SHEDOR KAMALKHAN KALANDAR
ARCHITECT
Shedor Kamalkhan Kalandar is a Kenyan architect, who has broadened his knowledge by pursuing a diploma in Housing Studies from the Netherlands and Urban Land Management in Sweden, studying Infrastructure Planning in Germany, and studying Philosophy and the History and Theory of Architecture in Canada. He also obtained the AFRICA Certificate in Conservation of Immovable Heritage.
Mr. Kalandar’s work experience began as architect in charge of design and maintenance of government buildings in Coast Province, Kenya. He went on to become the head of the Conservation and Planning Unit at the National Museums of Kenya, a position he currently holds. He has been in charge of preservation and rehabilitation of historic cities in Kenya, working in UNESCO's Lamu World Heritage Site and in Old Town, Mombasa, Kenya. He has coordinated several programs that brought in both private and government funding, including the European Union-funded Programme for the Revival and Development of Swahili Culture of which HCN’s workshop is a continuation.
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