Their work is focused on the design of community-based and environmentally-responsible interiors, architecture and urban planning in a variety of African and Asian countries including, but not limited to, Senegal, Tanzania and India.
Their collaboration began in 1995 while the three were studying at the Helsinki University of Technology with the design of a Women’s Centre in Rufisque, Senegal which was completed in 2001.
Ukumbi is able to raise funds, share information with different networks and localities in ways that compliments and reinforce the approach to the design process.
[5] Hollmén Reuter Sandman assert that embracing a design methodology rooted in the local building traditions of economically disadvantaged nations serves as a pathway to guide the communities under consideration toward heightened self-sufficiency.
[8] During the opening days of the exhibition, the trio discussed their ideas and approach to design, stating that their goal is to give:"Voice to the ones who are not heard.