Content: This book contains the process of my Masters thesis Project at Florida International University, Miami, FL. It began in the fall semester of 2014 with the study of forms using field explorations, and continued into the spring semester, where I decided to transform the form I established into a building shell.
Form exploration............................................. 4-27 -Name -Formula -Experiments -Operations -Form Optimization -Model Images
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Form as building shell................................. 27- 64 -Concept and Site -Architectural Drawings -Renderings -Presentation Boards -Final Presentation
Form Exploration
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Model Images
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Form as building shell.
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The form created by the field, transformed to becoming a shell for a performing arts / dance centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The shell came about by manipulating a basic form via twists, turns and bends in different directions and angles. The site was selected because of the cultural dances that take place in different tribes of Nigeria. The various cultural dancers have different styles and costumes, each based off a primary movement. The shell embodies the twists, turns, lines, angles and forms created by the human body during dance routines.
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Nigeria is a developing country, and Lagos is the center of commerce as well as a Major Port city in the country. Over the past years, the Lagos government has been updating and creating new Civil amenities. Part of this has been the reclaiming of land from the Atlantic Ocean by the shores of Lagos as well as Developing Ozumba-Mbadiwe to hold the Iconic buildings of the City, making it the Image of the Lagos city skyline. The performing arts center is located on Ozumba-Mbadiwe road in Victoria Island, Lagos. Ozumba-Mbadiwe is one of the major roads in Victoria Island. It sits on the south of the Five Cowry creek and is home to Iconic buildings in Lagos such as The Civic Center, Civic Towers and Oriental Hotel.
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Drawings
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FALOMO BRIDGE
STAGE THEATRE
AQUA LOUNGE
THEATRE
FIVE COWRY CREEK
FEMALE RESTROOM
ATRIUM
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STAGE
BACKSTAGE
MALE RESTROOM
OZUMBA-MBADIWE RD.
Second Floor First Floor
Site Section
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Building Section 1 38
Building Elevation 39
Building Section 2
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Renderings
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Presentation Boards
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Lagos Performing arts center: site & floor plans
CULTURAL DANCE CLIPS.
FIVE COWRY CREEK
AQUA LOUNGE
FALOMO BRIDGE
FEMALE RESTROOM BACKSTAGE
ATRIUM
STAGE THEATRE
MALE RESTROOM
OZUMBA-MBADIWE RD.
FIRST FLOOR SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
ATRIUM
STAGE
THEATRE
SECOND FLOOR SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
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elevations & sections
rendered images
SITE ELEVATION SCALE: 1/32” = 1’-0
LONG SECTION SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
SHORT SECTION SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
ENTRANCE ELEVATION SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
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rendered images
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