Staff Profiles

MArch (Master of Architecture - Arch. Design) University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2008

MArch (Master of Architecture -1st Prof.) Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. 2004

BEDS (Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. 2002

Leago Sebina is a registered architect in Canada and Botswana and has experience in both practice and academia for over 15 years. His interest in practice, research and teaching is in the infusion of appropriate sustainable technologies, indigenous knowledge, local resources and skills in improving living conditions for low-income communities in Botswana. This has been explored through research and in design of various types of projects, especially housing and others as well as in teaching of practical courses such as design studio, building materials and construction and Indigenous African Architecture.

This interest first developed in his professional qualification studies, at Dalhousie University, under the guidance of Prof. Richard Kroeker, in his final year thesis research project titled ‘The Understanding of Place and Tectonics in Botswana’, which was awarded a Nova Scotia Association of Architects Award on ‘An Architect Responsibility to Society’ in 2004. This continued throughout his career leading to a Post Qualification Master of Architecture in Design at the UNSW following awarding of a scholarship by University of Botswana and was appointed a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Planning from 2008 until today.

Leago is a firm believer in the symbiotic relationship between academia, research and practice, and advocates for the need to be involved in all facets of the profession as a teacher of a practical discipline like architecture.

The Bachelor of Architecture programme is split into four clusters, which include Design, History & Theory, Technology, Professional Practice & Computation. Leago Sebina is involved in the Design  stream and Technology stream as well as History & Theory. He guides and coordinates Third Year Design Studio Projects. In addition he teaches Building Material and Construction to Second Year students and Traditional African Architecture. Final Year Design Thesis Supervision.

The areas of Research is generally in Housing, Sustainability and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. The focus is in Infusion of appropriate sustainable technologies, indigenous knowledge, local resources and skills in improving living conditions for low-income communities in Botswana. 

None. The Unit has undergraduate programme only

1. Symbiosis and Sustainable Dwelling, Manowe G. S. and Sebina L.S, Green Building Council of South Africa Annual Convention, Capetown, South Africa, 2012.
2. Integrating Socio-Economic Sustainability & Incremental Housing, Sebina L.S. and Manowe G. S., Urbanization of Rural Botswana Conference, Department  of Architecture and Planning, University of Botswana, 2010
3. The Understanding of Place of Tectonics in Botswana, Sebina L.S., Thesis Research Project submitted for Master of Architecture at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2004.