Porota

Senior Designer at BuildX Studio (Nairobi) and part-time lecturer at the Kenyatta University.

Jaime has worked as leading architect and project managers in educational and healthcare sectors in Kenya, Rwanda and Zambia; with emphasis on participatory design approaches and sustainability. He has also lectured at the NSPA Architecture Department and at the University of Rwanda.

Cultural sustainable architecture with strong focus on context and site specific projects deeply rooted in the local environment and building traditions. 

I have been leading the urban design studio at the Department of Architecture at COMSATS University Islamabad since 2014. The studio involves critical study, analysis and re-development of a local urban area in the light of urban design theories and urban models.

As part of this studio, we have been able to document, study, anaylse parts of Islamabad in terms of linkages, access, visual quality, urban morphology, social fabric, cultural context, ebvironmental scenarios, land use distribution, grid planning parameters and infrastructure. In coming years we are hoping to document all of Islamabad for archiving and record.

I have currently part of a research project to document and study the occurrence of informal businesses in street life in light of Islamabad. Though my attachment to the architecture design of buildings 

Architecture never can be defined. Its a feelings... And its test varies from person to person

It is very important, before a person begins to plan for the implementation of any building, that all the surrounding natural influences are evaluated from the topography, green areas, customs, traditions, climate and other features that will affect the determination of the most appropriate elements of the building, such as geographical orientation, geometric shape, materials used, openings, etc.

Digital Tools

Parametric Architecture

Responsive and Kinetic Architecture

Computaional Design