2021 Architectural portfolio

The design highlighted was a second year design project titled, CHILD PLAY MAZE. The objective of the task at hand was to understand the play and composition of architectural elements, planes, proportionality, color, light and texture, in a playful manner just as a child inquisitively seeks out to explore his/ her environment during play.

The AFYA MTAANI medical unit is an impressionable architecture which reacts to Kenya’s local culture and economy in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic. This is in response to the requirements of quick installation of medical care units due to inadequacies in the existing provisions, and that of homebased self isolation in a context with deficiency in proper household sanitary requirements.

The project is in response to the recurring challenge of flooding in various regions within the country. The design brief called for a low cost (below 2000 USD), low tech, adaptable, and utilising local materials design intervention. This could then be adjusted for the rest of the identified contexts with similar issues.

The project proposes a design intervention to the St John Community Centre, that serves the Kariobangi North area demography, comprised mostly of the youth. The extents of the site extend onto the neighboring quarry. The proposed program then purposes to remain respectful of the existing program by extending the existing programs onto the slope and linking to the now recreational valley. Existing programs can be classified into art performance, resource center and sporting complex.

The project aims at addressing the concern over quality, quick to deploy emergency shelters. The design lends itself in providing a solution to this by using a modular design in articulation of form. A single unit accomodates for, one habitable space and 2 service spaces.

The project was purposed to presenting a modern, environmentally conscious staff housing scheme for the University of Nairobi lecturers. Key to achieving this was to ensure the preservation of all trees on site. The scheme comprises of 10 no. 3 bedroomed maisonettes, 5 no. 4 bedroomed maisonettes, a health club, a swimming pool, parking and landscaped areas.

The project was purposed to the consious sustainable design of large gathering spaces that allow for human interactions, with empasis in designing large and small volume spaces in a single building within an historical urban setiing. The scheme comprises of a conference hall with breakout rooms, cafeteria, library, offices, parking and landscaped areas.

The project was purposed to the consious sustainable design in warm humid climate experienced in the East African Coast, with empasis to the local cultural context.

The project is a cumulative of 2 tasks, the Urban renewal of Nairobi’s Lower Hill area, and a mixed use development ment to respond to a context of the renewed urban fabric. The approach taken in this case aimed at addressing an emerging issue of recreational area connectivity, given the development of the Nairobi experess way. The scheme comprises commerce, offices, recreational spaces and serviced apartments