BUILDING BLOCKS THE DESIGN PORTFOLIO OF OCHUKO EVWARAYE
SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PARENTS, EFE, HANNAH, AND THE WHOLE SDKT CREW. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT I WOULD NEVER DREAM.
THIS PORTFOLIO IS A COLLECTION OF WORKS FROM 2007-2011. IT INCLUDES WORK FROM MY UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY AND ONE YEAR OF GRADUATE WORK AT GEORGIA TECH. ALL IMAGES SHOWN ARE MY OWN WORK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
“TO EXPRESS YOURSELF IN FREEDOM, YOU MUST DIE TO EVERYTHING OF YESTERDAY. FROM THE OLD YOU DERIVE SECURITY; FROM THE NEW YOU GAIN THE FLOW.” -BRUCE LEE
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Valencia
This class project called for the design of an educational center for the study of Museology. Located in Valencia, Spain on the site of the Museum of Arts and Sciences by Santiago Calatrava, the building blends into a site dominated by massive structures. The building’s design is a representation of the continuous growth and progression of Valencia that stems from its deep cultural roots.
MASSING
NATURAL LIGHTING
The site is located on a dried up river bed that once flowed into the city. A suiting surface for the building’s organic form to grow out of.
CIRCULATION
PROGRAM: PUBLIC
OFFICE
EDUCATIONAL
GALLERY
Competitor’s Path
This project was a concrete masonry design build competition. I participated with group members Hannah Lambert and Susan Sontag. We created this design as a representation of the many paths a competitor may take in order to reach their desired goal. The Journey of a competitor is one filled with obstacles and boundaries. The competitor must take risks to reach the desired goal, the sought after plateau that will hold them high above all others. This design embodies the journey from a lower state to a new plateau.
Our group took first place in the competition and presented our design at the 2007 Nation Concrete Masonry Association conference in Indianapolis.
Lasting Impressions
Video advertising is an aspect of Pop Culture that represents the genre as a whole through its purpose, production and effects. To generate interest, commercials attempt to draw out emotional responses from the viewers thus grabbing their attention and creating a connection. The method in which they are created is a compilation of various images, sounds, colors, and clips compressed into a short fleeting moment. Though they last for very short periods of time, their impressions are intended to be long lasting. This building, a Pop culture museum is a physical representation of commercials. Located beside an existing television station the building rises from the ground taking a sweeping shape that creates a viewing area in front of the building .
LINEAR ORIGIN
DIRECTIONAL CHANGE
VIEWS OF SCREEN
CIRCULATION AROUND
ENTRANCES
SCREEN WALL DETAIL
Origami Pavilion
This project began with the exploration of forms by cutting and folding paper. This exploration produces forms that are unique to origami which can later be imitated with other materials. This pavilion explores the word “transformation� and demonstrates it in sequences. Beginning with a basic shape, the pavilion expands and transforms in five phases, each phase more complex with more folds, twists and cuts than the previous.
The Green Mile
The stark contrast between the characteristics and circulation of the University of Toledo and the community south of campus has transformed Dorr street into a barrier dividing the two communities. To better integrate the University and the community Dorr street has been transformed into a green belt with axial connections that penetrate both opposing sides creating a common linear area between the two. This “green belt� will be home to several services that both the university and residential communities can share. The research and diagrams for the project was done with two other group members.
EXISTING GREEN SPACES
MAIN ROADS
PROPERTY VALUES
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
EXISTING CONNECTIONS
PARKING
CAMPUS ENTRIES
VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS
UT
Benches
These benches were designed for Owen Corning, a leading company in fiber glass technology. The purpose was to design furniture using their materials for the 2009 Green Build Expo. My task as part of the design team was to design all the benches that would be used.
Corrosion of Conformity
This project explores the plasticity of a flexible matrix and its ability to adapt to a rigid program.
Phase1: The first phase of the project was the creation of a matrix: a series of modules that could infinitely grow and expand based on set rules while maintaining cohesiveness throughout out the system. Phase2: The next phase was to manipulate the matrix in order to conform to the rigid program of a Library. Taking a section of the matrix, I explored its ability to transform into walk-able surfaces and walls. Phase3: The last phase is the final product of the transformed matrix fully responding to the program of the building and the site. The matrix system was manipulated to serve as the structure, the floors and the walls of the building while still maintaining the original cohesive pattern of the matrix
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PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PUSH PULL SQUEEZE STRETCH PHASE 3
SLICE
A
B
SECTION A
SECTION B
SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
“LEARNING IS NEVER CUMULATIVE; IT IS A MOVEMENT OF KNOWING WHICH HAS NO BEGINNING AND NO END.” -BRUCE LEE