Daniel Wyss

Architect and Urban Development and Construction Industry Specialist

Areas of expertise: 

  • architecture
  • urban planning, urban design and sustainable building material production
  • programme management
  • sanitation
  • slum upgrading
  • earth-quake resisting reconstruction
Daniels`CV
Daniel Wyss has 16 years of experience as architect, urban planner, programme manager and industry facilitator in the field of international development cooperation. He has been involved in sustainable urban development, energy efficient industry development, technology transfer, value chain development, skills and income generation, climate responsive building and settlement design, participatory slum upgrading and post-war/disaster reconstruction projects.

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Qualification (Institute) Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) UNIGE & UNIL écologique humaine « développement durable des espaces et sociétés à fortes contraintes », University of Geneva and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Diplôme en Architecture IAUG/UNIGE, Institut d’Architecture, University of Geneva

Diplome HTL in Architecture, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland

Swiss Federal Vocational Education Diploma as Construction Draftsman
Working languages German, English, French
Nationality Swiss
Years of Experience +20
Country experience and regional expertise Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, South Africa, Senegal

Asia: Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Kashmir

Americas: Haiti

Europe: Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo
Select projects, roles, achievements and publications
  • Programme Coordinator, PROECCO (a mandate by SDC)
  • Brick sector analysis in Rwanda and Burundi, with focus on energy efficient brick production and alternatives for wood as main fuel for firing bricks. (a mandate by SDC)
  • Brick sector analysis in Sudan, with focus on energy efficient brick production and alternatives for wood as main fuel for firing bricks. (a mandate by UNEP)
  • Manager of a SDC financed project, piloting energy efficient brick kilns and anchoring the technology in the Pakistani brick sector.
  • Deputy project manager in the Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) Project on cleaner brick production in Nepal and Afghanistan (a mandate by SDC)
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