Joel Jassu
Registered Architect, Part-Time Faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology and entrepreneur.
- Role
- Architect at Perkins&Will
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joel Jassu
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.”
Experience
Architect
Nov 2020 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Education
University of Memphis
Bachelor of Architecture - BArch
2013 — 2018
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Architecture - MArch, Architecture
2017 — 2019
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS, Urban Design
2019 — 2020
Project Destined
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Development
2018 — 2019
Atlanta Tech Village
Start It Up Georgia (Business Development and Management), Business, Management, Marketing
2020 — 2020
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