about
about us
Our fascination lies within working in different architectural contexts and on projects of all kinds of scales in Europe, Africa & India.
While we are passionate to work voluntarily on finishing the community centre in Kenya, we have taken up full-time jobs as architects between the Netherlands, Germany & Prague.
contact
Ellen Rouwendal: +31(0)6 11 41 36 13
Laura Straehle: +31(0)6 21 12 47 21
about okana
Okana. Centre for Change.
Sustainable Rural Initiatives (SRI)
Google location: Okana Road
contact: Mr. James Otieno Jowi
Founder & Head of SRI
mail: jowij@srikenya.org
phone: +254 721917461
awards & publications
HD AWARDS 2019. New York. Hospitality Design: Winner Student Category. April 2019
DEZEEN AWARDS 2018. London. Winner of Small Building of the Year
PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP AWARD. The Rotary Foundation. Oct 2018
ARCHIPRIX International 2019. Santiago de Chile. Top 5 of audience awards. Feb 2019
REYNAERS CHARITY PROJECT AWARD 2018. Goed doel projectprijs. Sept 2018
DEZEEN AWARDS 2018. Shortlisted in the category of small buildings
FIBRA AWARD 2018. Nomination for 1st world-wide prize for fibre buildings
INSPIRATION AWARD 2018. TU Delft. Nomination as most inspiring student
REVISTA ARHITEXT. No 3 (257) May-June 2018. p.6-7
ARCHDAILY. 34 BEST STUDENT DESIGN & BUILD PROJECTS. July 2017
ARCHDAILY. Nomination for Building of the Year 2017
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK. Volvo Design Rides. Oct 2017
LIVIN'SPACES. A Community Centre for Rural Kenya. 3 Oct 2017
APSAIDAL. ARCHITECTURE. INTERIOR DESIGN. IN AFRICA. Sept 2017
AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD. July 2017
ARCHIDATUM. Pavilions for Okana. July 2017
ARCHIPRIX WINNER 2017. Archiprix.nl. June 2017
ARCHIPRIX 2017. TU Delft. June 2017
ARCHINED. Design & Build. From Landscape to Roofscape. June 2017
TU DELFT. Winner of the Archiprix. June 2017
DUTCH DESIGN DAILY. June 2017
DE ARCHITECT. June 2017
ATAINDEX. Pavilions for Okana. June 2017
BNIEUWS. How to win the Archiprix. 03|2017 p.13
STUDENTS4SUSTAINABILITY. Okana Community Centre. 2016
NELSON MOTA. From Landscape to Roofscape. 2016
TU DELFT. Explore Lab. 2016
lectures
coming up:
HD AWARDS Ceremony // New York // 5 June 2019
Sketch the Change at CAMP PRAGUE // MateriO Conference - Circular Economy, 6 June 2019
CAMP Prague // Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning // t.b.a.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND // School of Architecture // Guest Lecture: Kakenya Studio // 15 April 2019
AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES CONFERENCE // TU Delft // Rural Building Solutions // 27 March 2019
ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE PRAGUE // Professional Ethics: Working outside your culture // 21 March 2019
ACKROYD LOWRIE // London // Inspirational Friday Talks // 30 Nov 2018
ARTICLE 25 // London // Second Home Spitalfields // Make Design Matter // 29 Nov 2018
AFRICA DAY // Delft // TU Delft // 11 Nov 2018
BUREAU EUROPA // Maastricht // Het Ontwerpen van goed doen // March 2018
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK // Eindhoven // The Impact of a Graduation Project // Oct 2017
TALK UNTERM TÜRMLE // Ludwigsburg // Pavilions for Change // Oct 2017
ALUMNI EVENT TU DELFT // Designing and building as students // Oct 2017
URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS // TU Delft // Education for the city we need // June 2017
POWERHOUSE COMPANY // Lunch Lecture // Pavilions for Change. // June 2017
NATUURLIJK BOUWEN KUN JIJ OOK // Building in Developing Countries // June 2015