Architecture Portfolio Selected Works 2018
NIFEMI ONABANJO
Syracuse University School of Architecture
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LINK ATRIUM
PECKHAMPLEX
REDEFINING COURTYARDS
ATRIUM WA-ZO-BIA
ARE WE THERE, THERE!?
CERAMICS
RESUME
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LINK HALL ATRIUM
Rhino, V-Ray, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, AutoCAD
BRIEF: The College of Engineering & Computer Science (CECS) at Syracuse University has a vision for its contribution to the built environment. The CECS aims to establish its presence on the university campus by developing a more visible connection with the university. The atrium program space will highlight the activities that it will house by creating a visible connection to its surrounding environment; and housing programs relevant to CECS. PROPOSAL: The design proposal addresses three existing issues: Student Services, Student Work Spaces, and lack of natural light. The atrium extends above the two storied design proposal to allow for an in flush of natural light. The faรงade system consists of a carefully thought out configuration of terracotta tiles that act as a shading device and light diffuser for the south facing curtain wall. The student services wraps around the atrium for accessibility and visibility from both floors. The most prominent design feature is an open suspended study bridge, which cuts through the atrium, allowing for both collabor ative and individual workspaces.
Spring 2017 Syracuse, NY Design Competition Instructor:Tarek Rakha Collaborators: Ensonn Morris, Evan Ginsburg
Exterior Perspective
Design Strategy
Site Plan
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Reception/Waiting Lounge: Admissions + Career Services
2.4 Copy + Print/ Storage
2.5 Kitchenette/ Break Room
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2.6 Jennifer Fazio 2.1 Kathleen Joyce
2.2 Terrie Monto
2.3 Jonathan Hoster
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2.7 Karen Davis
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Second Floor
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A' Reception/Waiting Lounge: Student Services Grad/Undergrad
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1.4 John Kulak
1.3 Giovanna Colosi
1.2 Sarah Mack
1.1 Kate Pynn Copy + Print
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C 1.12 Success Coaching /Senior Human Resources 1.5 Kitchenette/ Break Room
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1.13 Mixed Use
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1.11 Abroad Filing 1.6 Conference Room 1.7 Nicole Adkins
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1.6 Maria Marceau 1.8 Records Storage
1.11 Intern desk
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+ 28’-6”
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CLERESTORY
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SECTION AA
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SCALE : 1/4” : 1’ - 0”
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Cross Section
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South Elevation
Detail 1
Detail 2
Detail 3
Sectional Perspective
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Scale : 1’ 0 : 2” 0
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Scale : 1’ 0 : 2” 0
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Steel Decking
Steel Decking CSI NUMBER 07 21 13
Manufactured Gutters
CSI NUMBER 05 44 00 Manufactured Gutters
Steel Mullions
CSI NUMBER 07 22 00
Mineral Wool Insulation
CSI NUMBER 07 15 00
Water Proofing
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Foamed in Place Insulation
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Sprayed Foam Air- Seal
CSI NUMBER 05 31 23
Steel Decking
CSI NUMBER 05 20 00
Metal Joists
CSI NUMBER 08 44 26
Structural Glass
CSI NUMBER 05 70 00 Sprayed Foam Air- Seal
Decorative Metal
Steel Mullions
Water Proofing
Foamed in Place Insulation
CSI NUMBER 05 31 23
Steel Decking
CSI NUMBER 05 20 00
Metal Joists
CSI NUMBER 08 44 26
Structural Glass
CSI NUMBER 05 70 00
Decorative Metal
Facade System
Interior Atrium View
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PECKHAMPLEX
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD
BRIEF: The design prompt for this project was to study and analyze an assigned artifact; in our case a multi-story parking garage in Peckham, London. Based on our analyses, our goal was to come up with a strategy of re-inhabiting the given artifact, while integrating it with its surrounding social and cultural context. PROPOSAL: The existing multi-story parking garage stands as a central avenue in Peckham. This garage contains a cinema, a rooftop bar, and a musical practice space while still serving its function as a parking garage. With these exciting programs in mind, the proposed design was a cultural hub for underground artists. The strategy consisted of carving out the garage, while maintaining the external faรงade and structure. The multi-level parking was replaced with various masses that house both public and private programs, such as offices, galleries, dance studios and art galleries. The configuration of the masses allow for pocket spaces, which serve as performance units at different scales. The play between solid and void allows for an indoor outdoor experience for the inhabitants. The outer ring consists of housing units which wrap around the enclosed program.
Spring 2016 Peckham, London Housing and Artist Center Instructor: Davide Sacconi Collaborator: Tisya Roviliyani
Cross-Sectional Perspective
Housing
Bars/ Studio
Envelope
Concept Diagram
5TH AND 5TH AND 1/32” : 1/32” :
6TH FLOOR PLAN DRAWING 6TH FLOOR PLAN DRAWING 1’-0” 1’-0”
Fourth and Fifth Level
3RD AND 4TH FLOOR PLAN DRAWING Second andPLAN Third Level 3RD AND FLOOR DRAWING 1/32” : 4TH 1’-0” 1/32” : 1’-0”
Ground Level
Zero Degree Axonometric
Story Boards
Longitudinal Section
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REDEFINING COURTYARDS
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, AutoCAD
BRIEF: Gowanus has suffered from slow degradation due to environmental factors that have left a lasting impact. Now, the city of New York is exploring ways to improve the zoning of the neighborhood. This studio, in conjunction with Real Estate and Urban Planning courses proposes an alternative way to expensive for profit housing and gentrification that has spread its way through Brooklyn. By exploring to preserve the cultural and economic state of the neighborhood with a mixed-use housing project of both market rate and affordable housing, commercial, industrial and community geared programs. PROPOSAL: The proposal for this project is a complex system in which the site is divided into four quadrants with community gathering courtyards in the center of each building. The first quadrant, closest to the Wyckoff Towers is a public residential gathering space, facing the street. The second quadrant is a private residential gathering space, facing inward toward the center of the site. The third quadrant is an artist gathering space that is aimed to be a manufacturing space, with warehouses, garages, and loading docks for truck access. Lastly, the fourth quadrant is also an artist gathering space but is open towards the second quadrant and creates a larger, inviting space for outdoor events, and potential performances.
Spring 2016 Gowanus, NY Mixed-use Housing Instructor: Angie Co, Collaborator: Emma Stoll
Sky Exposure Plane : 60ft
Sky Exposure Plane : 60ft
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Proposed Zoning MX- 11 F. A. R : 3.44
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Quadrants
Courtyards in Quadrants
U-Shaped Gathering Spaces
Circulation
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Geometry
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Zoning
Concept Model
Ground Floor Plan
Housing Units
Cross Section
Residential Courtyard
Exterior Illustration
View of Art Studio
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WA-ZO-BIA
Architecture, a language of mutual representation between the diverse people of Nigeria.
Rhino, V-Ray, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
BRIEF: Nigeria, a country situated in the western part of Africa is known to be one of the most diverse countries in the world, consisting of over 200 ethnic groups and 500 spoken languages. Political, Religious and Ethnic rivalry occur due to cultural differences, bringing to question, “Does a Nigerian culture exist?” Chief Obafemi Awolowo once said, “Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no ‘Nigerians’ in the same sense as there are ‘English,’ ‘Welsh,’ or ‘French.’ The word ‘Nigerian’ is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.” PROPOSAL: “The study of material culture centers upon objects, their properties, and the materials that they are made of, and the ways in which these material facets are central to an understanding of culture and social relations.” This thesis aims to explore how the study of material culture can inform an architecture language as a space of negotiation and coexistence of the diverse people of Nigeria, bound together through colonization. Through overlapping materials and the reconceptualization of prominent forms and spaces within Nigeria, the aim of this project is to revitalize the Ganaja Junction Market Street by incorporating cultural hubs synonymous to the different ethnicities in Nigeria. The project will serve as an overlap of vocational, economical and cultural activities woven together to create a space of identity, cultural interaction and exchange between the people of Nigeria.
Spring 2018 Lokoja, Nigeria Cultural Hub Advisor: Francisco Sanin Thesis(Honorable Mention)
Sectional Illustration
HAIR HAIR CENTER CENTER Onile Onile Gogoro Gogoro (Tall (Tall House) House) (Basket) Onile Gogoro Koroba, Koroba, Shuku ShukuKoroba (Basket)
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Shuku
Dun Dun
Gan Gan
INSTRUMENTS
Udu
Yoruba House
Aso-Oke
TEXTILE PRODUCTION
Kura Dye-pit
Structural
Frame
Facade Frame
MARKET STUDY
Structural Frame
DYE PLACE The study of the Kofar Mata Dye Pits in Kano, northern part of Nigeria was the inspiration for the Dye Place. This space is designed to teach and exhibit some of the cloth dye techniques in Nigeria. The ground floor consists of various dug in dye pits; light penetrates the space through light well openings on the roof made from woven thatch. The accessible roof consists of a wooden frame which allows for display and drying of dyed materials.
HAIR PLACE
Roof Plan
The tallest cultural artifact on the site is designed to display various hair making techniques in Nigeria, from the traditional methods to the modern styles. The Hair Place serves as a live action exhibition and training center. Inspired by the structure of the traditional hairstyles, Shuku and Onile Gogoro, the artifact is designed with a nesting strategy in mind; an internal concrete structure with a wooden framed outer layer that stands at the tallest and an outer elevated concrete structure that wraps around it. The outer structure serves as a gallery space with culturally inspired roof light-wells, while the inner structure serves as the live exhibition and training center, which could be observed from the outer layer gallery space.
Ground Plan
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DANCE PLACE This cultural artifact exhibits the different dance styles in Nigeria. It’s a space of learning, and communal exchange in the form of dance. The Dance Space consists of four dance studios wrapped around a central courtyard. The designs of the studio spaces are derived from the different types of instrumental drums played in Nigeria, the Gan Gan, Dun Dun and Bata drum. The studio walls are made of mud brick material able to adapt to a similar shape of the drum. The façade consists of steel ring beams and columns arranged in a branch like pattern. The columns and beams are covered with a brown textured material to give the illusion of wood. Each studio has a clerestory window for an influx of light, which is roofed with corrugated metal.
Ground Floor Plan
WEAVING PLACE This cultural artifact celebrates the art of cloth material in Nigeria through the art of weaving. Cloth weaving has a long history in Nigeria, and is practiced amongst numerous cultures. The inspiration of the Weaving Place comes the traditional Yoruba housing typology, consisting of a rectilinear building and a central courtyard. The central courtyard allows for the showcasing of the weaving procedure, with threads stretched from the loom to the entrance. The façade is made of bricks, arranged in an offset technique that resembles a weave pattern and allows for light penetration. The roof is made of thatch and corrugated metal, which is supported by the wood columns that surround the courtyard. The corrugated roof overhangs creating a secondary outdoor space which is supported by traditional wood sticks, carefully arranged together to give an illusion of threaded screen.
Ground Plan
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Collage
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ARE WE THERE, THERE!?
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, Wood Work
BRIEF: The ‘Are we There, there!?� seminar is on how we can construct an identity with images to share immediate cultural experiences. The class questions aforementioned characteristics, typical elements, and significations that create a character of a place and its culture. Additionally, as designers we are interested in how we can actualize these codes through materiality and assembly techniques. Over the course of the semester students will analyze architecture, photography, and film that use architectural details and imagery that evoke certain associations and feelings for a place. The case study examined in this class is New Glarus, a Swiss themed town in Wisconsin.
Fall 2017 New Glarus, WI Instructor: Nicole McIntosh
The composition of parts in my building, The Flannery, highlights the codes buildings in New Glarus are required to adhere to. It showcases the accumulation of Swiss elements collaged on the faรงade to symbolize the traditional Swiss Chalet house; however, the pasted on elements indicate the parts could be moved around, altered or stripped to coincide with the building function.
Wood Detail Model
Detail Drawing
Rhetorical Parts Model
This model aims to critique the configurations of elements required by the building codes. The code states “Any and all buildings, structures, walkways or lighting in the C-1 Commercial District and C-2 Highway Commercial District in the Village of New Glarus, including all new construction or substantial alteration or remodeling of existing construction, except for existing single-family residence dwellings in said zones which are not used for commercial purposes, shall conform in exterior design to the Swiss architectural theme adopted by the Village and as presently evidenced by the Swiss architecture in the commercial zoning District of the Village.�
Highlighting the different code requirements through exaggerated collaging as parts to whole reflect on the use of these different codes as a form of imagery or ornamentation rather than function as it is in the traditional Swiss Chalet.
Rhetorical Parts Drawing
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CERAMICS
Potter’s Wheel, Clay
BRIEF: Form, function, space and surface are all key words that could be simultaneously used in ceramics and architecture. Design of any form should not be limited to one medium; this is why as an architecture student, exploring the art of ceramics was an interesting mode of design based on its similarities to that of architecture. Throughout the semester, my aim was to push my limit with the forms created, whether it was a bowl, cylinder or vase. How these various objects could be altered while still maintaining their functionality but also serving as a decorative piece . PROPOSAL: My thesis this year was centered upon the different material cultures in Nigeria, and how it could inform an architectural language. My focus was to integrate this concept into wheel throwing. This was expressed in the different forms through additive pieces such as surface beads for textural effect, surface patterns that were relative to my culture and a hue of brown glazes.
Spring 2018
RESUME
Onabanjo.Nifemi@gmail.com (315)-395-5028 836 Ackerman Ave, Syracuse NY 13210
NIFEMI ONABANJO JUNIOR/ENTRY-LEVEL ARCHITECT SKILLS
PROFICIENCY PROFILE
Rhino AutoCAD Revit Photoshop Illustrator InDesign V-Ray SketchUp
A creative Architectural Designer with a B.Arch degree from a nationally accredited five-year professional program, who is passionate about how cultural and social narratives inform design. My architectural background has allowed me acquire extensive knowledge with various architectural projects in Residential, Institutional, Cultural and Commercial designs. I possess strong communication and interactive skills needed to collaborate with colleagues and engage potential clients.
Model Making Laser Cutting 3D-Printing
Architecture Digital Lab Supervisor (Plot Monitor) Syracuse University School Of Architecture
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
-Assisted students with print jobs, and programming issues. -Responsible for the operation of printers and computers in the computer lab.
Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint
Architectural & Design Intern Adeniyi Coker Consultants Ltd (ACCL)
EDUCATION Syracuse University School Of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture London Architectural Studio Urban Housing London, UK New York City Architectural Studio Urban Housing New York, NY Green River Community College Auburn, Washington Green Springs School High School Diploma Lagos, Nigeria
AFFILIATIONS
2018
Syracuse, New York
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2017
Lagos, Nigeria
-Production of schematic designs and working drawings using 2016 Revit and AutoCAD for Marine Base Complex in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. 2016 -Engaged with on-site construction jobs for residential projects. 2013
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2011 Construction Worker A TINY HOME FOR GOOD
2017
Syracuse, New York
National Organization Of Minority Architecture Students -Worked on the construction of tiny homes for those facing Secretary 2017 chronic homelessness in Syracuse. Soceity Of Multi-Cultural Architects and Designers Designer Secretary 2015 2014 PARTI WALL American Institute of Architecture Students Syracuse, New York -Collaborated with team to design a nine-square grid wall HONORS installation . 2018 -Successful installation of the wall within project time limit. Thesis Project Honorable Mention Deans Scholarship
Thank You Onabanjo.Nifemi@gmail.com (315)-395-5028