Architecture

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

The Department of Architecture was established in 1997 though it started in the year 1998 as a department within the then college of Engineering and Architecture, the entire college was transferred to Juba, South Sudan in 2007. It continues to maintain its status as a department within the newly established school of Architecture, Land Management, Urban and Regional Planning (SALMUARP)

The Architecture program in the department is anchored in studio-based pedagogy, which supports the main goals of the architecture education: to teach students a diversity of skills, technical ability and artistic thinking. The program features a series of project-based studios in which students produce designs and plans that address issues of varying complexity. The skill sets that students develop in studio learning may include research, analysis, creativity, critical thinking…etc. Studio work is supported by courses that were designed to address theoretical, historical and technical issues.

VISION STATEMENT

Considering its tenets, current capabilities, and future aspirations, the department of Architecture formulated the following vision statement:

As the sole provider of Architectural education in the country; the department of architecture will achieve national prominence as a leading institution for an excellent and relevant architectural education that builds upon the country’s unique history, context, and culture.

MISSION STATEMENT

in order to realize its vision, Department of Architecture will undertake the following mission:

The department of Architecture fosters the next generation of built environment professionals in architecture, design, research and technology who create historically aware, culturally relevant and socially responsible spaces, places and experiences.

Tenets:

As the sole architecture degree awarding department in the country, we have identified the following principles that will guide us in achieving our vision and mission.

  1. Critical: Developing student problem-solving abilities and creative thinking in a manner that is always contextually relevant.
  2. Holistically: To transform contemporary architectural education by uniting teaching, research, and practice in an innovative, critical, global, and Interdisciplinary approach
  3. Technological: To offer cutting-edge technological-led pedagogy to confront the contemporary challenges
  4. Contextual: To respond to the unique social, cultural, and environmental context of people and place.
  5. Universal: The department’s community will represent and value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, interests and talents.

Our Studio Approach

The design studio is at the heart of our programme. This is where you learn design by doing it. It’s a forum for reflecting on design ideas by talking about your work. You’ll actively explore the disciplines of architecture and its role in addressing contemporary issues facing the built environment—including changes in society, ecology, and advances in technology.

You’ll be encouraged to think and act experimentally while addressing problem-based design projects that range from the abstract and conceptual to real-world situations. In developing your studio work, you’ll interact with, and learn collaboratively from, peers, senior students, academic staff, and practicing architects and designers.

Design studio courses also provide a powerful platform to apply and explore principles that you learn in other courses, including building functions, construction systems, and culture and building courses. 

PROGRAMS

  • BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE