Project: Kampala Sharing Community Center
Design Team: Nagginda Ruth Brenda and Benard Acellam
Client: Kampala Capital City Authority
Nature of Project: Community center
Competition Entry to the 2013 Fentress Global Challenge on Upcycled Architecture.
Like many of the architect nomads who trot the globe, stamping urban landscapes with their signature buildings, I had known Renzo Piano from my beginning years at architecture school. I had read about his buildings…
It is better to light a small candle than to curse the darkness- Confucius
This is the fifth time that I’m thinking and writing about the kind of questions posed by the Berkeley Prize committee. However, it is only the second time that I am doing it as a…
Project: Bibia Elegu Cross-Border Market (Final Design Thesis Project) Designer: Benard Acellam Location: Elegu Town on Uganda- South Sudan Border. Client: Government of Uganda through Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives. Intention: Facilitating cross-border trade…
Not a glimpse of the future but a piece of history. This little known heritage site in my ancestral village faces a number of threats including neglect and vandalism.