Portfolio 2017 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.................14 GENERAL DESIGN.........................21

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

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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 sense of community and the 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 sustainable city discourse with the goal of formalising the informal. The model which evolved 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

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 “breath” 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 .

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 9

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

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

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 Teachers’ 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.

17 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

Atelier VI

A Multidisciplinary design practice

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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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

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Verified by

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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

Atelier VI A Multidisciplinary design practice

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

Residential Renovation The brief for this project was to renovate an old estate property into a contemporary Ghanaian residence. My role in this project was technical documentation and post contract supervision. As the technical architect on the project, I liased with the contractor, providing technical details and supervision where necessary. The project was finished and handed over in 6 months.

Commercial Renovation The brief for this project was to convert an old bar into premises for a bank. My role in this project was project architect from design proposal, engagement with other consultants and post contract supervision. With a tight time schedule of 8 weeks, we worked assidiously to complete in time for launching of the branch.

Commercial - New Build The brief for this project was design and supervise the building of a new bank branch in Tamale. Taking over from a colleague, my role was to finalise design proposals, technical documentation and supervision. Coordination on this project was key as the branch was out of Accra, where our offices are located. Frequent travel and efficient collaboration and communication was essential for a timely delivery in 12 weeks.

“Propc” Most laptop users prefer laying in bed whiles using their computers. One worrying feature is that these users place the computers on the laps or stomachs,the ensuing heating could be harmful to ones health. Propc is a lightweight support system made of recyclable bamboo or wood which could help prevent health related issues.

“I believe in the exitence of a supreme creative mind,we are only drawing from it when we design” Hassan Mohammed Yakubu.