Joel Jassu, Aia, Ncarb, Noma, Ra, Leed Ap Email & Phone Number

Joel Jassu was born and raised in the slums of Banda in Kampala, Uganda. He miraculously received scholarship to the University of Memphis to study Architecture for his undergraduate and then Georgia Tech for his Masters of Architecture. His experiences living in Uganda have shaped his understanding and empathy of design. His professional experiences include working on different project scales with Looney Ricks Kiss in Memphis, TN and Perkins+Will in Atlanta, GA.Joel has spent the last six years leading both local and global initiatives, leading teams from the US, Italy, Sudan, Togo, UK and Uganda to do cross-cultural projects around the world focused on bringing cultural awareness and design together. His recent projects include The Droneport project in Tanzania, a design build initiative with Georgia Tech, Worldshine and Perkins+Will. It is a research project focused on “How to tell indigenous stories using hybrid technologies of production and project delivery.”