SeyiramTorkornoo seyiramtorkornoo@gmail.com . + 1413.275.3511
EDUCATION
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA BA in Architectural Studies Cum Laude, GPA : 3.575
Danish Institute for Study Abroad Copenhagen, Denmark Interior Architecture
SKILLS
Tech
Hands
Additional
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign AutoCAD Architecture Rhino Final Cut Pro Vectorworks MS Word, MS Excel
Sketching Modelmaking Painting Life Drawing
Concept Development Preparing Presentations Design Thinking Blogging
Architecture Intern
Design Intern
OfďŹ ce Assistant
Adjaye Associates Dec 2014 - Jan 2015 Accra, Ghana
SCALE Africa June - Aug 2014 New York, NY
Mount Holyoke Accounts Payable Sept 2011 - May 2015 South Hadley, MA
Contributing Writer and Assistant Art Director
Co-director of Production
Development Intern
Ayiba Magazine May 2013 - present NYC, NY
MHC African & Carribean Cultural Show Jan - Mar 2013 South Hadley, MA
Free Arts NYC Jun - Aug 2013 NYC, NY
Debra LaBonte Accounts Payable Specialist
Naomi Darling Architect, Architecture Professor
Mount Holyoke College +1 413 538 2901 dlabonte@mtholyoke.edu
Mount Holyoke College darling.naomi@gmail.com
Alice Asafu-Adjaye Architect, Associate Director of African Projects
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
REFERENCES
Adjaye Associates +233 302 797 015 alice@adjaye.com
Ananse Ntontan ‘a spider’s web’
Hub for authenticity, creativity and dynamism
semi-private semi-public
private
public
The Akwaaba Arts and Culture Center Arch 395, Capstone Project Spring 2015
The Akwaaba Arts and Culture Center is a semester long design project to design an arts and culture center located in Accra, Ghana. The vision of this project is to create a space that is accessible, spacious,vibrant and reflective of Ghanaian culture.The spatial concept of this space is inspired by a Ghanaian adinkra symbol that represents authenticity, creativity and dynamism. To allow some of the main users of this space to create a space that is relevant, sustainable and reflective of culture, the structure of the individual programs are designed in a kit-of-parts technique that consists of a wide range of panel structures in bamboo and terracotta. The artists can then put their structure together depending on how public to private they want their spaces to be.
PRIVATE (100%)
PUBLIC (100%)
Rendering showing relation between restaurant, exhibition and art stalls
Rendering showing exhibition space in relation to art stalls
Bookwalter-Turner Residence SCALE Africa Internship Summer 2014 BookwalterTurner Residence
9'-6" , VIF 24 X 36" RECESSED MEDICINE CABINET
330 South Broadway Irvington, New York 10533
CL. of WALL CL. of WALL
CL of TUB
NEW 30" W X 22" D PAINTED WOOD VANITY WITH 1 1/4" STONE COUNTER, UNDERMOUNTSINK & 3-HOLE FAUCET
NEW STONE TILE FLOOR WITHSTONE SADDLE AT EXISTING DOOR OPENINGS
closet 4'-11"
NOTE: NEW WARM FLOORS ELECTRIC HEAT MAT UNDER STONE FLOOR , THERMOSTAT TO BE LOCATED AT 48" ON EAST WALL BEHIND PASSAGE DOOR
Erinn McGurn, AIA SCALEStudio PLLC 7 West 22nd Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10010 Tel: 917 371-0681 www.scalestudio.net
MASTER BATH 9'-0" A.F.F., VIF
NEW 30 X 60 CAST IRON ALCOVE TUB, COLOR: WHITE
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Kids' bathroom proposed floor plan
DRAWINGISSUE Design Dev
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
DATE July 24, 2014
SEAL & SIGNATURE
REMOVE + REPLACE EXISTING PLUMBING FIXTURES + INTERIOR FINISHES
radiator PROJECT NAME: PROJECT No: SCALE: DATE: DRAWN BY:
closet
DRAWINGTITLE
4'-11"
EXISTING DOOR TO REMAIN
MASTER BATH
Turner Residence 1201.00 1/2" = 1'-0" July 14, 2014 EM/ST
kids bath/closet plan
DRAWINGNO.
A-1
9'-0" A.F.F., VIF
2014 SCALEStudio , PLLC . All rights reserved . All drawings and written material appearing herein constitute original and unpublished work of the architect and maynot be duplicated , used or disclosed without written consent of the architect .
REMOVE + REPLACE EXISTING SADDLE
existing door to remain
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The Bookwalter-Turner residence project was about remodelling the bathroom arrangement of a kids bathroom in the most efficient way possible. To achieve this vision, the closet space was taken away to allow the bathroom space to be expanded. More than one arrangement was proposed and eventually proposing that a counter space should be included to create storage and some workspace was chosen and used as the final plan for the bathroom
Kids' bathroom existing/ demo floor plan
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
Nitobe Memorial Hall Arch 403, Design V Fall 2014 The vision of the Nitobe Memorial Hall is to commemorate the philanthrophy of Mr. Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese agriculturist and author of Bushido. To ensure that the spirit of Nitobe is shared and passed down from generation to generation, principles from the book Bushido is highlighted through the spaces created. To highlight the principles Politeness, Loyalty, Honor and Honesty that are expressed in Nitobe Bushido’s, the different programs were grouped according to the principle that best fits. Materials were used to visually strengthen these principles. For example, wood, a modest material is used in public spaces to highlight the principle Politeness. Stone, a material that oozes strength is used in the exhibition space to emphasize Nitobe’s Honor.
SECTION 3
NURSING MOTHERS
CLASSROOM
SECTION 1 BATHROOM LIBRARY/ ARCHIVES LOBBY/ COMMUNITY CENTER
ENTRANCE FROM PARK
RECEPTION ENTRANCE FROM SIDEWALK
CLIMATE CONTROLLED ROOM
EXHIBITION
First floor plan
Second Floor Plan
Nitobe Memorial Hall
CONCEPT spatial qualities Exploded greenhouse Urban gardening
playful freedom bonding
Playful Reminiscent of fruits & vegetables
user focus locals children
The Exploded Folkekøkken Arch 151, Interior Arch Foundation Fall 2013 The Exploded Folkekøkken was designed as a community soup kitchen that brought people from the lower to middle class familiestogether. There are four urban gardens created at the different corners of the building. These urban gardens serve as a source of education for children, a community to grow food and bond. The urban gardens were exploded into corners of the building as a strategy to enhance the smell and presence of food and vegetables throughout the building.
Cardboard Tree Sculpture 204, Sculpture Spring 2013
Cardboard Tree project was meant to tell the story of something never experienced : living in a tree house. Cardboard was used due to the versatility of the material to create a rough surface and smooth surface depending on how it is treated. Interior showing how light comes in
Digital Art
Heart Broke Sound, 2015
Self-Portraiting, 2015