EIABC - HISTORY

Year Development

1954 Swedish-Ethiopian collaboration in establishing the Building College

In 80s Building College Addis Ababa University, part of Faculty of Technology

March 2010 Inauguration of the EiABC as autonomous Institute of Technology under the AAU

May 2011 Ca. 2.300 students, 133 academic staff, 197 administrative and service staff

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

RESEARCH

TEACHING

PRACTICEEiABC

• teaching of qualified professionals in the area of architecture, urban design/planning, construction technology and management• research in the field of development of the built environment• consultancy in designing, planning, managing of the making of human habitat

DEMANDSGLOBAL URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES

• Population growth=2.6%• 2040=160million• Currently urban population=17%=13.5million• Current rural land assumed to be saturated, hence• Minimum of 80 million in addition to be absorbed in cities• Equivalence = 25 new Addis Ababa (3.2million)

=160 Dire Dawa (0.5 million)

DEMANDS

Source: economywatch.com

DEMANDSTRADE DEFICIT

EIABC – SOME RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Sustainable Urban Dwelling Unit (SUDU) • Sustainable Rural Dwelling Unit (SRDU)• CLimate Change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa

(CLUVA), EU FP7• Urban-laboratory ETHiopia • UNHCR Shelter project• Several bamboo research projects• Various consultancy projects for Ethiopian

agencies/authorities generating ca. 20 % of EiABC budget

EXHIBITION AND SYMPOSIUMURBAN LABORATORY ETHiopia