2. 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

3. INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

4. RESEARCH
TEACHING
PRACTIC
EiABC E
• 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

5. DEMANDS
GLOBAL URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES

6. • 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)

7. DEMANDS

8. DEMANDS
TRADE DEFICIT
Source: economywatch.com

10. 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

15. EXHIBITION AND SYMPOSIUM
URBAN LABORATORY ETHiopia