22Kg/M2) 80/44 per Kg or 178/57 per M2. Index = 159.82 ++05.

STRUCTURAL STEEL (W.E.F 01.05.14) TO B.S. 1387 CONTRACTS TENDERED FROM 05.04.89 (See Practice No. 89/03) 05.1 05.2

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Steel Hollow Sections Steel Angles

126/39 per Kg.] 126/39 per Kg.] Index = 211.74

CONCRETE BLOCK (500 Lbs/Sq.in) (W.E.F. 30.09.10) SOLID BLOCKS 06.1 06.2 06.3 06.4 06.5 06.6 06.7 06.8

ISSUED ON: 07.08.2014

3” x 9” x 18” 4” x 9” x 18” 6” x 9” x 18” 9” x 9” x 18” 90mm x 190mm x 390mm 140mm x 190mm x 390mm 190mm x 190mm x 390mm 240mm x 190mm x 390mm

59/81 each] 67/59 each] 86/36 each] 128/28 each] 60/29 each} Index = 140.19 71/91 each] 89/03 each] 128/28 each]

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P.O. BOX 10670 - 00100 NAIROBI – KENYA Tel : 0706 – 631609 / 0754 - 408352 Email : info@jbc.co.ke Website : www.jbc.co.ke

NAIROBI ZONE Chairman Vice Chairman

Price List REF: 7/2014

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HOLLOW BLOCKS 06.9 4” x 9” x 18” 06.10 6” x 9” x 18” 06.11 9” x 9” x 18” 06.12 140mm x 190mm x 390mm 06.13 190mm x 190mm x 390mm 06.14 240mm x 190mm x 390mm

07

++08.

61/00 each 62/00 each

] ] Index = 231/96(W)

90mm partition block 100mm maxspan “ 160mm “ “ 200mm “ “ Mangalore roofing tiles

31,320/00 60,320/00 74,240/00 98,600/00 44,660/00

per 1000 x Ruaraka Factory per 1000 x “ “ per 1000 x “ “ per 1000 x “ “ per 1000 x “ “

] Index = 150.12 ] Index = 222.26 ] Index = 251.75 ] Index = 245.78 ] Index = 236.99

CORRUGATED ASBESTOS CEMENT SHEETING (13.06.2003) (See Practice Note NO.04/2008) 09.1 09.2 09.3 09.4

Super Seven 1.5 metres Super Seven 2.0 metres Super Seven 2.5 metres Super Seven 3.0 metres

long 607/84 per sheet] long 812/00 per sheet] long 1,016/16 per sheet} Index = 98.31 long 1,215/63 per sheet]

G.C.I. SHEETING (W.E.F. 01.01.2010)(PRACTICE NOTE 89/02) 10.1 10.2

11.

140mm x 190mm x 390mm 190m,m x 190mm x 390mm

CLAY PRODUCTS (W.E.F. 01.05.2014 (See Practice Note 91/04 and 03/2008) 08.1 08.2 08.3 08.4 08.5

10.

61/16 each] Index = 122.09 66/63 each] Index = 122.09 114/45 each] Index = 122.09 57/98 each] Index = 122.09 65/38 each] Index = 122.09 114/45 each] Index = 140.20

BUILDING STONE (W.E.F. 01.08.2011) CONTRACTS TENDERED FROM 05.04.89 (See Practice Note 2011/01) 07.01 07.02

09.

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Tel.020-2022211 Email:rita@rmarchitects.co.ke

Corrugated Sheet 0.40mm thick 648.40 per M (762mm cover width) ] Index = 214.55 Corrugated Sheet 0.50mm thick 817.80 per M (762mm cover width) ] Index = 210.21

RESINCOT I.T.5 SHEETS (W.E.F. 22.02.2011)(CONTRACTS TENDERED FROM 05.04.89) ( See Practice Note NO 2011/02 ) 11.1 11.2

I.T.5 Sheet 0.40mm thick 871/16 per M (685mm cover width)] Index = 174.23 I.T.5 Sheet 0.50mm thick 1091/56 per M (685mm cover width)] Index = 174.56

ISSUED ON: 07.08.2014

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DECHE A.

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KANANI J.G

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848

KANYUE P.E.

824

GITHUNGURI G.N.

3629

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1183

KANYANGWESO J.O

889

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EBRAHIM Y.H.

1341

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1563

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839

KEBATHI S.

879

FARRANT G.

2891

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KIMATHI J.

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2338

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950

KUNGU P.

2429

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1821

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1759

MULYUNGI G.M.

3382

GACHANJA P.K.

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KARIUKI S.M.

1040

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GATHECHA W.

3676

KARIUKI W.

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MUNYANYA M.K.

3060

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2737

KARUGA V.

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MUTISO D.M.

1925

GATHAGA P.W.

1376

KARUGO P.M.

640

MUTISO R.G.M. (DR)

1269

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2468

KASANGA S.M

741

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1764

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1557

KATUA C.M.

1515

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1074

GICHIA M.

302

KELLY P.T.

636

SIMU A.C.M.

1312

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1311

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288

WAWERU J.G.

2515

GICHUGU E.G.

701

KHANDWALLA A.A.

1559

GICHUHI F.M.

957

KHAZENZI S.L.

1984

GICHUKI G.R.

2321

KIAI S.K.

873

GICHUKI T.O.A.

2615

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1795

GICHURI O.W.M

2318

KIEMA M.M.

457

GITAU G.G.M

2616

KIBAARA I.M

1207

GITHAIGA A.G.

2819

KIBE G.M

2344

GITHENDU J.G.

1186

KIBUE S.N. (MS)

3281

GITHIRI G.M

1176

KIBWAGE J.

2917

GOKO G.M

2595

KIGADA E.E.

2305

GONO E.J.O.

2587

KIGAI E.K.

2182

GREMLEY A.J.

1326

KIGONDU S.

1465

GRONLKKE T.

3138

KILONZI A.K

2155

GUCHU J.K.

888

KIMANI J.W.

748

HAMEED SALMANN M.M

2736

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1762

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2640

KIOKO M.

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1614

KIPKETER J

3186

IRIMBA A.K.

1629

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2820

ISMAIL ABDI

1939

KIRATHE E.M.

1382

ITUMA S.M.

749

KITHAKYE D.I.

2409

JASPAL SINGH

3221

KISIENYA K.B

777

JOHNSON S.H.

1801

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3528

JONYO M.O

1519

KUNDU P.W.

1221

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2680

KURIA J.G.M.K

2749

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2407

KYENGO M.K

2078

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1521

LADU M. BULLI

2080

MAGAMBO J.K.

529

LALL C.J.S.

2905

KABERE J.W

2445

LATI FELIX

2691

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1167

LEE-SMITH D. (MS)

1634

KAHURA C.M.

948

LIKU E.K.

1423

KALSI J.S.

1560

LORD M.A.

1923

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702

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2157

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2750

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1807

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1690

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1721

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1701

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2132

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2533

ADAMJEE M.F.

2530

ADEGA B.O.

2851

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2381

AGWARO K.O.

1830

AIZPUN F.

1279

AKATSA A.

847

ANDREWS T.J.

2520

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919

DR. ANYAMBA T.J.C

475

ARCHER J.H.

2013

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1790

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2582

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2585

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1753

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241

BASHIR A.M.

500

BEGLIN D.W.

670

BHULLER M.S.

2372

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750

BUSOLO W.S.W.

1130

BUSURU R.M.

2406

CHANDABHAI A.T.I.

1464

CHANGILWA S.A.

2415

CHARFARE A.A.

1666

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1293

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1779

MACHARIA S.M

2593

MUNGAU K.J.S.A.

2054

NJOROGE G.M

1012

MACKENZIE N.P.

1785

MUNYIRI J.K

2181

NJUGUNA A.M

1014

MAGUTU G.J. (PROF)

1362

MURAYA K.P.

2454

NJUGUNA B.M

2174

MAINA D.

931

MUSYOKI N.

1435

NJUE M.G.

1401

MAINA J

2382

MUSUNGA M.

885

NJURU M.

1695

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2421

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1631

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1141

DR. MAKACHIA P.A.

2501

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2312

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826

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2306

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3397

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1743

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2546

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1920

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2892

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1853

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2508

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2073

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2342

NYAMATO S.O.

2727

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3398

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732

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1847

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MUTUKU M.

3444

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1043

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1745

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1470

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2423

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892

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2451

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2116

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2653

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933

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2599

MATOLE D.K.

2337

MWANGI B.G.

2748

OBALA P.O

1139

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1927

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1689

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3132

MBAKA N.O

2123

MWANGI S.G.

1707

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548

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1265

MWANGI S.W.

1228

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1882

MBICHA S.

2779

MWANGI M.K

1218

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2660

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3210

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2173

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2390

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2806

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1200

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1083

MBOSHI S.M

1788

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1670

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891

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1914

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2823

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2581

MBURATHI K.

1926

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2302

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1217

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2635

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1760

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1192

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945

MWORIA K.S.

1930

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1428

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648

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1188

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2438

MECCA J.P

2507

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3110

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941

MEHTA H.

2583

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1230

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2446

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2424

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2136

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2528

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2099

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2379

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1837

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1950

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2512

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2686

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2518

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2097

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2827

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1846

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960

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1851

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1885

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1388

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1209

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2453

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2517

MUCHOGU J.W

2998

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1503

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1182

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2883

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2156

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2597

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542

MRUTTU I.R.

793

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1630

ONYANGO M.O.

2738

MRUTTU .O.S

2503

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1668

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1404

NGUNJIRI F.K.

2114

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1994

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1322

NGUNJIRI P.G. (PROF)

2818

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1765

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1275

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2751

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3282

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1918

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1815

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2665

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2153

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2526

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2077

MULI P

729

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1220

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MUMO M.

1884

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1890

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3430

MUNALA G.K (Dr.)

2534

NJENGA D.K.

1199

OWOKO R.M.

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2824

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3401

LUVAI W.M

2319

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1778

WERU J.M

3493

MACHARIA G.G

2463

PATEL K.M

563

WILL P.A.

3689

MAGHANGA C.M

1280

MUKESH P.

1078

WOODS S.R

3167

MAKAU M.

758

PATEL R.P

GRADUATE ARCHITECTS

3213

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657

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2408

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2506

MAKHULO S.D.M

2641

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3679

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2310

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1734

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3187

ASUZAH D.M

3318

MAVIA E.K

2146

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3423

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3491

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2329

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3606

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1071

MPUNGU P.J

1813

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2747

BHOYYO B.M

2588

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1450

RIMBER D.M.G.

2739

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3265

MALECHE D.S

1313

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3678

DARANI A.A

3609

MASIBILI F.N

2654

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3369

VAN DER EERDEN J.F.M.

2903

MUHANDI G.M

2455

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3732

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3415

MUDOME T.V

242

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2893

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3655

MUTHUMBI K.M

2083

SARDELLI M.E.

3727

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3226

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429

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3312

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3440

MIINGI G.M

746

SHAH S.Z.

3661

GATHERU P.N

3670

BOB NJOROGE MUHIA

1566

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3680

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1937

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2876

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3724

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3307

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2109

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3666

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2773

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2715

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3274

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3139

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1564

SITUMA D.W.

3336

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3439

MUSYIMI M.M

1030

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2579

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3268

MUSYOKA P.M

1854

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3202

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3623

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3530

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3303

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2901

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2164

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3667

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2666

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3223

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3695

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3264

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1383

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2393

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3438

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997

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3445

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3399

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975

THATTHI P.S.

3165

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3450

NDUNGU S.K

1731

THIGITI D.M.

3435

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2175

NGENY S.K.

3315

TIMITIM B.R

3301

KAMAU K.M

3492

NJAMBI G.T

834

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3422

KAMAU G.K

2589

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808

THOMAS P.D.

3533

KANTARIA R.

3685

NJOROGE J.K

2646

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3135

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3621

NJAGI J.M.

2307

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3696

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3688

NJERU B.G

912

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2125

KILILO T.L

3121

NJUGUNA W.

275

VAULKHARD T.G.

3630

KIMANZI J.

3668

NJOROGE M.M

1653

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3266

KITHEKA J.K

3447

NJUGUNA A.K

2137

WACHIRA P.N.

3690

KIRIMJI H.M

3263

NYAKANG’O T.O

806

WAGAIYU E.K.

3162

KOINANGE K.

3665

NTHIWA S.K

3283

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3100

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3677

NZIOKA E.K

2537

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3317

KUONI W.

3686

OBARE J.O

683

WALIA T.S.

3669

KURIA D.E.K

3663

OBWAR E.O

2405

WAMBUA J.M.

3290

KYAKA J.K

3683

ODEGI J.O

2897

WAMBUA P.K

3656

KYALI M.M

3660

ODONGO W.A

1096

WAMBUGU F.W.

3532

LANGAT E.K

2879

OGINGA J.

893

WAMBUGU M.M.

3153

LATESTE M.O.W

3664

OGUTU J.O

832

WANYONYI J.S.

3681

LIMO S.K

2936

OJWANG’I D.B

2995

WARFA A.R

3687

LINDENBERG E.C.T

3728

OKINDA S.A.

2154

WASILWA P.O

3726

LOMOLE D.B.

3448

OLUGA P.S

2301

WAWERU R.K. (Miss)

3691

LUKE C.

3684

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SAGAFF O.A.O

1970

WARIITHI P.M.

3005

ADOTE J.A

3631

OMBATI A.N.

3432

WARUTERE

1770

ATER M.O.

3671

OMBISA J.B

3693

WARUHIU N.K

2228

BARASA I.B.

2782

OMEDO R.G

2678

WEKE S.O

2166

DEYA E.O

2861

ONWONG’A T.O

3486

WET J.D

1767

GATUNDU J.W.

3230

ONDIEKI S.O

3682

YUNGO N.

2184

KAMAU J.N.

3622

ONYANGO J.M.

TECHNICIAN ARCHITECTS

2638

KANG’ETHE B.N

2682

OPIATA C.O

3672

AWITI C.O

2814

KIBUCHI D.L.

3692

OPWONDI P.M

2311

BOLO D.O.

2343

MABIA G.K.

3657

OYARO J.N

3729

GITOGO D.W.

2392

MBURU G.K.

3261

OYUGI C.O

3403

KADERNANI M.L

2129

MUCHEMI S.N.

3607

RONO C.K

2309

KINYANJUI MUNGAI

2813

MUCHUNU A.M.

3662

SALIM C.M

3234

MANYASI C.W.

3363

MURIANTHI N.N

2663

SHAH N.P

3610

MUHANJI J.M

2464

NGIGI L.N

2885

SHAH M.

2740

MUNYORI S.N

2688

KUOGOH G.N

3725

STEPHEN E.K.

3120

MURUU A.M

2110

OKEYO J.P.

3368

THAIRU C.G.

3697

NJIRU J.N

2637

OKICH P.O

2865

THETHY J.S

2729

OGUTU C.Y.N.

3095

OTIENO P.G.J

1749

THIMANGU A.

3534

OLUM E.O

3488

OWINO J.O.

1227

THUO K.

3372

OMUNJALU S.O.

2650

SIOCHA S.M

3658

TUNDULI F.S

2340

RACHUONYO V.O

2375

SHISIA W.Y.A.

2122

VIRDEE S.

3417

TONUI W,C

2322

TSENGA D.S.S.M

3251

WACKER R.

LICENTIATE CLASS

745

VIRDEE G.S.

3608

WAINAINA K.W

2399

1982

WAMBUA A.M.

ABINCHA A.S.

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT Corporate

3245

NYAIGOTI M.O.

LICENTIATE

3617

ABONYO E.O.

2938

OCHONG’ D.O

3611

2937

ABUNGE O.O

2939

OGAI I.L.O

GRADUATE

2925

AGWARO K.O

3058

OGUNDE O.O

3424

AYUYA A.A

2922

AKATCH S.O

2924

OHAWA E.K

3566

BIWOTT J.K

2928

EBOLE A.

3614

OMULLO P.O.

3560

KENYATTA M.O

2921

HONGO J.V

2923

ORIKO D.O

3620

KOIGI K.W.

2940

KINYUA E.G

2919

OUNDO S.W

3618

KURIA J.P.K.

2920

MAIRURA E.O

2942

WAITITU L.M

3392

MESOTA B.H.

3738

MAKAU R.M

3112

SEBORU M.A

3742

MUKABANA D.W

2926

MBINDA J.J.M

3615

SIBOE I.

3637

NGIGI P.N.

2930

MOHAMMED K.M

3193

MUTAKAA J.

3722

NJOKA B.K

2927

MUMO MUSEMBI

3241

AKATSA ANZAYA

3638

ONGUNDO D.I.O.

3355

MWAURA A.N

3242

OSIDIANA D.N

3500

OIRIGA D.M.A

2941

NDETA B.S

3616

WAIHARO M.K.

3565

OMONDI G.O

3389

NDULI M.K.

3515

MACHARIA J.M

3639

ONGURU O.M.

3390

NGAYWA B.L.

3636

WEKESA M.S.

3354

WAWERU M.M

KANALO J.A.

Landscape Architects FELLOWS 1445

NGUMMO R.M.K.

1454

NGUNJIRI P.G.

2770

ODHIAMBO L.P

3741

TOROITICH C.K

3388

MAOSA M.M

3191

MOCHAMA E.M

CORPORATE

GRADUATE

1449

AKATCH S.O. (DR)

3358

GACHOMO P.K

3182

MUTUA S.M

2120

ARCHER A.S.

2499

GIKUNDI J

3421

MUTHUIKU C.M

KURIA M.M.

3740

GITAU D.K

2745

NAMUSONGE M.M

1518

MEHTA H.S.

2766

KATUMPE SALAASH

3413

YUKO J.O

1447

MUTISO R.G.M.

3720

MUYODI P.

2113

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Engineers FELLOW ENGINEERS

2313

KHAN M.A.

3562

OJENDO D.

699

HIRANI R.M.

920

KHANDIA M.A.

3612

OTWANI J.A.

443

KITOLOLO A.S.

2732

KIMANI F.M

2023

MATALANGA N.W. O

113

MANGAT H.S.

2150

LOVEDAY J.I.W.

1305

SHANKLA A.

2601

ODINGA R.A

2151

MACO’DAWA G.O.

1455

VARSANI R.M.

22

PATEL I.B.

3101

MAINA E.M

2815

WAIRAGU J.M.

CORPORATE ENGINEERS

2713

MATHERI G.P.K

2734

WANDAY P.O

2525

ANYIKA W.M.

2053

MBUI J.M.

GRADUATE ENGINEERS

564

BHUNDIA B.B.

2100

MSAFIRI A.S.

3653

KIILU E.K

361

BOGA R.K.

2890

MUMENYA S.W

1354

OMWENGA M.E.

3561

GITAU P.K

2162

MUTEA E.K.

TECHNICIAN ENGINEERS

1274

GORO E.C.

2733

MWANIKI A.W

3427

MWANGI F.K

2047

GUMBE L.

3237

NDERITU M.N

2383

NJIRAINI M.M.

2602

GUMBO N.

2859

NYAWADE B.O

2731

KAGONDU G.M.

731

ODONGO M.W.O.

ENVIROMENTAL DESIGN CONSULTANTS CHAPTER CORPORATE

2796

SAIVA D.M

3208

NZIOKI N.M

2800

MATOLE D.K.

2794

KIMANI M.W

3356

MAINA S.K

2799

MWEU J. M.

2793

MWANGI W.N

GRADUATE

2797

OMWENGA M.E

2792

NYIKA DAVID

3177

DAVID E.L

3111

OLAWO G.G

2789

EBRAHIM Y.H

3178

KIAMBA L.N

FELLOW TOWN PLANNERS

2712

MASAKI S.T

2212

PARASHINA I. K.

M/NO

NAME

1988

MBUI P.M.

2886

PATEL M.

1069

KIBINDA P.M.

2035

MICHOMA J.G.M.

2625

PAUL J.M

311

NJAU G.J.

3103

MUGENDI G.M

2248

RITA J.N

422

WANG’ONDU M.H.C.

2269

MUKUNGA F.M

2913

WAMBUA A.M

278

OHAS J.M

Planners chapter

1957

MUSYOKA R.M. (MRS)

2280

WANJIRU N.W

CORPORATE TOWN PLANNERS

423

MUTISO DAVID M

2094

WASUA J.M

3675

ABUYA D.O

2629

MWANIKI M.A.R

3674

WEYUSIA D.Z

1052

AKATCH S.O.

2165

MWAURA A.M.,

GRADUATE TOWN PLANNERS

2063

CHERUIYOT W.K.

2041

MWAURA P.M.

2699

CERERE NJERI J.J

3719

EWOI M.E

1735

MWANZIA A.M.

3746

CHEGE S.M

3498

GATI D.

2065

NDEGWA E.N.

2351

LIYAI A.C

1767

GATUNDU J.

2254

NDUNGU K.K.

1717

MACHARIA W.

2622

GICHUKI D.K

1993

NGETI R.

2290

MUKIRA J.L.

3407

GITHINJI E.M

3429

NGIGI S.W (Mrs)

2829

MATENDE R.O

3428

KAMAU C.N

2624

NJOROGE C.G.M

2218

MOSETI V

1153

KAMENYI A

1131

NTHIGA N.M.

2487

MUCHERU N.N

2209

KAROKI E.

2210

NTHUNI C.M.

3564

MURIGI G.N

2241

KATHEGE J.M.

1947

NYABUTI J.A.

3425

MWANGI E.M

1602

KEINO I.C

2219

NYIKA D.

3063

NAMUSEI E.I

2830

KEMONI J.O

1350

ODERO K.K

2255

NJUGUNA B.M

2207

KIMANI M.W.

3483

ODHIAMBO B.O

3628

OKOTH C.A.A.

2263

KOMOLLO F.O

2171

OMONDI F.O.

3613

OTIENO W.J.O.

2217

MAINA J.M

2229

OMOLLO W.O.

2835

SAKWA W.

1354

MAIRURA E.O.

3238

OMOTI K.M

3426

SHADRACK J.N

513

MANASSEH J.M. (MRS)

2450

ONYANGO M.O

2944

MANG’IRA P.C.K. (MRS)

1368

OPATA GREPHAS P

MARANGA H.N

2837

OSEWE V.O

2623

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FELLOWS QUANTITY SURVEYORS

426

LEVITAN A.

1157

ODHIAMBO E.O.

M/NO

NAME

2568

LUNGE M.M

1532

ODONGO V.B.O.

418

GICHUIRI O.M.

859

MANDHRY A.A.

676

ODUNDO W.A.

1090

KIMORO D.N.

1872

MANYUIRA T.G.

3173

OGUTU B.W

575

LITIKU F.M.

1874

MASESE G.M.

668

OGODA J.A.M.

489

MARJAN A.S.

726

MASU S.M.

2051

OKAKA J.O.

382

MATHU K.

1245

MATHENGE J.M.

854

OKEROSI J.O.

386

MURURU N.

1699

MBAYA F.R.N.

604

OLUOCH J.M.O.

577

NJUGUNA D.M.

835

MBINGA G.S.M.

1725

OMUFIRA A.N. (Ms)

488

MBAYA J.S.

2613

MBOGO P.K.

2707

OMONYO L.O

578

MURAGE S.K.

1525

MBUGUA L.G.

485

OORO M.A.

CORPORATE QUANTITY SURVEYORS

1419

MIRITI P.K.

2444

OTIENO O.S.

709

ADAM A.M.

2643

MOHAMUD M.A

550

OTUKE J.O.

740

ALUVAALA A.I.

1164

MOMANYI I.J.O

2389

OUMA P.O.

1550

AMBUKU R.M.

677

MUAMBI H.K.

795

THUO S.W.

698

ASSAVA A.M.

3198

MUCHEMI W.

1641

RUKWARO S.M.

2230

ASURA E.

1551

MUCHINA J.N.

628

SANYA A.

876

BACHIA F.K.

1656

MUCHUNGU P

1865

SAVALA D.M.

3278

CHEK DENIS

1732

MUCHUNGU A.

1671

TOROITICH B.K.

20

FENWICK H.R.

768

MUGAKI P.N.

3734

WAFUBWA M.W

619

GACHAGUA F.A.

2330

KASILI L.M.

898

WAIREGI W.

490

GAKUYA H.N.

1301

MUNALA B.

708

WAITE S.G.K.

1677

GICHUKI M.W. (MS)

1102

MUNENE P.M.

507

WALUBAYI V.B.

1741

GICHUIRI J.W.

3142

MUNYAKHO G.O

1650

WAMAE M.M.K.

605

GICHUNGE H.

3062

MURAGE M

781

WANDA A.G.

572

GITHUO G.N.

3632

MUTIE P.

1494

WOSE L

2195

GITONGA A.M.

3567

MUTUKU J.M

GRADUATE QUANTITY SURVEYORS

734

GRANTHAM D.J.

2050

MUTAI A.K.

1776

GICHUKI R.K.

3185

GWAYA A.O.

1834

MUTAI N. (MS)

1786

HERD S.N.C.

626

HAJEE B.H.

836

MUTISYA P.T.

2570

KAIRU C.M.

1891

HIRANI N.H.

1055

MWANGANGI J.M

2422

MANGWA D.

766

HONGO J.V.

1125

MWANGI C.M.

1462

MATHARU N.S.

1367

HUSSEIN W.H.

2573

MWANGI J.

1533

MUSUYA J.S.

2147

KIBUNJA H.M.

3487

MWANGI L.K

1535

NJOROGE L.K.

2724

KAHURIA T.K.

721

MWAURA C.J.

2743

OMONDI S

772

KAHORO D.K.

2388

NAMULANDA G.A.

3154

TINDA E.O.

2420

KALAMA C.M.

687

NAYAR K.

TECHNICIAN QUANTITY SURVEYORS

700

KAMAU M.D.

2460

NDINDI E.W.

1799

ARIWI D.J.O.

1203

KAMICHA A.K.

3277

NDUA J.M

2706

KIOK T.M

1539

KANGARA D.K.

2888

NDULI M.N

2196

OCHIENG P.O.

2948

KANYI P.K

1099

NDUNGU P.M.

3067

ONYANGO G.E.O

789

KARIGUH R.M

1484

NGARI H.K.

2741

WAMBARI A.M

610

KIHARA C.K.

1479

NGARUIYA W..G

LICENTIATE QUANTITY SURVEYORS

262

KIHUI N.N.

2889

NGAYWA B.L

3633

1396

KIMANI F.N.(Ms)

2170

NGUGI G.K.

790

KIMOKOTI B.P.

763

NGUGI P.K.

738

KINYANJUI W.

1024

NGUYO D.M.

1100

KITHINJI N.B.

2755

NJERU P.M

1206

KISIA P.S

1437

NJUGUNA P.K

2704

KOBIA M.M

869

NYAKIONGORA M.A.

771

KOIGI G.K.

1249

NYAKUNDI H..G

1655

KUNG’U J.N.

725

NYAMBANE J.N.

1497

KUSIENYA C.M

782

OBAE S.G.

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Quantity Surveyors

KANALO J.A.

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OJE ASSOCIATES

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GITUTHO ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ARCHITECTS

127

KENCHUAN ARCHITECTS LIMITED

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JAWKIM ARCHITECTS

129

DMJ ARCHITECTS

62

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GITAU ASSOCIATES

134

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