Tumi Jegede // Portfolio // BArch // 2007 - 2010
In my final year of the BArch course I had the opportunity of working under a new technique. The task was to generate a building brief from a series of narratives, thus a fictional narrative about a town crier and bell ringer named Mr. Tinn (Tinn derived from the word Tinnit which translates from Latin to mean; ‘to ring like a bell’) was created from various stories and [hi]stories gathered about the chosen site, then used to develop a unique and perculiar architectural response and language. Ideas were generated using my brief that contained a mixture of stories and memories of what the site was in the past and mixed in with more stories about the people who made it what it is in present. The result is a series of videos, paintings and made pieces. This process was a very explorative one in which I learnt a lot about my strengths and weaknesses as a designer.
2010 SOUND SIGNATURE A video was produced as an introduction to my third year project, which follows a series of investigations deriving from the words Sound Signature, Soundscape and Sound Interference. The investigated space was the studio space at the university, I believe that the soundscape could reflect and to some extent mould the emotions experienced on the famous crit day, which most design students are faced with.
2010 This is a section, which demonstrates the organisation of the space, where the character whom this building was proposed for would occupy/work and live and the lower ground level which has a more cave-like and intricate appearance and is the only space accessible to members of the public. The primary function of the building is to be a community gathering place, housing a cafe which is run by the inhabitant; the town crier and bell ringer of Bilborough - the town in which the project is sited. The shape and materiality of the building is inspired by the historical church (previously derelict) to which it is an extension of. The brick and brass bells, echo the ringing that is done within the building as a means of gaining the attention of the Town Crier and making food orders. The frame consists of arched glulam beams and load bearing brick walls and vaults.
There is a garden in which ingredients There is a garden in which infor the cafe foods are grown, and also gredients for the cafe foods are sleeping and bathing spaces, public W/ grown, and also sleeping and Cs, a workshop and on-site foundry bathing spaces, public W/Cs, a and furnace, which explains the extrudworkshop and on-site foundry ing chimney. and furnace, which explains For this extravagant client, I produced the extruding chimney. an extravagant building. For this extravagant client, I produced an extravagant building.
2010
First Floor/Upper Floor Plan 1. The instrument 2. Waste slag (metal) tiled roof 3. Bird Ledge consisting of upturned bell moulds, topped with water to make 5 bird baths 4. Casted brass bath and sink 5. New bell - preserve the memory of what the building’s original purpose was 6. Thin metal railing - forms balcony over workshop 7. Double-sided bookcase 8. Kitchen 9. Food lift 10. Upturned louvres 11. Woven willow - secondary roof covering
2010 To the right is the previous unkept state of the garden, ivy was left to overgrow, and take control of the two brick walls, and to climb over onto the concrete slab steps in the middle. Plant borders weren’t maintained. The main problems stemmed from difficulty of upkeep of the plants, difficulty to mow the lawn on a slopey site and difficulty to keep weeds from taking over the garden.
Key: Green for grass Yellow for flower beds for shrubs Red for the brick wall
The solution was to provide a layout that was simple and low maintenance.Above is the previous unkept state of the garden, ivy was left to overgrow, and take control of the two brick walls, and to climb over onto the concrete slab steps in the middle. Plant borders weren’t maintained.
2010 The Results - July 2010
2009 DWA- Caring for Older People Competition 2009 ‘Designing the care home of the future.’ My design tackles the brief by modelling the ‘care home’ of the future on the flexbility of the USB hub, a technological breakthrough. When elderly people have to relocate, there is always a sense of loss, loss of memories of the spaces which they became familiar with, and loss of attachment to them. This can lead to stress and other health issues. I introduced the cleverly named “FUSE BOX”, a live-in device which can attach and detach at will, fusing families, friends, and groups together, yet keeping the internal environment unchanged.
2009
The Film Forum Project A proposal for a film production/workshop community centre for the deserted Emma Conns. square in Waterloo, London.
2008 - 2009
Jouberton Daycare centre - ‘09 Duration: 3 months Though the project brief was simply to design a nursery for young children (max. 40) who lived the town of Jouberton, I wished for this to involved all of the community and be multifunctional. The brightly coloured strips reflect a lot of sunlight from the most susceptible angles, yet they also add a decorative feature which draws influence from themes found within South African vernacular architecture, in which markings and bright colours are used to mark the hierarchy and signify and togetherness within a community.
2008
2007
A self-contained home for a pianist project. Interior perspective of the layout and material finishes of house for pianist.
Developmental models exploring the shape of the roof and the concept of flight.
Qualifications Name: Tumi Jegede Address: 10 Fisher Way, Heckmondwike, WF16 0BU Telephone: 07952309099 Email: tumijegede@hotmail.co.uk Website: www.tumijegede.com Education: 2007 – 2010 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. 2:2 in BArch (Hons) Architecture. 2005 - 2007 Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike, UK. A - Levels: Chemistry A, Design Technology A, Biology A and Mathematics B. AS Levels: Critical Thinking B G.C.S.E’s: 5 A*s, 4 As and 1 B. Previous Roles: 2008 - 2010 Worked as the designer in the University-based Society; the Africultural Society designed the society logo, flyers, adverts, posters and was lead the regeneration of the society’s image. Previous Jobs: Summer - Winter 2005 Priceless Shoes, Heckmondwike Sales advisor, where I merchandised the store floor, met sales targets and carried out customer service. Work experience: 2005 Dental assistant in a dental surgery in Thornhill, Dewsbury. 2005 Daycare assistant in a nursery in Heckmondwike, Wakefield. References are available upon request.
Computer skills: Competent in Windows and MAC OS, Adobe Photoshop CS4; InDesign CS5 and Ilustrator 8. Very experienced with Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Frontpage, Publisher and OneNote. CAD Skills: 3D Modelling with Google SketchUp, 2D with ArchiCAD and familiar with AUTOCAD, Rendering and Finishing with Indigo Renderer and Photoshop CS4. Average typing speed: 72 words per minute. Basic knowledge of web design. Additional Skills: Languages: English, Yoruba, German and Japanese. Other: Full driving licence. For the past 2 years (and counting) I have been sole founder, contributor and editor to a blog dedicated to debating “The State of Architecture in Nigeria” (address: http://nigerianarchitecture.blogspot.com). The blog has over 10 subscribers, with some being lecturers and those within the field of architecture in different parts of the world). In my spare time, I love to ‘kludge’, my website at www.tumijegede.com coins the term ‘kludging’ for use within the field of architecture, despite its more common use in computer science, I use it to describe the way I have discovered many ideas so far, in the way that methods at times had not been transparent to the extent that the outcome was predictable, and also intentional. Nonetheless, it follows the idea that one man’s trash, is another man’s treasure. There is use in everything. I am looking to become relevant as a student of Architecture, I understand that many schools offer students an education that does not match the requirements or pace of the real world. Luckily, I feel that my final year prompted me to look deeper into architecture. I have always been a very function-oritentated designer, so the combination of this new budding perspective freed my mind to various opportunities, which explains the diversity within the work completed in 2009-2010. Currently, I am no longer obsessed by economic hardship that the industry is facing but instead enlightened to the various more opportunities and explorations out there.