PORTFOLIO Obinna Ekezie
Engaged in promoting the agency of architecture and design by challenging and advancing building typologies... Inspired by the transformative capacity of architecture through the democratization of design, construction, and material culture to improve the lives of individuals and the vibrancy of communities... Influenced by ecology, people, cities, and the infrastructures that form that urban glue...
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2020 - 2021 (6 months)
• Worked on several community-based design research projects by supporting primary investigators in design and documentation of projects. • Assisted in the development of workshops and other dissemination platforms. • Developed digital tools for workshops, seminars etc.
Personal Details name: address: telephone: email: status:
Ekezie Obinna Nnamdi 4208 40th Avenue North West, Calgary , AB T3A0X1 +1 (825) 365-7790 Obinna.nnamdie@gmail.com Single
Education 2019 - 2022 (3 Years)
University Of Calgary | AB, Canada Master of Architecture (in view)
2006 - 2010 (4 Years)
University Of Nigeria Nsukka | Nigeria Bachelor Of Science in Architecture
Work Experience 2021 - 2021 (6 months)
MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA) Intern Architect • Design development • Construction documentation • Preparation of presentation drawings
2021 - 2021 (6 months)
Centre for Civilization | University Of Calgary Graduate Research Assistant • Supported primary investigators in research, design and documentation of projects. • Desk Research, 2D and 3D modelling, data gathering, data imaging and data visualization
Laboratory for Integrative Design | University Of Calgary Graduate Research Assistant
2017 - 2019 (2 Years)
Archdome Consulting Engineers | Dubai - U.A.E Project Lead • • • •
Development of design briefs Conceptual design development Preparation of presentationW drawings Production of photo-realistic renders.
Worked with teams on the following projects. • Dubai Municipality Staff Accomodation extension Project value: 100M.AED, Location: Dubai, Warsan. Status: Built. • Dubai Municipality Dubai prosecution building G+8. Project value: 220m.AED Location: Dubai, Um Hurair. Status: Built. • Dewa Office Extension (Location: Dubai, AL Warsan. Project Value:80m AED • Dewa Staff Accomodation ( various locations in Dubai) • Union Coop Shopping Mall. Location: Dubai,Al wasl Al Khawaneej and Nad Al hammar. Status: Concept) • Residential Building G+8. Project value:100m AED,Location: Dubai. Status: Built.
Awards 2012 - 2016 (4 Years)
PM+CDC Associates | Lagos - Nigeria Role: Project Lead • • • • •
Design development and construction documentation. Conceptual design development. Preparation of presentation drawings. Production of photo-realistic renders. Oversaw the construction of several residential developments and some Third-stage supervision commissions. • CAD Tools Facilitator: General Management of firmware, software installation and trouble shooting. 2011 - 2012 (1 Year)
In-Light Developers | Abeokuta - Nigeria Role: Architectural Designer | Visualizer • • • •
2009 - 2010 (1 Year)
Design development and construction documentation. Conceptual design development. Preparation of presentation drawings. Production of photo-realistic renders.
Flexi Space Ltd. | Enugu - Nigeria Role: Intern Architect • Provided quick solutions and concepts to several briefs through hand sketches and CAD simulation. Such projects include residential developments, schools, conference centres and auditoria. • Supervised the execution of projects including a 1000 seater 4 tier school auditorium, a 10,000 seater church auditorium, multi-purpose halls, etc.
University of Calgary | School of Architecture Planning and Landscape 2020 2020 2021
• Alberta Association of Architects - Cecil Scott Burgess Scholarship • DIRTT Environmental Scholarship in Interior Architecture • Department Scholarship Fellow
Interests Music, Sports, Photography, Travelling
Referees Ogunedo Obinna Architect - MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, MJMA, Toronto, Canada Oogunedo@mjma.ca +16479783661 Mazen Totonji Architect - IBI Group, Toronto Canada mazen.totonji@ibigroup.com +18732882200 Yousif Helal Senior Architect - Leo A Daly, Abu Dhabi,UAE archmyousif@gmail.com +971507404637
Skills Digital Modelling : Revit, Maya, 3DS Max, Rhino, Grasshopper, Blender, Sketchup, C++ 2D/3D Graphics: Adobe Suite Visualition: 3DS Max, Blender, Vray, Corona, Enscape, Lumion Model making and Free Hand Sketching.
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Product Design + Research
Professional Works
Competition Entries
Academic Projects
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Downtown Kunsthalle Uniting Dualities - Synthesizing Ecologies.
Comprehensive Design Studio IV : Winter 2021 | University Of Calgary | Supervisor: Keir Stuhmiller Given the nature of the Kunstalle as an active and dynamic disseminator of culture in its environment, this project acts on the site as a pulling force for the existing surrounding conditions, to present a different perspective on the dual relationship between what exists and the potential of what could exist, Past and future, Day and Night, Inside and Outside, Calm and Dynamic, Large and Small. Individual and Collective. We identified the physical environment elements around the site bounded by Bow River, as well as the existing travel paths and connections that lead into the site. Given the proximity to Bow River, the massing strategy takes into consideration a flooding mitigation strategy, detaching the exhibition program from the ground. This strategy allows for freedom of passage between the three surrounding streets as it pulls the visitor in. Once on the site, they are detached from their context, and the relationships attached to it are presented with new possibilities. The massing of the building is shaped by the site conditions, views, solar exposure, and wind conditions. The ground floor is also shaped, unveiling an open valley that hosts a multifunctional space for expression and engagement. To set in motion the uniting of a community, the program allows for all kinds of diversity to embrace the dualities generated, not as means of segregation but as means of creating something new, a possibility for uniting dualities to create stronger communities.
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We identified the needs the project can serve the community, and the way dual experiences can interact to create new ones and rearrange them to take the visitors from the exterior and involve them into the program spaces. The relationship between the urban fabric and the environment is realized in this project to showcase the sense of belonging and allow for visitors to embrace the site and become part of the community. This experience begins while approaching the site. The open plaza creates an opportunity for engagement with the community and the natural conditions of the site. While The reception of the building acts as a filter that detaches the visitor from the urban environment. Changing Glimpses of visuals, sounds, lights, and shadows join visitors as they move toward the program spaces acting as filters to set the pace for the next space. The project presents to the visitor an experience of dualities of the space, environment, the city, and the community. The finalization of the process is a release moment through the ramps experienced as the uniting of dualities where the final experience in the building becomes a beginning.
Freedom of passage + Flooding mitigation strategy
Connection to the Ground
Site Circulation Diagram
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Dubai Heart Recreation Centre
Competition Entry | Dubai ( 2017 ) Collaborators : Y. Helal, F. Najizadeb,Q.Sorunke The brief was to create a highly flexible complex that provides an amazing leisure atmosphere with respect to the site,creating an icon for tourism and recreation. The response is an architectural gesture designed to catalyze urban life .The challenge of the design was to create an architecture that complements the iconic Burj Al Arab nearby rather than compete with it. This proposal does just that, fusing a heart shaped island around a central tower to symbolize strength, vibrancy and growth,reflecting the spirit of Dubai.
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Site Strategy Shaped like a heart, the island site takes off from the urban community, inviting millions of tourists of all ages yearly to a unique experience.
Programmatic Association Buildings A and B wrap around the central tower (Dubai lighthouse) as they form a programme for ancillary services.
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The observation tower, guest charlets and science park are arranged to ease circulation and provide clear ambient views.
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Building B ( Ice City, Under Water Zoo and Museum )
Walk Bridge ( Observatory, Visitors services facilities, Ticketing Information)
Dubai LightHouse (Water Slide, Observation Tower)
Science Park , Yatch Club (Marine Research Centre)
Water Villas ( 56 Luxury Villas )
Building A ( Botanical Garden, Artificial Waterfall, Open Sea Aquarium, Restaurant, Cafes, Gift Shops )
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Passageways
Towers Of Sound - Restoring History through Oral Tradition
Design Studio I : Fall 2019 | University Of Calgary | Supervisor: Catherine Hamel A culmination of several stages of design explorations and considerations, studying site context, border transgressions and possible design interventions towards producing a ‘House of Scarcity.’ Passageway recognizes the history of the indigenous community and pays homage to such a rich heritage and missing history. It symbolizes a candle light that lights pathways from the past to the future, memorabilia that recognizes, reunites, revives and restores culture through story telling of oral tradition. Since the end of the Ice age, Aboriginal people have occupied and walked the foothills and Prairies of Alberta. Travel was mostly on foot which creates a network of trails. Passageway as a programme responds to its site context as mixed-use towers for living, recreation and reflection. As a piece of architecture, it recognizes the land and its history as it emerges and floats above the surface as three interconnected unrestrained towers that lay claim to the land they sit on, enacting a strong presence for many years to come. Several design considerations were made in response to its strategic position: movement, fluidity, privacy, openness etc . Perhaps the most important part of the building is the network of ramps and walkways that connects the three towers to its site context. The ramps speed up and slow down motion while gently meandering the towers. This is a deliberate attempt to create pause and moments of reflection for the visitors. Two of the three towers- “Towers of Sound” house spaces for story telling while the larger tower is a residence.
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Design Considerations
Cultural Context
Teepee
Totem Pole
Indigenous Vase
Pedestrian Trails
Sketch Studies
Public Towers
Residential Tower
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Suspending the towers on stilts elevates the programme above surrounding buildings, claming the skyscape and securing longetivity in an ever growing city.
3 Towers emerge from the landscape to provide residential and community spaces
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Circulation Diagram
The 3 towers assemble to form a crater below, providing community spaces for recreation and story telling.
The 3 towers are interconnected with a contextual floor/ ramp network that creates a homogenous podium and ensures circulation ease. Main Public Pathway Private/Residential Pathway
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Symbiocity An Urban Ecopolis
Competition Entry | ULI Hines, 2022 Designed in Collaboration with Deepali Dang, Garima Chaudhary, Diba Mohebzadeh and Nahr Gill. Symbiocity is a transformational, mixed -use development in Southwest Downtown Oakland,USA, that fosters diversity, neighbourhood cohesion, and economic opportunities. Symbiocity embraces the concept of regenerative urban development to achieve equity, resiliency and community. The proposal aims to enhance a restorative relationship between an urbanizing humanity and the ecosystems from which we draw resources for our sustenance. Weaving nature through the built environment amplifies the cooperative relationship between them, the necessary symbiosis between humans and the Earth. Symbiocity provides a social environment that fosters bonds and relationships within the community. It’s a human nest - where most of us live.
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The Experience Central Loop of the plaza creates an year round neighbourhood and attractions for the entire residential community. The plaza complements the mixed use programming of the development with outdoor activities such as play areas, roller skating, performance areas and other attractions targeted to lure residents and visitors. The pedestrian loop establishes a connecting link between the adjacent neighbourhoods and features an expansive urban plaza with flexible recreational green spaces.
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The proposal strengthens the relationship of the urban edge to the existing Jefferson Park and extending the experience to the Western part of the Oakland through the newly developed recreational green space under the pass. The development boasts a Ferris Wheel that serves a major highly visible landmark and the eyes on the street lending the area a much-needed sense of safety. The Farmer’s Market, food truck pavilion and retail square provides an ecomomic attraction and a community amenity in one
The Cultural Centre in the Arena hosts arts and performance events activating the cultural placemaking for the community. Artist living suites on the last floor or the Arena create live-work opportunities for the existing and emerging artist community and allowing them to bring their creations into the public art area of the plaza.
Retail Square
Mixed-Use Complex
Cultural Centre
Community Library Artist Living Suites
Life Science Learning & Training Centre
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Aqueous Monolith Wellness, Creativity, and Urban Architecture Design Studio III : Fall 2020 | University Of Calgary | Supervisor: Graham Livesey
Aqueous Monolith culminates my research on wellness, the therapeutic qualities of water and how water can influence architecture. It intersects water and design to provide a phenomenological experience by exploring the idea of water and the garden. The formal qualities of the architecture was partly driven by the idea of the ‘Chora’. It poses the question- how can a piece of architecture in serving as a host and receptacle for water allow itself get deformed willingly? The site strategically borders 11th street, 16th and 17th avenue Calgary. I responded with what I believe is a unique piece of architecture that offers spaces for play, renewal and relaxation. The floor plans were designed to ease vertical circulation between dry and wet areas providing the ultimate urban water park experience in a tower.
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The formal explorations considered transparency, void spaces, deformations on the building skin as inspired by water and the various water activities. The circulation plan recognizes the traffic incidence on 17th avenue. The problem was solved by routing vehicular pathways to the 16th avenue facing side of the building while maintaining pedestrian access through all sides of the building.
Roof Terrace/Garden/Observatory Sky Gardens Water Slides
Lazy River Underwater Restaurant/Rain Room/Aquarium Service Floor On Level 13 Botanical Garden Water Playground Swimming Pool Baths and Changing Rooms Restaurant and Cafe Exit Podium
Entrance and Ticketing
Exploded Axo. Showing Program Composition
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The Oculus Mixed-Use Development
48 Glover Place | Lagos, Nigeria (2016) Collaborators : PM+CDC ASSOCIATES- C. Iroegbunam , K. Oduekun, S.Quadri
The mixed-use building is conceived as two concentric towers united by a contextual base fabric to provide about 96 apartments and 6000m2 of office suites. The Oculus is respectful of its location in the heart of Glover Road Ikoyi, one of the most affluent neighborhoods of Lagos. The challenge for its design therefore, was to create a new building that harmonizes with its surroundings, yet has it’s own integrity and presence. Offering all the advantages of a distinctive life,work and recreation style in superb surroundings that echo the glory of its location, the Oculus emerges from it’s landscape as a contemporary hybrid of work, residential and recreation spaces fully integrated to provide the ultimate residential address. Filled with natural light, the living spaces lead to large wrap-around terraces that blur the boundary between inside and outside, creating ‘verandas in the sky’ that take advantage of the climate, capture cooling sea breezes and encourage an outdoor lifestyle.
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UCS Sharjar
Shopping Mall | Competition Entry | U.A E (2017) Collaborators : Archdome Consulting Engineers | Y. Helal, F. Najizadeb
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Desert Stars
Shopping Mall | Competition Entry | U.A.E (2017) Collaborators : Archdome Consulting Engineers | Y. Helal, F. Najizadeb
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Babylon Gardens
Residential Building G+8 | U.A.E (2017)
Collaborators : Archdome Consulting Engineers | Y. Helal, F. Najizadeb
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La Cascade
Residential Building G+2P+8 | U.A.E (2018) Collaborators : Archdome Consulting Engineers | Y. Helal, F. Najizadeb
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Terrace View
Residential Building G+29 | U.A.E (2017) Collaborators : Archdome Consulting Engineers | Y. Helal, F. Najizadeb
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Tooba
Chair. Table. Bench. Sculpture
Design Studio II : Winter 2020 | Supervisor: Alison Maclachlan
Tooba is an exploration in architectural intentionality, and the human body mapping. It is a multifaceted object purposed for a chair, table, bench and a sculpture. Beyond an Aesthetic agenda, it’s performative qualities furthers my interests in product design.
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Structural Pressure Points Body Arc articulated in sinuos curves to reduce object weight and to create utility space
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Amara Illumina - Series 1.0
Making a Luminaire Design Studio III : Fall 2020 | University Of Calgary | Supervisor: Graham Livesey Amara, as an object seeks to reimagine existing and readapt existing conditions to read new meanings. Built from recycled materials, Amara was designed as a first of a series of luminaires designed to be easily installed and disassembled with two hanging modes- up or down, to double as a floor lamp and ceiling lamp.
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Hanging in a Space
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Travel and Photography A brief travel story.
Traveling to experience architecture opens my mind to new horizons of culture and design. The opportunity to observe the human interaction with buildings, cities and the infrastructures that form that urban glue helps us appreciate the integral role design plays in every society. Seeing these buildings in their context reveals so much about the minds of their designers. There are also lessons to learn on composition, materials, proportion, tectonics, juxtaposition and illumination.
Law library, University of Zurich | Santiago Calatrava
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona Gaudi Leutschenbach School, Zurich || Antoni Christian Kerez
Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona.
VitraHaus, VitraKlee, Cam Zentrum Paul
Residential Building , Zug Schleife | Valerio Olgiati
Drone Port Protoype at the Venice Bienalle 2018 | Foster + Partners
Swiss National Mus
Am Piano Rhein | Herzog & de Meuron mpus,Weil Bern | Renzo
Volta Zentrum , Basel | Buchner Bründler
seum Extension, Zurich | Christ & Gantenbein
Fondazione Fretinelli, Milan | Herzog & De Meuron
Shelter for Roman Ruins. Chur, Switzerland | Peter Zumthor Ekezie Obinna Nnamdi - MArch. 2019 - PORTFOLIO
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Travel and Photography A brief travel story.
Of the buildings featured in this category, La Sagrada Familia stands out as perhaps one of the greatest buildings of our time, evoking feelings of transcendency, tranquility and awe. Zumthor’s Shelter for Roman ruins is another thoughtful piece . Vitra Campus Weil am Rhein showcase good pieces of architecture with Herzog & de Meuron’s Vitahaus a personal favorite. SANAA’s Rolex Centre at the EPFL, Lausanne is a testament of how architecture can engage its community, creating a unique experience.
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Under One Roof, EPFL, Lausanne | Kengo kuma
Bamboo installation
Bern | Renzo Piano
at the 2018 Venice Biennale | VTN Architects
Rolex Learning Centre, EPFL, Lausanne | SANAA
Messe Basel, Basel |Herzog & de Meuron Ekezie Obinna Nnamdi - MArch. 2019 - PORTFOLIO
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Travel and Photography A brief travel story.
The Los Angeles field architecture trip in January 2020 represents Traveling to experience opens my mind to new a life changing me as a student of architecture and horizons ofexperience culture andfordesign. perhaps a point ofto departure in my understanding The opportunity observe the human interaction ofwithdesign, form, space,cities context, of ideas buildings, andtime, the universality infrastructures that and formhow thata building evolves over time in terms of material, usage and significance. urban glue helps us appreciate the integral role design It is true that to be able to tell the story of a building right, you plays in every society. Seeing these buildings in their must be there. Such experience cannot be reduced to mere incontext reveals so much about the minds of their formation, It is only experiential designers. There are also lessons to learn on composition, materials, proportion, tectonics, juxtaposition and illumination.
Academy Museum, Los Angeles | Renzo Piano
LawGetty, library, University of Zurich Santiago Calatrava The Rancho Palos Verdes, Los |Angeles | Richard Meier
Salt Institute of Biological Studies, Los Angeles | Louis Khan
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona Gaudi Leutschenbach School, Zurich || Antoni Christian Kerez
Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona.
Residential Building , Zug Los Schleife Eames Foundation, Angeles| Valerio | CharlesOlgiati and Ray Eames
Drone Port Protoype at the Venice Bienalle Chapel, 2018 | Rancho Palos Verdes, SwissCANational Museum Wayfarers | Frank Lloyd Wright Ext Foster + Partners
VitraHaus, VitraKlee, Campus,Wei Zentrum Paul Bern | Re
VDL House, LA, CA | Richard Neutra
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles | Frank Ghery
The Broad, Los Angeles | Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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