Portfolio2016 by Neindow Yakubu

PORTFOLIO OF CREATIVE WORKS

Hassan Mohammed Yakubu 2016

Hassan Mohammed YAKUBU

CV “The essence of the creative act is to see the familiar as strange.” Anon

Nationality : Ghanaian Date/Place Of Birth : 17/05/1988 at Tamale, Ghana Email : hassanykb@gmail.com Mobile : +44 777 821 33 79/+233 504 16 96 64 Online Portfolio : http://be.net/hassanykb LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassanykb Blog : http://www.myh-atelier6.blogspot.com Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/hassanykb

PROFILE

I am an articulate, open-minded person with an eye for detail, clarity of thought and a good sense of humour. As a constant learner, my greatest strengths are my research, creative and writing skills that make me easily adaptable and effective as a team player. CAREER OBJECTIVE A qualified entry-level architect/urban designer seeking a challenging position in a forward-looking organisation that values creativity, originality, research and teamwork.

EDUCATION October 2015 - June 2016 Wolfson College -University of Cambridge, UK MPhil Planning, Growth and Regeneration September 2008-June 2014 Ecole Nationale d’Architecture-Rabat, Morocco Diplôme d’Architecte(Master of Architecture) September 2007-June 2008 Faculty of Educational Sciences-Rabat, Morocco French September 2003-July 2006 Ghana Senior High School, Tamale, Ghana High School Certificate

SKILLS Adobe

BEGINNER

INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED

(Photoshop,Illustrator InDesign,After Effects)

AutoCAD Revit Architecture Rhinoceros 3D Trimble SketchUp Grasshopper Artlantis Vray Render Engine Microsoft Office (Word,Excel, Power Point,Project)

Web Design(HTML,CSS,

JQuery, JavaScript)

Python, Django

LANGUAGES English French Spanish

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES EXPERIENCE

October 2014 - Ocotber 2015 Mawums Ltd - Accra, Ghana Junior Architect - National Service May 2013-2014 Arch2o.com - Architecture News Portal Writer January 2013-Present Freelance architect August 2012 Al Omrane Holding - Rabat,Morocco Summer Intern July 2012 Atelier Sens-Espace - Rabat, Morocco Intern Architect July 2011 Atelier Sens-Espace - Rabat, Morocco Intern Architect

2015/2016 Cambridge University Ghanaian Society Vice President/Secretary 2009/2010 Ghanaian Students’ Association in Morocco General Secretary 2009-2011 Ghanaian Students’ Association in Morocco Member,National Steering Committee August 2011-July 2013 Ghanaian Students’ Association in Morocco Electoral Commissioner

INTERESTS

Entrepreneurship Innovation Education Programming Reading-Non Fiction Philosophy

Design Sustainable Development Global Issues History Electronics

CONTENTS STUDIO WORK................................04 PROFESSIONAL WORK.................19 WRITING SAMPLE.........................24 GENERAL DESIGN.........................25

1. Analysis of the existing Emergent Urban Systems within the slum

RECYCLING/REUSE CENTRE

3. Following the identification of Hotspots, strategies were proposed based on layers of urban systems inspired by the previously identified Emergent Urban Systems within the slum

Develop the existing low-end recycling industry into a city-wide industry

RECONSTRUCTED MARKET

MARKET HOSTEL

Low cost Facility for use by traders from outside the city as well as porters

Runoff & Drainage PARKING FACILITIES

Barriers Artificial and Natural

Vacant Plots for Development

Free ﬂowing paths promoting riverfront activities

Waterscape Infrastructure Landmark projects Major Pathways

2500

Parking facilities with community scale urban square

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

CIVIC CENTRAL CORE AND PLAZA

Constructed wetlands for the community sewage treatment

SCHOOL

Serving as the community node comprising meeting halls,adult education centre library and youth centre

Minor Pathways

RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION PONDS

Cluster Massing Public Spaces and Courtyards

Hand dug ponds for local irrigation of ﬁelds

COMMUNITY CENTRE

Landscape Infrastructure

Noise Pollution

Building heights maximize views to river and cultivated ﬁelds

URBAN AGRICULTURE

0 0

Public Spaces

2500

RI VE R

5. The final master plan showing the key strategies, services and synergies of the renewed urban system.

Routes

2500

Serving as a leisure and activity river front

W DA O

Fields cultivated for community use and sale

Riverside Walkway

4. The strategies from the individual layers were then composited to form an Integrated Strategies System while working on the synergy of the whole.

NEIGHBOURHOOD PARK AND FIELDS Sports ﬁelds and leisure activities at the community and urban scale. Community gardens shared by parcels of 20m2 per houshold

2500

Accesibility and Pathways

Final Thesis - Architecture School

Sustainable Integration of the Informal - Old Fadama in Accra

B G

C D F

2. After the analysis, there emerged a pattern of landuses that could serve as launch spots for our intervention. These were identified as hotspots.

Hotspots

2500

Integrated Strategies Plan

My thesis project was centered on desiginging for the urban poor of the slums using the inherent dominant culture of resilience and improvisation to inform the sustainability principles that we sought to design in. As a result, the slum had to be studied and analysed to come up with local materials available, the culture of self-building and the mechanisms around that as well as the sence of community and very creative ownership, environmental and material flow systems that had been improvised to meet their daily needs. This analysis then served as a basis to redefine sustainability in the wider sustainale city discourse with the goal of formalising the informal as it were. The model which eveolved from this study, the Sustainable Integration Model therefore defined the design response providng for an interesting way of integrating the informal into the existing urban system of Accra.

MASTER PLAN

CIVIC CORE

The image to the left, depicts a rendered complete massing plan of the whole project and its insertion into the existing urban fabric. It shows how that section of the Korle Gono could emerge as an oasis in the heart of Accra whiles providing a substantial amount of real estate for housing needs of the adjacent slum. The image above, is a detailing of the Civic Core, the heart of the intervention which comprises a number of community infrastructure that includes, a civic centre, a clinic, a public park, meeting halls as well as a community library. This centre leads unto the cultivated fields of greenery for community gardening that, in addition to the farm produce that could be sold locally, will serve as a site for teaching the rudiments of agriculture. The civic core serves as the heart of the project where the whole community congregates to learn, acquire skills and entertain themselves. Like the heart, it is the centre of the community.

6 Pond

Neighbourhood Parks and gardens

al entia Resid

Community Hall

entia Resid

Community Centre

Civic Core Public Space

Community meeting Hall Civic Core Organisational Concept

Open courtyard within the housing allowing for playing.

A number of the housing blocks depicting the open groundfloor with the use of local building materials.

The Community centre showing the use of local building materials to provide shading.

Primary Winds North Easy Trade Winds Dry Humid occuring in the Dry Season ENERGY USE /GENERATION

Courtyard system of housing units allows for constant renewal of air

Solar cells introduced at block level helps achieve energy sufficiency via local level energy generation

PASSIVE STRATEGIES Extensive use of Bamboo screens in buildings reduces direct sunlight impact while allowing for easy ventilation. Locally sourced materials like earthen bricks , bamboo and wood are encouraged for use in construction to keep costs as low as possible

E ISE

ISE

Primary Winds

South West Monsoon Winds Building orientation break the prevailing winds and allow light breezes through the streets ET

Secondary Winds

ENERGY USE /GENERATION Solar cells introduced at block level helps achieve energy sufficiency via local level energy generation PASSIVE STRATEGIES

Sea Breeze from the Atlantic Coast

As a sustainable design intervetion, key elements of the local context sunlight, prevailing winds, cooling effects, available local materials etc were considered in developing the strategies. The buildings for instance were placed to make maximum use of the sunlight through the year. Solar PV panels serve as the main sourse of alternative energy generation given the continious amount of light received throughout the year. To allow for cooling effect, courtyards served as a strong design element to allow for natural building cooling. Rainwater and runoff systems were incorporated in the designs for the whole site. Bioswales will serve as runoff control mechanisms thereby minimising erosion. The image to the top right depicts the strategies that were introduced in the design of the civic centre. The two courtyards serve as the heart of the project allowing the building to â&#x20AC;&#x153;breathâ&#x20AC;? all year round. The flat roof allows for ease of positioning of the solar PV panels and its doublelayered system creates a vacuum between the two panels that mitigates solar heat gain thereby rendering the inner spaces cool. The facades are sun-protected using shading from bamboo-cladding which also adds to the aesthetic effects. The building to the buttom right depicts a typical housing unit. The free groundfloor allows for free circulation of air into the courtyards creating a cooling effect. It also serves as temporary shelter for kiosks as the building process advances. The buildings are designed to allow integration of water storage facilities from runoff channelled from the ceiling. The use of local bricks and bamboo creates a tectonic effect that adds to the signature feel of the project.

Building Orientation to minimize direct exposure and maximize natural ventilation

WATER MANAGEMENT Rainwater collected via tilted roofing system is channelled into building integrated water reservoirs for household use

PASSIVE STRATEGIES Extensive use of Bamboo screens in buildings reduces direct sunlight impact while allowing for easy ventilation.

LOCAL MATERIALS

Bamboo Screens

Locally sourced materials like earthen bricks , bamboo and wood are encouraged for use in construction to keep costs as low as possible

Courtyard system of housing units allows for constant renewal of air

Bioswales DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF FILTRATION Cobble stone covered flooring allows for easy runoff infiltration to replenish water table and thus the river. Bioswales running along major pathways serve as neighbourhood level sewage system .

ESCALIER DE SECOURS

5.09

12.48 m²

WC F

WC M

14.12 m²

14.13 m²

CONSEIL/ORIENTATION 51.67 m²

LT 3.00 m²

4.08

GUICHET UNIQUE

199.48 m²

A107

RESTAURANT

158.16 m²

ACCUEIL 4.84

113.97 m²

Cage Escalier 9.29 m²

6.00

5.46

7.95

A107

5.46

6.00

2 r+1

Ech : 1 : 100

ESCALIER DE SECOURS 12.48 m²

SALLE DE PROJECTION 45.15 m²

SALLE DE COURS

WC F

22.49 m²

14.12 m²

WC M 14.13 m²

SALLE DE PROJECTION 41.77 m²

SALLE DE CONFERENCES 40.25 m²

LT 3.00 m²

1 A107 A106

VIDE SUR RDC

B VIDE SUR CAFE

5th Year Studio Project Each year close to 16% of graduates from Moroccan Universities are hurled into the unemployed classes of the population. In The face of this growing menace,many graduates tend to just make do with whichever job they can lay their hands on . It is our fervent believe that these graduates if well equipped via entrepreneurial training during and after their school-days can help solve not only this problem but societal problems as a whole. With The already cast array of theoretical skills they are equipped with ,an added beefing up in entrepreneurial spirit will go a long way to change their mindset and their approach to society and the world as a whole. The likes of the Silicon Valley,Stanford University Entrepreneurship centres and many others around the world give credence to the positivity and the change effect associated with such a king of establishment. In view of this,our proposal for an entrepreneurial training centre in the heart of the educational quarter of Rabat will not only bring entrepreneurial training to the door step of students but will likewise serve the greater Rabat Sale Region. Proposals For the centre will include a multi-purpose amphitheatre, a block of hostels ,offices for start-ups,laboratories and working spaces. Courses Will be organized year round ,the centre will equally be opened for start-up teams to work on their various projects. As a centre of excellence sustainable design principles like use of runoff,photovoltaic,natural ventilation and green roofs were employed.

Atrium serving as heating corridor for studios

Proposed amphitheatre for students

A centralised system of control to give feedback on amount of energy used,generated and conserved

A biogas system installed to demonstrate to architects its mode of functioning.

DES ECHAPPATOIRES POUR DEGAGER L’AIR CHAUD

PPV ELECTRICITE ALIMENTE LES ATELIERS

JARDINIERES POUR OXYGENER L’AIR

ELECTRICITE ALIMENTE LES ATELIERS

Photovoltaic panels installed on the roofs covering a surface area of around 4200m².

5th Year Studio Project

capteur solaire à air l’air chaud injecté dans les ateliers

The National School of Architecture was built in the early 2000’s around a time when the needed for incorporating sustainable design principles in architecture was not pressing. Existing structures do not therefore fully comply with sustainability best practices. Our proposal for this project was to make projections of features which could be added or modified in other to improve upon the sustainable nature of an architecture school . Aside the environmental and cost benefits,one other crucial good is the fact that student architects will observe and use at first hand features they learn in a theoretical manner in classes. Concentrating mainly on the semi circular studios block,our proposal seeks to generate electricity form solar panels and correct the greenhouse effect as a result of the plexiglass covered inner atrium. We introduced suspended plantings in the atrium which will serve to oxygenate the hot air thereby cooling inner temperatures. Most of the studios were redesigned using state of the art renewable materials to increase acoustic and thermal comfort. A biogas system was also proposed to make use of paper and human waste on site.

DES ECHAPPATOIRES POUR DEGAGER L’AIR CHAUD

JARDINIERES POUR OXYGENER L’AIR

capteur solaire à air l’air chaud injecté dans les ateliers CANALISATIONS POUR ALIMENTER JARDINIERES

STOCKAGE POUR ARROSAGE

PLANS 10

33.30 1.50

8.05

2.01

1.50

1.37

3.80

1.50

1.58

1.20

6.35

3.50

3.75

5.00

8.05

3.65

1.20

1.80

4.45

1.50

1.80

2.88

CUISINE

6.90

CHAMBRE

1.20

2.80

1.20

SDB

1.93

2.39

1.85

1.63

3.91

1.60

33.30

3.00

CUISINE

5.60

3.00

3.19

3.25

1.53 1.01

PALIER

1.50

3.43

SDB

DEGAGEMENT

2.46

SDB

CHAMBRE

8.60

6.15

CHAMBRE 1.50

CHAMBRE

1.50

CUISINE

3.90

2 A107

1.95

1.50

3.01

1.20

3.54

1.20

2.25

3.50

1.77

3.23

19.35

APPARTEMENT

110 m²

110m²

DUPLEX

APPARTEMENT

170 m²

6.40

4.50

DUPLEX

125 m²

170 m²

3.50

APPARTEMENT

DUPLEX

130 m²

1.50

2.25

1.50

2.31

9.45

Plan R+1

33.30

150 m²

33.30 1.50 1.50

8.05 81

1.20

3.80

4.49

1.20

6.30 90

4.19

5.00

7.66

4.79

1.20

1.53

1.80 1.42

1.50

4th Year Studio Project 1.30

CHAMBRE

1.50

2.00

A107

7.65

1.50

After an urban analysis of the Sidi Bernousi Industrial area of Casablanca, our research brought to the fore some needs of the inhabitants. One major issue was with housing for the low and middle income classes. We were tasked to make proposals of multi-storey housing for the middle and low classes while promoting societal integration of the populace. In due course our proposal for an intermediary housing scheme sought to promote a mixed class residence by incorporating various types of housing. We proposed studios ,apartments, duplexes and suspended villas to cater for wide needs. In so doing we could have a total response to all classes whiles conjointly providing activity through the commercial spaces on the ground floor. In laying out the block plan , the open block system of French architect Christian de Portzamparc was studied and applied in other to maximize land use and promote effective integration of building to site. CHAMBRE

4.46

4.68

4.76

5.30

CHAMBRE

DEGAGEMENT

DRESSING

1.20

SDB

2.70

2.65

SDB

SEJOUR

1.20

2.25

11.85

CHAMBRE

CUISINE

1.63

DEGAGEMENT

3.00

SDB

5.83

2.72

1.60

3.75

CHAMBRE

2.70

HALL

2.73

1.60

SEJOUR

DEGAGEMENT

5.86

SDB

CHAMBRE

SDB

1.50

3.35

SDB

5.75

PALIER

5.75

CHAMBRE

6.00

5.60

3.00

CUISINE

33.30

HALL

3.00

6.30

COURSIVE

CUISINE

2.80

33.30

3.05

3.28

1.05

SEJOUR

2.25

1.80

2.25

CHAMBRE

1.80

1.50

4.42

SEJOUR CHAMBRE

1.80

A107

6.15

A107

4.27

4.20

4.27

DEGAGEMENT

SEJOUR

2.70

3.05

2.70

1.14

1.53

SEJOUR

3.45

HALL 2.75

CUISINE

TRC

5.60

3.00

1.66

2.75

CUISINE

TRC

CUISINE

6.00

3.05

5.95

COURSIVE

2.70

1.83

33.30

3.00

1.82

6.30

3.05

1.63

2.80

3.05

3.91

1.70

WC 1.60

1.60 1.05

1.94

SEJOUR

33.30

1.05

1.60

3.15

3.00

SEJOUR

2.90

3.25

1.63

SDB

12.15

CHAMBRE

2.80

12.15

4.68

4.46

8.00

DEGAGEMENT

1.13

6.90

8.60

4.68

7.70

1.50

CHAMBRE SEJOUR

SEJOUR DEGAGEMENT

2.00

4.03

CUISINE CHAMBRE

1.50

TRC

1.50

1.00

TRC

1.50

2.00

1.50

A107

COMPLEXE SPORTIF COMPLEXE SPORTIF

Plan de Masse et Façades

COMPLEXE COMPLEXE SPORTIF SPORTIF N

volley-ball volley-ball

basketball basketball

Façade Principale - Piscine Couverte

foot foot

Façade Arrière - Piscine Couverte

Façade Latérale - Piscine Couverte

bernoussi bernoussi

Façade Principale - Salle Omnisport

Façade Arrière - Salle Omnisport

Façade Latérale - Salle Omnisport

4th Year Studio Project Still on the Sidi Bernoussi Industrial area,this project consisted of designing a sports complex to cater for health and social needs. Our Approach was to provide a huge facility which will be accessible by all inhabitants not only for major events but daily routines. The most striking element of this project was the use of laminated timber. This was due to the very wide spaces needed to be covered.

4th Year Landscape Design Studio This project done in collaboration with colleagues,sought to make proposals for a wide expanse of land situated in between two major avenues. One major issue was the narrow but lengthy nature of the land as well as the noise pollution due to the vehicular movement. Inspired by the sinusoidal nature of sound waves our response was to work on the landscape in the form of waves which in certain places quite down to form playing fields and at others rise to provide shelter for commercial spaces. The whole length was divided into 3 main sections to facilitate working on the project.

COOPERATIVE AGROSCAPES

DESIGNING EFFICIENT URBAN-RURAL CYCLES

LEVELS OF COOPERATION CONCEPT FOR THE GRAND CASABLANCA AREA

AGROSCAPE CORRIDOR

DETAIL DESIGN

Medouina Urban Agriculture International Workshop

This project was undertaken in conjunction with two other students within a team of 8 selected students from the National School of Architecture and the Technical University of Berlin. Dubbed Urban Agriculture Casablanca, the project is a German-Moroccan research project of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the megacity research programme “Research for the Sustainable Development of Megacities of Tomorrow, Focus: Energy- and climate-efficient structures in urban growth centres”. The Medouina urban agriculture project was the last workshop organised under the research in Casablanca. the challenge was to come up with innovative urban agriculture scenarios that would fit within the larger interventionguidelines of the research project. My team proposed a cooperative scenario were the city and rural came into strong relations as well as farmers, inhabitants, and industry.

Internship - Interior design and detailing As part of my duties during a one month internship we were tasked to make proposals for a renovation of an old agricultural extension block. The spaces had to be redesigned and the interior court previously uncovered was covered to allow for shading for visitors seated around waiting their turn

Internship - Renovation THis was also a renovation work we did during an internship.The Client needed to renovate his old residence while adding a swimming pool and exterior greenery.

150 SEATING 150 SEATING

CONFERENCE HALL

68' - 3"

OUTDOOR HUT

RECEPTION/BREAKOUT AREA

8' - 0 1/2"

17' - 2 1/2"

KITCHEN

PERSONNEL M

OFFICE

3' - 11"

STORE

WC F

WC M

PERSONNEL F

11' - 9 1/2"

LAUNDRY

BATH

4' - 8 1/2"

BAR

26' - 9"

LOUNGE

RESTAURANT

19' - 8"

8' - 6"

3' - 3 1/2"

18' - 0 1/2" 18' - 0 1/2"

8' - 6"

SWIMMING POOL

STREET

8' - 6"

SKYLIGHT

RECEPTION/BREAKOUT AREA

11' - 9 1/2"

BAR

3' - 3 1/2"

OFFICE

3' - 11"

STORE

KITCHEN

PERSONNEL M

PERSONNEL F

8' - 0 1/2"

8' - 6"

LAUNDRY

BATH

WC F

WC M

BOARDROOM 17' - 2 1/2"

BOARDROOM

26' - 9"

LOUNGE

RESTAURANT

8' - 6"

19' - 8"

8' - 6"

3' - 3 1/2"

8' - 6"

STREET

8' - 6"

SION TEN X E URE FUT

SKYLIGHT

5' - 11"

10' - 2"

OFFICE- MANAGER

PARKING (20)

8' - 6"

68' - 3"

OUTDOOR HUT

PARKING (20)

CONFERENCE HALL

8' - 6"

4' - 8 1/2"

8' - 6"

STREET

N O I S N E T X E E R U T U F

SKYLIGHT

5' - 11"

10' - 2"

OFFICE- MANAGER

ENTRY

17' - 2 1/2"

RECEPTION

OUTDOOR HUT

8' - 6"

ENTRY

BOARDROOM

8' - 6"

150 SEATING 150 SEATING

BOARDROOM

8' - 6"

18' - 0 1/2" 18' - 0 1/2"

SWIMMING POOL

21' - 10" 17' - 2 1/2"

12' - 7 1/2"

17' - 2 1/2"

RECEPTION

21' - 10" 17' - 2 1/2"

8' - 6"

PARKING (20)

8' - 6"

PARKING (20)

3' - 3 1/2"

8' - 6"

STREET

The proposal was for a 30-bed Hotel and conference facility with the possibility of future extension in the outskirts of Tamale in Ghana. The design response used the wet areas as the visual markers for the facade detailing them with a capped roof and stripes of wood to give it a strong appeal.

GYM

19' - 8"

At the edge of Town... 18

Creating an Icon...

This proposal was for a 8-storey hotel and conference facility in the heart of Tamale. The design brief demanded a high-end class hotel that could easily be replicated in other cities of Ghana to create a hotel franchise. The size and nature of the plot demanded careful design so as to account for all the essential facilities needed for a smooth functioning of the hotel. As a result, basement parking was proposed with a raised deck swimming pool that is almost halfway the groundfloor. The sky lounge and bar provides a convenient open-air space for relaxation and enjoyment of the views. The last floor will serve as the executive and business suites with swiming and catering facilities envisaged on the roof, the first of its king in the city. The signature facade and irregular rectangular incisions allow to break the otherwise monotonous look typical of hotels while allowing for shielding from the exccessive sunshine in these parts of the country. In all, the intricate use of space and the volume provide a pearl worthy of the standard and a project to look out for in Tamale.

Ground Floor

First Floor showing Business facilities

Second Floor showing room layout and sky-restaurant

Reading Room

Reading Room Store

Store

WC F WC M

WC FWC M SEA T

COUNTER

SEA T

OUTDOOR SITTING AREA

WATER DISPENSER

SEATS

WATER DISPENSER

45 Reading Room

SEA T

Reading Room

Entry Lobby Computer Room

VIEW ON GROUND FLOOR Computer Room

A library for them - CSR As part of Coperate Social Responsibility(CSR) programmes undertaken by Mawums Ltd. , this project consisted of designing an educational complex for the people of Ligbing , a village in the Northern Region of Ghana. The brief was to design a Library, Junior and Senior High Schools and Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quarters. The project inset is the library which was designed with a post-modernist using local rocks as decoration for the base level of the building. Pockets of exterior seating inspired by the local culture of sitting under trees to discuss was incoporated around the building as exterior reading and talking areas.

21 2 A105

525

1500

7600

1581

3338

3300

4000

1731

505

3700 1200

1250

3495 W4

6700

1200

5150

1000

3001000 400 1000300

3400

150

2225

Female Dinning Hall

3500

Ramp

1275

300

650 1000 850 1000 1

1300 8300 2

4000 W1

1000 850 1000 650 3

3000 3000 19600

4000 W1

650 1000 850 1000 4

1300 8300 5

3000

4275

3300

788

4000 W1

3000

4275

4000 W1

638

788

3000

488

1275

488

Ramp W3

Male Dinning Hall

1275

300

Ramp 2225

12850

3500

2225

Ramp

488

1275

488

2225

5150

638

1800

Bulk Store room

12200

1500 75

3400

5000

150 1800 150

150

Kitchen

150

3575

Ramp

1200 1400

7600

3400

150

4450

1563

900

3050

2225

Lobby

5150

1500 300 1000

1650

1500

2225

21950 638

150

5150

1 A106

1650

Store room

3500

1200

3575

Office Matron 3400

4000

1150

1200 750 1200

21950

3475 A

1750

1200

8300

1925

1200

1838

1250

638

19600

1000 850 1000 650 6

1 A105

All inclusive - Dining together

Desi

In response to a brief by an Islamic school for a dining hall complex, the design response was to follow the strict seperation of male and female eating areas with a common kitchen but the possibility of fraternizing outside of the hall. The accessibility to the halls is designed to cater for the needs persons with reduced mobility through the integration of ramps and railing for supports. Local material in the form of stone veneer to the base of the exterior serve as a signature mark for the halls.

2A 3

18000 10750 1500

1950

2775

1500

4350

4200

3700

3000

1500

975

800

2300 1450

4150

2300

5150

4150 1550

D2 Master Bedroom

245

1500

244

1500

18000

E F

1300

2300

3200

3950

Living area

300300

450 450

15950

5000

Verandah

150 1300

4550

D3 D1

2800

2950

150

6100

450

W2 4350

4200

1200

1370

245

1900

3000

2650

4550 2635

3500

Kitchen

775 750 150 875

3500

Kitchen

245

800 215

1750

900

150

800

1000 3150

150

1500

Bedroom

6850

900 150 750

800

2500

150

Living area

900 150

3650

800 1350

150

600

150

250 800

400

Bath 2575

4200

750

1600

2275

150300

Corridor D2

750 850

4050

D3 750

450

2700

3500

2850

3650

1500 11050

150

4200

1150

4200

150

350 800

2150

Bedroom

3000

850

Walkin Closet

Corridor

Dining area

D 2

2850

800

Bedroom

A106

150

4000

750 150 750

150

450

150 1200 650 150

2700

400

150 650 1350

550

400150

2420

1200

150

800

4200

900

1350

800 150 800

Bath

1350

16700

800

575

225

150 550

2700

1400

150

3350

4150

1500

4300

Bedroom

2050

Bath

Bedroom

2050

1400

150

1500

4150

5150

A106

150

1350

1500

1350

150 115 800

4500

680

3000

245

1370

245

1500

244 150 800

8200

1500

400

1500

800 150

5300

18000

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DR. MURTADA MAHMOUD

PLAN Project number

PROPOSED 6 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSE

Double for One

Date

V24/2014 16/11/2014

Drawn by

Neindow H. Yakubu

Checked by

Neindow H. Yakubu

This consisted of a response to a brief that demanded a residence for a family of 4 and then a side house for additional family members given the extended system common in Ghana. The challenge here was to have seperation of both houses in the interior but to make them appear on the exterior as one whole unit. In the end, the response leveraged this to provide an interesting volumetry to the residence giving a central high roof surrounding marking the entrance and common areas flanged by two lower roofs covering the service parts of the residence.

Scale

23 5.78 3.50 5.93

0.58 0.90 0.47

1.43 0.75 1.43

1.29

4.45 4.98

1.43 0.75 0.41

2.71

Space

1.59

F 0.15

2.00 WI Closet W3

0.15

2.10 Landing

0.75 4.75 2.38 5.05 0.73 0.75 1.20 4.71 1.68 3.36 18.95 1.20

Kitchen 3.65

3.99

0.15

1.15

GW1

50 X 75 Purlins@600 O.C

Hall

Family Area

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Section AA

Ech : 1 : 100

A W1

GW1

4 3

Ridge Cap

Dinning Area D1

1.60

0.15

The large one...

3.00

GW2

Hall 1.64

D2 0.15

7.65

3.99

+9.91

DEPTH LEFT TO ENGINEERS

4.50 6.20

4.50

B R

5.65

12.95 m² 94.31 m² 94.31 m² 37.46 m² 37.46 m² 12.29 m² 12.29 m² 22.54 m² 22.54 m² 2.48 m² 2.48 m² 0.00 m² 0.00 m² 30.39 m² 30.39 m² 525.09 m²

1.80 0.75 1.06

D3 1.00

0.15 0.50

2.01

2.91 1

1.80

Area

1 Living Area 1 Master Bedroom 1 Store 3 Study 1 WC 1 wc 1 WI Closet 10

1.15

3.50

0.95

1.20 2.50 1.25

0.15

28.12 m² 28.12 m² 99.22 m² 99.22 m² 0.00 m² 0.00 m² 22.54 m² 22.54 m² 26.85 m² 26.85 m² 49.98 m² 49.98 m² 63.56 m² 63.56 m² 22.39 m² 22.39 m² 12.95 m²

PORCH

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R. Yakubu

3.10

0.15

Garage

+0.30

0.15 1.50

+0.30

Archway

UP1

2.95 3.50

3.87

4.60 4.26

0.50 0.15

+0.30

2.72

2.81 Store

+0.30

Bath

1.28

1.40 1.20

4.50 7.30 2.40

3.00

1.62

1.25

Family Area

Master Bedroom 5.38

2.55

2.11

5.78

1.45 1.20

0.30

2.55

0.64

GW2

0.80

1.50 0.15 1.50 0.15 1.20

0.60 0.15 0.61

4.71

4.86 1.60 4.71 0.75 1.10

16.16 1.50 1.20 1.80

1.65 0.15 WC D3

0.30 0.30 0.00

1.71

0.53

Bedroom

WI Closet

C 3

TERRACE

2.31 7.00

+0.30

1.00

A110

1.71

4.60

5.78

3.50

0.75 0.80

0.15

2.30

Bath

1.70

0.15

2.20

0.15

4.50

2.50 2.50 2.35

2.00 WI Closet

2.20

2.33 2.33

0.30 W2

0.64

E W3

Space

This project brief demanded for a 2-storey 6 Bedroom residence spacious enough to allow for a large family . The response envisaged a contemporary hipped roof style house that incoporates passive ventilation of the roofing system to counter the high temperatures recorded in this part of Ghana.

1.75 2.26 1.75

1.60

2.00

WI Closet

Bath 7 Bedroom 7 Corridor 1 Dinning Area 1 Family Area 1 Garage 1 Hall 1 Kitchen 1 Kitchenette

Area

+0.45 W2

2 1

D3 1

3.65 2.50

1.07 7.45

2.25 1.50 2.10

1.01

5.93 0.92

3.00 4.29 23.42

0.71

4.14 3.00 4.29

0.71

A110

3.65 1.20 3.65

1.79

Proposed 5 B/R Residence at Kpalsi, Tamale

1.30

Ground Floor Plan

A110

2.00

1.50 1.64

2.35

Project Number Car Entrance

V22/2014

Drawn by

Neindow H. Yakubu

Verified by

Neindow H. Yakubu

A100 Scale

23.63

4 1.43 4A 5.29

0.75 1.43

4.45 5 4.98

2.71

0.75 0.41

0.75

5B Bedroom

4.75

2.10

Bath 0.15

5.78

0.15 1.29

0.60 0.15

1.20

WI Closet

2.74

0.14 4.56

Living Area D2

3.32 Store

D3 D2

3.50

3.70

Balcony

1.06

Study

VIEW ON LIVING AREA BELOW

4.50

Balcony W1

1.25

7.85

4.50

8.40 4.80

2.64

Kitchenette 18

Landing

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2.50

1.46

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R. Yakubu

1.85

1.90

1.15

1.53

3.65 0.75

3.65 5.50

2.25 1.50

2.23

5.93 1.20

7.30

First Floor

2.88

4.00

1.80

Balcony

D3 0.15 1.00 0.15

0.60 0.15 0.60

1.50 0.15 1.20

14.81

C 1.50

2.35

2.01

0.75

Bedroom

A110

0.15

4.71

0.75

4.86 1.60

3.50

DEPTH LEFT TO ENGINEERS

D2 D3

1.20

Bedroom

0.73 0.75

2.20

Balcony D2

1.80

4.51

Bath

2.31

WI Closet

2.35

2.50 3.30

4.71

D3 W3

2.95 W2

1.75

WI Closet

3.10

2.25 A110

4.14 1.20

3.91 10.22 A110

23.42

3.65 1.20

1.30

3.65

F WI Closet

+9.91

5B 1.43 1.59

F 6.03

0.65 0.70

5.93

1.75

0.60 0.85

5.05

1.20 2.25

4.56

2B 16.33 1.15

18.95

0.75

3.60

1.00 3.65

2.26

0.75

2.38

1.03

1.68

3.65

1.20

1 : 100

0.75

2 2.92

0.85

Date

Pedestrian Entrance

Car Entrance

23/09/2014 07:38:39

3.65 2.50

8.23

0.69

0.70

1.20 2.25

1.30

1.15

0.80

0.75

4 A110

Schedule of Rooms

0.17

1.00 3.65

Schedule of Rooms

0.18

23.63

10.55 0.75

1.94

1.03

3.65

2.80

1.20

3.00

2.92

0.45

3.00

Proposed 5 B/R Residence at Kpalsi, Tamale

First Floor Plan

Section BB Ech : 1 : 100

Sectio

Ech : 1

Urban Planning in Africa – Could we leapfrog? The world as we know it is undergoing fundamental change in spatial patterns. Indeed it has been so for a while. Settlement patterns are one of the most dynamic facets of the human experience; in fact they are, as we know it, a reflection of any civilization in space as history is with respect to time. In 2007,we passed a landmark in history, where more than half of the world’s population officially lived in urban areas. According to projections from the United Nations, a dip is nowhere near; urbanisation is set to reach about 85% and 65% by 2050 in developed and developing countries respectively. By figures that will mean that, population gain in urban areas is projected at 2.6 billion, absorbing all population growth expected by 2050 whiles drawing in more people from rural areas. Now considering the developing world, Africa is set to see an increase by 0.9 billion. This will mean increased pressure on urban areas with its attendant effects, high demand in services and facilities. There is no doubt that the cities in the developing world are the attractors. In Africa, if you want to be in the flow of opportunities move to a city! The rising middle-income class is happening in the cities, the Internet, mobile and other technology revolutions are all happening there mainly because infrastructure is existent, facilities are somewhat provided and more so political power has is domiciled there. Cities are a rich mix of economic, social and cultural dynamics. Like magnets they attract! In spite of all these opportunities in the city, challenges persist, planning is a headache, most cities do not have urban master plans to control development, they thus move with the wind. In situations were they exist, they are not implemented or are far out-dated with such an increasing urbanisation rate. The conclusion one can easily draw is that to most African governments who are plagued with other major problems, urban planning is a “luxury”. It is not too much of a priority; in as much as we can leave the people to make their own cities why bother? One could imagine that in such a state of affairs everything passes in the city, chaos is the order. Challenges reach new heights and sometimes grow out of proportion, compounding issues. In the shadow of this absence of planning a lot goes on with the city. Development is by piecemeal. It is more or less like a tasteless potpourri made up of bits and pieces, a patchwork to say the least. Taking my city Accra as a case, over the past decade we have seen the springing up of gated communities to its northeastern part mainly around the current Kotoka International Airport. What has that engendered? A striking dichotomy of Accra and Accra, affluent neighbourhoods with major facilities and the less downtown ones with practically nothing. The historic inner core of the city (mainly the majority Ga communities) is deserted with poor facilities. Another popup feature is the recent so called airport city, with major new developments springing up here and there like an invasion somewhat creating a ghetto. These are just minor developments, which could have been mastered in the presence of a master plan. In the light of all these, my view is that if Africa is to develop we should begin to take planning of our cities serious, especially with the projections of urbanisation we will see in the coming years. As it were, most of these challenges will be captured if we are to plan our cities. Urban sprawl, ghettoization of affluent and poor neighbourhoods, communal means of transport, health and educational facilities etc. will all be thought through in a typical master plan, projections made and strategies put in place. Aren’t these the same problems our governments have been trying to solve? I am more than convinced that to tackle the many ills of the African society, we should begin to start planning our cities, and in

earnest whiles making room for the approaching 0.9 billion! Making a case for urban design of our cities brings to light, the issue of which particular model in view of the numerous ones the field of urbanism has witnessed through history. As a continent, we were able to leapfrog to mobile technology .we have done so in other technology fields in some ways because for instance there was a lack of infrastructure as in the case of fixed-line telephony. But one of the main reasons that gives us this urge is because we lurk behind mostly, that gives us a second-comer advantage. We should begin to seriously make the best out of this. Now, getting back to which model of urban design I believe we could once again, leap frog to sustainable urban design. Most of the models we see and hear of from Howard’s garden city, to Le Corbusier’s radial city of the industrial heights down to post-fordist green urbanism have all been responses in some sort to crisis that plagued the human society. We in Africa need not relive the same experiences; we have the second-comer advantage to leapfrog to sustainable urbanism. By this we will be looking at all facets of sustainable development in our planning.That will mean economic, social and environmental improvement and equity for our population. Sustainable urban planning will mean checking urban sprawl through compact cities, being resource efficient, providing for communal means of transport, addressing social and economic equity among others. Current models of western sustainable urbanism are in most cases more or less “accessorization” of buildings, i.e. attaching gadgets to buildings. Some are what I describe as sustainable “upgrading” or “infill” as most of the infrastructure exists already. Our case with African cities is different. Infrastructure is inexistent or below standard. We will have to really look at the whole big picture, pick through elements that will have a domino effect of sustainability, an integrated systems approach I guess. So, my view is that in aiming at taking urban design seriously we could leap frog to integrating sustainable development principles and in doing that I believe the way to go is through an ecosystem approach of integration. Systems, which work like a natural ecosystem, where all is systemised, loops are closed, no waste! Above all, we should not forget to contextualise these concepts. The African context should be in no way left out that will bring out our true identity. Published on p.53 of AFRIKArchi Magazine Issue #2 2014.

Writing Samples As a fervent believer in the ideal architect as argued by Vitrivius in his 10 books on architecture, i engage in a number of writings on architectue, the city and urban policy. I maintain a blog and contribute to the architecture news portal Arch2.O

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