Eco-Build Africa is a multi-disciplinary organization that works on environmental architecture, sustainable urban development and housing. In these areas the organization bridges knowledge development and application by focus on three areas:
- Basic and applied research
- Environmental Design & Construction
- Community Development.
The organization works closely with the public sector, the private sector and communities.
The organisation boasts a wide array of respectable clients, including:
- Government of Sweden for whom the organization has been developing the Sustainable Urban Development Programme, Symbiocity;
- United Nations Environment Programme, for whom the organization developed the current comprehensive environmental master plan;
- The Aga Khan Foundation, for whom the organization did a comprehensive study on development of its 5000 hectare campus in Tanzania;
- The DR Congo Government, for whom the organization developed a new master plan for the Proposed City of Izwa;
- Oxfam GB for whom the organization undertook research on Poverty in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements to aid its Programme Development;
- World Bank for whom the organization has done work on climate change impact on cities;
- The African Union for whom Eco-Build offered technical support for climate change and urbanization including development of the Unions 20 Year Strategy on Climate Change;
- UN-Habitat for whom the organization writes the: State of Africa’s Cities Report Eastern Africa’s Section];
Eco-Build Africa has collaborated with leading organisations in research, architecture and urban development globally. These include: the Harvard Graduate School, University of Manchester (UK), University of Florida, Gainesville, ETH Zurich, SKL / SALAR (Sweden), Woodrow Wilson Centre (USA), African Centre for Cities, UCT (South Africa), Hetrzog de Meuron (Switzerland), Urban Think Tank (USA), YMR (USA / South Africa), Sync Consult (South Africa, amongst others.
