‘Laolu Ganiy
Selected Works 2015 - 2020
Design Portfolio
academic | experiments | competitions | research | products
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE Intern,
• 2018
Orthner Orthner Associates (OOA), Accra/Ghana GIA/Rotary Club exhibition
Projects Officer,
• 2015-2018
Leptons Multiconcepts, Abuja/Nigeria Architecture/Product design Structural drawings Site supervision and inspection
• 2016 Intern, Consultants Collaborative Partnership (CCP), Lagos/Nigeria Architectural drafting and site Inspection of mixed-use and residential projects
• 2016 Intern, Leptons Multiconcepts, Abuja/Nigeria Architecture/Product design Site inspection
• 2013-2014 Intern, ARCVIEWS Architects, Ibadan/Nigeria Architectural drafting
‘Laolu Ganiy is a designer, architect and writer testing bespoke design solutions on problems posed by his immediate reality through experimental research and development in architecture, design and urbanism.
CONTACT rahmanganiy@gmail.com
+2348158933583
PERSONAL Linkedin.com/in/laolu
medium.com/@LaoluRG
instagram.com/laolu_rg
EDUCATION 2011-2018
B.Tech. Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
COMPETITIONS AND WORKSHOPS African Alliance for New Design (AAND)/British Council Workshop 2016, Lagos/Nigeria cohort British Council CollabNowNow Competition 2019, South Africa/Mozambique Finalist DesignWeekLagos Ferry Terminal Competition 2019, Lagos/Nigeria Runner-up Turquoise Desert Research Bureau 2019-2020, Cairo/Amsterdam, cohort Community Planning & Design Initiative Africa Internship (CPDI), 2020
PUBLICATIONS “What Lagos (and Africa's water cities) can learn from the world's water-bending cities.” Dezeen.com, TBA
“Call to arms; Tropical Contemporary Evangelism.” Medium.com, 2020
“Scaling good architecture in Nigeria with no Middle class” Livinspaces.com, Medium, 2018
“What Nigerian developers can learn from the pruitt-igoe scheme (or Eichler homes).” Livinspaces.com, KlopfArchitecture.com, 2018
“What the architecture of Demas Nwoko got me thinking.” Medium.com, 2018
“REANIMATION - a case for the courtyard in Nigerian contemporary architecture” Livinspaces.com, Medium, 2018
SOFTWARE SKILLS AR/VR
CAD
BIM
VISUALIZATION
PUBLISHING
Meshmixer OBS Studio
Autocad Layout
Revit Sketchup Rhino
Enscape Lumion Twinmotion Vray
Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe XD Figma Canva
HOME AUTOMATION G4 Smart System
APPLICATION PACAKAGES Microsoft Office Suite
Google Office Suite
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE & OTHER INTERESTS Volunteer, Kemet Pharma, Gaborone, Botswana Co-founder/Co-host, Healing Spaces Podcast. (June 2020 - Present) Co-founder, Studio 400 Podcast. (January 2020 - Present) Lead, The Nigerian Architecture Renaissance Project (NARP), (2019 - Present) Volunteer, Abo Coders, Minna, Nigeria (January 2015) Member, Abuja Literary Society (May 2016 – Present) Member, TheReadClub Lagos (2014 - Present)
Contents
1.
African Water City Series
2. Tropical Living Spaces 3. Impact architecture 4. Product Design
The African Water City Series people-oriented design explorations into possibilities in existing realities of african water cities
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elegbata ferry terminal
wóróbo bridges (type 1)
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lagos floating park
eko mobius pavillion
Elegbata Ferry Terminal competition | 2019
01
an entry to the 2019 DesignWeekLagos competition, the project sought to gently return the site back into it’s environment and create an open and inviting passage for ferry passsengers. Three ideals led this agenda; Open up site to public. Easy transition and throughfare. Integration of social spaces. creating in essence, a public park, a market and a terminal. software: Sketchup, Revit, Vray, Photoshop, illustrator
site
concept
framed viewss
site’s arresting factors
duality, multiplying effect
Inspired by arresting factors present on the site; -lapping waters, egrets perching, palmtrees swaying to the winda sense of calm and flight. the design sought to return these into the project by framing views towards them as well as ensuring rapid thoroughfare. Located near clustered Lagos Island and catering to about 800 passengers a day
thus demanding a design that is truly open, truly public, truly democratic
requiring a landscape that lets people pour in and activate the site organically.
structure and materials Placed in a humid tropical climate, the design responds to its surrounding habitat by passive climate control through natural ventilation by leaving gaps in its facade, solar shading and the use of transluscent sheets to allow natural light in. The
site’s
floors
absorbs
water
instead of runiing it off and channels it through pipes beneath that lead to a tank that recycles for gardening and toilets.
An inclined truss system cantilevers off a simple I-beam truss system bolted into the ground. This primary structure is mirrored to house a utility space, storage and a solar roof. The resulting structure is essentially a tent that allows timely passage straight to the dock, and the facade is simply a shroud. The transparence and transluscency properties of the facade ensures it blurs the divide bewteen the outside and inside, glows at night while giviing off a sense of the collective and safety.
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Park Mezzanine The site is defined by sheltered spaces, benches, swings, greenery with access to the roof deck. Users are welcomed at the entry by a waterfall into a double heighted space which leads to a proximal ticket booth to ensure shortest travel time possible Public restrooms are tucked under the inclined deck outside the structure which will be covered with wood locally sourced from neighbouring oko baba Ebute metta.
The height of the structure was restricted in a bid to not restrict views to the water while framing it still. The structure has a flowing indoor-outdoor dynamic that controls entry but dignifies users through a heightened experience An oval car park was provided to ease passenger drop-off. Spaces contained within are a cafeteria, a ticket booth, sitting areas, a vip concession, a utility space, storage and offices in a mezzaine floor.
Store Ground Floor
Mezzanine Floor
a. incline to roof deck b. restaurant c. restrooms d. concessions e. indoor hall/seatibg
f. dock g. storage h. ticket booth i. offices
Terminal
the Wóróbo Bridges (type 1) experiment | 2019 British Council ColabNowNow Finalist | 2019
02
exploring the possibilities in the african modern city where the “mixed-use” space is stretched to capacity and a bridge is not only a bridge but a market and an exhibition space as well Borne of a need to solve the problem of pedestrian bridges, underused, overpriced and ill-maintained. An Instrument for peace, an incubator for dialogue, an exercise in place-making. software: Sketchup, Revit, Vray, Photoshop, illustrator
How do you create a bridge that is a responsible citizen? Sustainable short term, paying for its constuction, and long term too, paying for its maintenance with extra change a carbon positive bridge, -producing its own electricity, giving more greenery that it took? a drop of mini stalls here, a dash of street and an art exhibition space, Architectural alchemy. attracting users with bright colours, a market in the air and the excitement of the slide downwards (the lure of the endgame, ) a cultural place, an alternate exhibit for local artists to reach more people, to inspire passers-by with art bringing art closer to the common person, increasing its appreciation. The slide. The glee of sliding down The glow at night and the flurry of sillouhettes glows at night to attract people in, display art for longer ranges and as a beacon of security And at night, like fireflies, we are drawn to the flurry of activities lit by bright lights, The promise of a beautiful place, we are social animals at heart
a composite of recycled conctrete steel and cross laminated timber lattice framed to prevent cables swaying, structural integrity assured. Modular, can be shipped from site to state, looks at home everywhere. with steel from recycled ship parts. Ventilated by stack effect Double height volumes for exhibitions, Gardens giving shelter from flood and direct rays cashflow through economy of scale, advert spaces running across celestory fenestrations.
wrapped up in an architecture of emotion. Emotive spaces that spur you to feel.
- the Wóróbo stall -
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Lagos Floating Park experiment | 2019-date
Still under development, this iteraton seeks to explore what an observatory for the urban environment saddled in nature could be, with a contextual bent to African water cities and a European reference. Prototypes are to be located on sites open up to the public, with spaces that bear no weight of defined use, hence multi-purpose . software: Sketchup, Vray, Photoshop, illustrator
Our parks are dead.
"Public space has emerged as a critical lifeline for cities. It has
our beaches have been privatised,
proven to be as timeless risk-reducing infrastructure and an
playgrounds for the kids, eroded,
essential urban service"
adult play is non-existent
- UN habitat
FEATURES
public spaces are war-torn, how do we democratise public spaces?
- Jogging track - Planters
What could be an activator?
- Street Furniture
what can cedric price's fun palace teach us?
- Solar gazebos
what can we learn from the old Benin empire?
- coconuts trees
how did they succeed in bringing people together?
- swings
how did they maintain city-states without loneliness ?
- pavilions - hammocks
Enter,
- Climbing walls
a layercake of slides and stairs and wall climbers,
- Gmelina trees
escher-esque, othering views from all sides,
(fast-growing. enduring,
activating the senses,
lightweight.)
ribbed, inviting touch. a generator for fun.
USES - Play
a play on scale, with a playable scale,
- Water park
a meeting space,
- Concert
a stage for performance,
- Jet ski jetty
interstitial spaces, an activator,
- food bay
weaving through space on water,
- Promenade
anchored to shallow waters and harbours, a shaded track running through,
KEYWORDS
an abundance of street furniture,
- Public Space - Community Building
a gift to the public.
- Prototyping
Potential Locations in Lagos
MOODBOARD
Eko Mobius Pavilion experiment | 2019
04
Inspired by the mobius strip, the pavilion creates a space from a single band of material for users to create adventure. It is desiigned to cater for both adult and child play and be placed at existing playgrounds, Interstitial spaces in parks, used for fairs and exibits as well as to take advantage of views without building a building . The structure is cantilevered for dramatic effect to create a landmark wherever it is placed. software: Sketchup, Vray, Photoshop, illustrator
Tropical Living Spaces optimization experiments on tropical spaces that host daily human activities
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Benson Residence
03 kaduna school
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epe beach chalets
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karu school
Benson Residence experiment | 2019
01
soft, open and muscular. an attempt to model a contemporary space after the personality of the client. The form seeks to reimagine old tropical modernist spaces found in old colonial cities in Nigeria. Grand entries, an open layout, an abundance of fenstrations and screens are the central theme of the project. software: Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
Epe Beach Chalets experiment | 2020
02
A result of a continuous study into low-energy building materials, this iteration was envisioned to be executed in rammed earth + a film material to test the combination’s strength agianst strong sea winds and salt. The forms are molded simply to allow multiple linear openings , and steeped to shed water fast. software: Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
Karu School experiment | 2019
03
Proposed for a high-density site in a satellite town in southern Abuja, The buildin aims to tackle noise pollution by being an inward-facing community and a shield with a strong visualIdentity. A grand entrance, screens of popping primary colours, shaded verdant courtyards layered fenestration, as well as burnt bricks were used to achieve the brief. software: Sketchup, 3ds Max, Photoshop, illustrator
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Kaduna School
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A renovation proposal for an academic centre in Northern Nigeria, the project aimed to revamp the building’s identity, making it fit for play and purpose with minimal demolition work. Screens, colour and greenery were employed on a white canvas to achieve thisgoal.
experiment | 2019 software: Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
Impact Architecture architecture as a tool to score positive social-economic returns through existing building typologies
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community centre
02
memory place
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04
school of architecture
industrial cluster
Community Centre research | 2020
01
Inspired by TAMassociati’s Viareggio parish, the project is an experiment on light, exploring the many ways with which light can be channelled into space. The form is executed in CSEB and rendered in earth tones with multiple light wells, light fenestrations and a defined, grand entry. software: Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
Memory Place compertition | 2019
02
How do you make a place? How do you make a memorable place? A place that invites people, stays on their minds, and draws them back. Slightly lifted, it seats grandly and gently into its swampy environment Integrating the local trees into the building itself so structure and local flora become one. software: Sketchup, Vray, Revit, illustrator
School of Architecture academic | 2018
03
A studio project of my final year, this design sought to play on strong tropical modernist sensibilities present in Nigerian tetiary environments to develop a school of architecture sustainable in multiple ways. The building works by providing deep shaded areas to students, negative spaces and couurtyards to host a veriety of functions as well as grand entry to give the department a visual identity, software: Sketchup, Vray, Photoshop, illustrator
kaduna church
Small-Scale Industrial Cluster
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academic | 2018
An accompanying studio project to my final year thesis, It posits circular economy of purpose-built architecture by proposing a small and medium scale idustrial complex win Ibadan. The proposal contained 3 prototypes of varying sizes as well as Administrative blocks, a powerplant, warehouses, a restaurant and lodge and other supporting facilities. Central themes were reducing overhead energy costs and achieveing spatial economics of scale. software: Sketchup, Vray, Photoshop, illustrator
GRAND ENTRY
Prototype C
Prototype C
Prototype C
Prototype B
Prototype C
Prototype B
Prototype B
POWERPLANT
POWERPLANT
WAREHOUSE
WAREHOUSE
LODGE/REST.
Product Design people-oriented design explorations into possibilities in existing realities of african water cities
01 kukuFresh Prototypes
03
elegbata street furniture
02 generator muffler
04
studio lani chairs
kukuFresh Hydroponics product | 2020
01
More than a farming sytem, premised as an icon of lifestytle, If its going to compete with food, it has to be a statement must-have product. It should do more, grow both food crops and ornamental plants. A Non-consumption product integerated with multiple light sytems; soft night lights and bright ring lights, illuminating host spaces. software: Rhino, Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
Generator Muffler product | 2016 - 2019
02
Under constant development, This iteration seeks to address airflow problems faced by previous prototypes. The Muffler is being developed as a cost effective means of address noise pollution brought by generators by coopting sound-absorbing materials, exhaust flow as well as security. software: Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
Elegbata Benches
03
Inspired by the form of the elegabta ferry terminal as a bench in its grounds. Welded into a single form, It is to be sourced from crap metal and relies on the tensile strength of the material. Future iterations will introduce planting pods.
product | 2019 software: Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
StudioLani CHairs
04
Executed on behalf of StudioLani after multiple brainstorm sessions, a set of thinly-massed chairs to be easily produced by local artisans, inspired by yoruba artforms, was conceived.
product | 2020 software: Rhino, Sketchup, Vray, illustrator
(*applause)