Tinus Kruger
CSIR principal researcher
Architecture
CSIR Biosciences
South Africa
Biography
Kruger, a registered architect, has been involved with research and implementation projects related to architecture and settlement making – with a focus on poor communities and vulnerable groups – since he started his career at the CSIR in 1990. His research interest is primarily housing, human settlements and community safety. He has led the sustainable human settlements team since 1999. The team implements a diverse range of research projects related to settlement-making processes and integrated planning and design for sustainable, ecologically sensitive and resource-efficient settlements.
Research Interest
Kruger specialises in crime prevention through environmental design, crime prevention approaches in developing countries, planning, design and management of sustainable human settlements and community-based development processes for safer communities.
