Dr.-Ing. Zegeye Cherenet Mamo
Visiting Scientist at KIT since Oct. 2024.
Assistant Professor Architecture and Urbanism – EiABC, AAU. (B.Sc, AAU-Ethiopia; M.Arch. IIT Roorkee, India, PhD. HCU Hamburg, Germany).
>Teaching: Architectural design (studio), Architecture and Urbanism in Africa (theory) in various universities in Ethiopia and Europe.
>Research area: Reflexivity and Responsiveness in Architecture – ‘Reflexive architecture’: basis for architectural space production in rapidly urbanizing regions (focusing on socio-spatial transformations); ‘Responsive architecture’ – Spatial design (as a strategy) to guide emerging urbanization towards goals of Sustainability (Focusing on environmental rehabilitation and livelihood production).
>Practice: Founding partner and general manager of OADUS architecture and engineering plc – Office for architecture, design and urban studies – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (since 2009).
>Service: Head of Emerging Cities Lab-Addis Ababa – a collaborative research lab between EiABC-AAU and Bauhaus University, Germany) focusing on guiding rapid urbanization (ECL-AA ); Head of Competence Center for Architecture and Design-EiABC-AAU; Founder and General Manager of Alliance for Building Communities (ABC) – a think-tank and a voluntary professional action group for promoting grassroots urbanization and community building.