Doctoral Research Seminar – presented by Elao Martin
Contemporary Domesticity and the Architecture of Urbanizing Northern Namibia: a case of the Owambo homestead
Date: 01 April 2022
Time: 14h30 CAT
Alumnus, Elao Marin, earned his undergraduate degree in architecture at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), and his Master’s in Architecture at the University of Johannesburg Graduate School of Architecture in South Africa. Elao has received a certificate of excellence as an 'Emerging Voice in African Architecture' from the inaugural Africa Architecture Awards 2017 in Cape Town, the 2016 Des Baker Award, and the 2019 Corobrik Award at the University of Johannesburg. He re-joined NUST as a Staff Development Fellow under the University’s Graduate Talent Acceleration Programme and is also a PhD student at the Architecture department with a research focus on socio spatial practices at the nexus of urban and communal land.
The seminar will be a live online event.
