He is the Principal and Founder of DO Architecture and Design , an architecture firm based in Mogadishu, specialised in sustainability, emergency architecture and post-conflict reconstruction. Born in 1990, Degan holds a BA in Architecture, an Msc (Hons) in Architecture for Sustainability and a potsgraduate degree in Habitat and Cooperation - Emergency architecture and developing countries. His passion for serving the most vulnerable populations led him to establish a firm in the capital city of Somalia devoted to supporting the post conflict reconstruction process through the use of architecture.