John Onyango

Teaching Area:

Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, Construction Technology, and Building Structures

Education:

Ph.D. Research Studentship, Mackintosh School of Architecture, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 2006-09
M.Arch., University of Notre Dame, 1999
Certificate in Professional Practice and Management in Architecture, (RIBA III), The Bartlett School of Architecture, London, 1998
B.Arch. (Honors), University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1992

Teaching and Professional Experience:

Lecturer, Queens University, Belfast, Ireland, School of Planning, Architecture, and Civil Engineering, 2008-11
Senior Architect, Renfrewshire Council, Housing & Properties Services, Paisley, Scotland, 2007-08
Ph.D. Researcher, MacKintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, 2006-11
Lecturer, United Arab Emirates University, Department of Architecture, Al-Ain, UAE, 2002-06
Vice-President/Project Manager and Architect, Nile, Inc., Atlanta, 2001-02
CAD Architect/Project Manager, Yong Pak & Associates, Atlanta, 2000-01
CAD Architect, Niles Bolton Associates, Atlanta, 1999-2000
CAD Architect, Julian Bicknell & Associates, London, UK, 1996-97
CAD Architect, Architerion Architects & Interior Designers, Nairobi, Kenya, 1994-95
Architect, Symbion International Architects & Interior Designers, Nairobi, Kenya, 1992-94

Publications:

“Informal Urbanism: The Social and Culture Life in the City Centre of Nairobi,” In Journal Built Environment, Marcham, Oxon: Alexandrine Press, Onyango, J.; and Hadjri, K. (forthcoming)

“Changing Attitudes of Community through the Design Charrette Process,” Neighbourhood-The International Journal of Neighborhood Renewal, Vol. 1(3) May 2009, Merseyside: Holden Publishing pp.19-30. ISSN (Print) 1756-8676 and (Online) 1756-8684, Onyango, J., and Noguchi, M., 2009

“The Impact of the Design Charrette in the Process of Creation of Sustainable Community: The Case of Tornagrain,” Sustainability in Practice From Local to Global: Making a Difference., Kingston Upon Thames: Kingston University Press, pp.131-142, Corrigan, N., Sayce, S., & Taylor, R. eds., Onyango, J. and Hadjri, K., 2009

“Changing attitudes of Community through the Design Charrette Process” paper presented at the European Urban Research Association’s (EURA) Conference on The Vital City, held at the University of Glasgow, Onyango, J.; and Noguchi, M., September, 2007

“The Social and Culture Life in the City Centre of Nairobi” paper presented at the European Urban Research Association’s (EURA) Conference on The Vital City, held at the University of Glasgow, Onyango, J.; and Porter, D., September, 2007

“The Impact of the Design Charrette Process Creation of Sustainable Community: The Case of Tornagrain,” paper for the International Conference on Sustainability in Practice, from Local to Global: Making a Difference, held at the University of Kingston, London, Onyango, J.; and Hadjri, K., September, 2007

“Dubai Revisited: Is New Planned Housing Sustainable?,” The XXXV IAHS World Congress on Housing Science, at RMIT University, Melbourne , Australia, Hadjri, K & Onyango, J., September, 2007

“Dubai Revisited: Are New Planned Communities More Sustainable?,” paper for Planning Research Conference, Thinking Spaces for Making Places, held at the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Hadjri, K & Onyango, J., April, 2007

“The Tensions Between the Public and Private Realms in Nairobi,” The Subtropical Cities Conference, QUT Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, Australia, Onyango, J., September, 2006

“Sustainability of Dubai’s Ambitious Planned Communities,” XXXIV IAHS World Congress on Housing: Sustainable Housing Design Emphasizing Urban Housing, Naples, Italy, Hadjri, K. & Onyango, J., September, 2006

“Innovative Designs for New Urban Neighborhoods in Al Ain,” XXXIII IAHS World Congress on Housing: Transforming Housing Environments Through Design, Pretoria, South Africa, Onyango, J., September, 2005

“The Tradition Veiled in Post Global Environment,” Ninth Conference of International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Onyango, J., December 2004, also published in the Working Paper Series by the University of California Press, Contesting the Limits of Authenticity, Vol. 175, Onyango, J., 2004

Exhibitions:

Maderno’s work at the Capella Paulina,1999

Proposed reconstructive master plan of downtown Richmond., Richmond City Hall, 1996 and at the New York Institute of Classical Studies, 1997

The Other Modern, MArch. thesis project on “the reconstructive master plan,” 2000

Honors and Awards:

Ph.D. ORSAS Studentship, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art, University of Glasgow, 2007-09

Placed in top 20 out of 300 entries in an international competition to design a 150,000 sq. ft laboratory building (New England Bio-Labs) with parking for 400 cars in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA, April, 2001

Green Homes for Chicago, design of row house that promotes the use of sustainable materials and environment, August, 2000

Fergusson Shermamian and Rattner Award, best graduate thesis project, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, May, 1999

Bond-Montendinico Scholarship, Master of Architecture University of Notre Dame, Indian, 1997-99

Kenya Government Scholarship, Bachelor of Architecture degree at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1986-91

Third prize in the World Habitat Day Competition, design of adaptable housing unit for the low-income in Nairobi, Kenya, October, 1991