PORTFOLIO OF SELECTED WORKS OKPETERE SAGAY
A team project. Part of a small community of villas. Located in Bryan, Texas. Architecture Studio Project, Second Year, 2015 Project Duration: 1 month
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The Villa
The Wall A team project. A reimagining of the standard wall using the Parametric functions of Autodesk Revit. Architecture Studio Project, Second Year, 2015 Project Duration: 2 weeks
Architects Registration Council of Nigeria Office A work experience team project. A design proposal for an office building for ARCON. Project Duration: 2 weeks
SONOVA Medical Hub Medical Office Building Facility Proposal Located in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA Architecture Studio Project, Fourth Year, 2018 Project Duration: 2.5 months
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A team Project. A redesigning of the Architectural Facilities on the Texas A&M University Campus. Located in College Station, Texas, Integrated Studio Project, Fourth Year, 2017 Project Duration: 3 months
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Architecture Building at Texas A&M University
Africa Reinsurance HQ A work experience team project. A design proposal for the Office Headquarters of a regional reinsurance company. Project Duration: 3 weeks
Second Year Studio, 2015
THE VILLA This villa is part of a proposed group of villas built in Downtown Bryan, Texas. A simplistic modern style is expressed throughout the villa, and the plan is kept free and open. Emphasis is placed on interaction with nature by immersion in it. The villa is made of four main structures, divided by two intersecting axes.
Although the structure is mostly painted white, a few walls bring life and relay the tectonic nature of materials. Spaces like the living room and courtyard, see a use of expressive materials like stone to accent and create an explicit contrast between the walls. The structures, although separated, are connected by bridges paired with wooden trellis shading. This transforms the axes into a courtyard space.
“...INTERACTION WITH NATURE BY IMMERSION IN IT.�
Private Zone Public Zone Circulation
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
The program required the necessities for a comfortable residence. It was divided into two main functions which held every programmable space: public areas and private areas. Within these two programs, the four structures were delineated, with sleeping quarters as the private spaces and visitor and family entertainment spaces as public functions. The trellis shading is wrapped with ivy plants, further shading the courtyard and invoking a biophilic space. On the right is a view of the courtyard. Beneath these axes run a shallow stream of water which helps to keep the plants in the perimeter watered. Stepping stones are added to enhance the natural feel of the courtyard. The project explores the ability of a user to not only visually interact with nature, but to also come into contact with the natural elements which grace every corner of the villa. The exterior bridges, the water feature in the courtyard and the exposure to the warm sunlight, invite the user to engage nature as much as the site is engaged.
Second Year Studio, 2015
THE WALL The project was used as an introduction to the Parametric modelling functions of Autodesk Revit. A section of a wall was built digitally to explore the wall as both an aesthetic and functional building element. The wall was modelled with an undulating surface as the aesthetic element. These undulations derived their crests and falls from weather readings
of the area, rising and falling in synchronization with high and low temperature respectively The model was constructed by laser-cutting plexiglass panels and connectors. To test materiality, ribbed plastic bottles were spread out to become a skin on the wall surface. Aesthic inspiration was drawn from Frank Gehry’s Standing Glass Fish Sculpture and Museum of Pop Culture.
“...AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PARAMETRIC FUNCTIONS OF [REVIT].”
Integrated Studio Project, In Partnership with Katie Hardwick, 2017
ARCHITECTURE BUILDING AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY The project was based on the relocating and reimagining of the architecture centre at Texas A&M University, College Station. The proposed site plan for the new architecture complex includes buildings for the 5 departments of the college: Environmental Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Visualization and Construction Science.
The design concept of the urban layout of the architecture complex was based on central courtyard spaces, which acted as landmarks throughout the complex. Sustainable features and natural elements were incorporated on the site to ensure that the students and staff were able to interact with nature. This project focused on designing the Environmental Design building, and explored the idea of intergration of people and spaces at various scales.
“...THE INTEGRATION OF PEOPLE AND SPACES AT VARIOUS SCALES.�
Make Main Axes
Create Entrances
Buildings Formed LEGEND FOR ICON MAP • Sculpture Garden • Landscape Garden • Academic Plaza • Central Quad • Food Truck/Picnic Park
SUSTAINABILTY MEASURES Greywater Collection: Two 450L greywater tanks are used to store greywater. The tanks are stored in the basement level of the building, beneath the bathroom core shaft, for convenient piping. The greywater is also treated onsite.
Department OOces
Reception TRC
Storage
Service Entry
Storage
Main Entrance Pre-Event Space
Photovoltaics: 40 2’x3’ photovolatic panels are placed on the roof level of the building. These are used to generate some of the energy to be used in the building.
Gallery
Auditorium/Outdoor Theatre
FM OOce
Storage
Water Retention: On the site, there are several retention ponds in which water is stored. These retention ponds are used to water the plants on-site and double in function as water features.
BEAM-TO-BEAM CONNECTION The building was designed with glulam structural members and concrete infill walls. Accent walls in spaces like the design studios were concrete with a wooden board texture (board formed concrete). Shear walls were made of 18” thick site cast concrete and the building contained three shear cores, two of which contained fire stairs that ran from the roof to the basement level and an elevator core that ran through all seven levels of the building. Bolted connections were used for the structural members and the building was laterally braced using moment connections. The long spans of the structural members make for beams with depths of about 3’-4’. These depths are used in the design of the facility to define more human scale spaces and demarcate thresholds between the one storey spaces and the seven storey atrium. The structural members and the mechanical ducts are exposed to create an environment which enables practical learning for the architecture students
BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTION
The building is clad in perforated aluminium panels which let filtered light into the spaces in the building. Spaces which encourage community gatherings and socialization are placed in and around the building. The indoor/outdoor amphitheatre which is open to every visitor of the architecture complex, is an example of such spaces. The interplay of single and double storey functions, shows itself in several areas of the building where two storey balconies pierce through single volume levels. It is also seen in the atrium with the cantilevered study spaces which invoke a sense of place in the large atrium.
Two storey spaces also promote a visual and physical connection and are implemented into collaborative spaces like the studios. The two storey spaces seen in the studios are highlighted in pink in the above sectional diagrams. A bridge crosses the two storey spaces and connects one studio to the other. The bridge on each level also acts as an anchor for the mechanical ducts and lighting that serve the floors below.
Final Studio Project, In Partnership with Shelby Parrish, 2018
SONOVA MEDICAL HUB The project is proposed to be located in Woodbridge, West Virginia, USA. The client required a medical office building which helped the patients and people in the neighbourhood to view the “hospital” as we know it, as not just a place of cure, but also of prevention. This was to be achieved through communityoreinted spaces which allowed the integration of the members, while learning how to be healthy. The client also required future growth and expansion to be considered.
These design requirements were translated to mean a need for a harmonious integration of the community residents and the site. In light of this, the main inspiration for the building design was the nautilus shell which is a natural symbolism of the golden ratio. Other meanings attached to the nautilus shell include harmony in form and regeneration. The medical office design drew on these elements and implied the shell form on the site plan and through the landscaping.
“...THE NAUTILUS SHELL [REPRESENTS] HARMONY IN FORM & REGENERATION.”
5 Storey Parking Garage (800 cars)
The concept of the nautilus shell is explictly seen in the layout of the site. Each of the requirements (parking garage, a community conference centre, surface parking and the medical office building itself) are adapted to the design concept and have been harmoniously formed into the shell shape which symbolizes the golden ratio.
Retention Pond
Outdoor Gym/ Park
Community Garden and Playground
Community Centre
Medical Office Building
Preserved Wetlands
Enclosed Bridge/ Skywalk
GROUND FLOOR PLAN/ SITE PLAN The program for the medical office building required specialty services like Emergency services, Opthamology, Surgical services and more. In order to promote community interaction, community friendly specialties like the optical sales and pharmacy were placed on the ground floor and at the entrance of the site. The parking structure on site holds over 800 cars and the surface parking accomodates 200 cars. The surface parking is made of semipermeable pavers which allow for the collection of rainwater. The water is transferred to the retention ponds on site.
The program of the medical office building required a modular layout for spaces with critical adjacencies. The design solution addressed this by creating voids (which are called courtyards) on each face of the building so that each module on a level would have a central source of natural light. The modules are highlighted below in pink. This is a typical floorplan layout.
3D PLAN OF FIRST LEVEL WITH MODULES HIGHLIGHTED
At the centre of the site sits the community conference or events centre. Pictured here, this structure terminates the entrance axis and invites the people of the area into the site. Surrounding the community centre are a playground and food gardens for residents to engage in activities not just in but around the community centre. The community centre is wrapped with vertical fins which are spaced at 4’ on centre. These fins are also seen on the main building as accents for the vertical subtractions which occur on the four facades of the building.
Year in Practice, ATO Architects, 2019
AFRICA REINSURANCE HQ ATO Architects Limited was approached to participate in a competition to propose a modern and outstanding office high rise design to reflect the Corporate image of Africa Reinsurance. In light of this, the design team produced a project which combined the corporate nature of the company’s brand with its unique African regionalism.
design concept and create iconic symbolism for the company’s headquarters.
Elements of the African culture like dance, were incorporated into the structure of the corporate world, to birth our
*Drawings produced by me are labelled as such.
ATO Architects Design Team: Director: Rita Emina Senior Architect: Sola Onalaru Assistant Architects: Peter Umele, Victor Urom, Victoria Ikede Architectural Interns: Okpetere Sagay, Sheriff Olatinwo, Prosper Okereke, Obinna Maduagwu
“...TO REFLECT THE CORPORATE IMAGE OF AFRICA REINSURANCE”
Sketches/ Ideation
A Stable Box Form
Identify Access Points
Incorporate Dynamic Facade and Outer Skin
Develop Core Areas such as Stair and Lift Access
Design Vegetation Areas for Environmental Comfort
In respect to the client’s need for efficient use of space (in order to maximize lettable floor plan area), a design that represented the company’s brand as “Africa’s most foremost reinsurance organization” and embodied “African innovation” was developed. Research showed that the rectangular box is the most effiecent form for internal organization of office buildings to maximize space. Thus, adapting a dynamic approach to the stable form, we derived the conceptual form
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LEGEND 1. Water Treatment Unit 2. Sewage Treatment Unit 3. Underground Level 4. Gate House 5. Vehicular Entrance
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* Site Plan/Layout and Sitebuilding interaction undertaken by me. Drawing produced by me.
SECOND FLOOR PLAN (TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN FOR LETTABLE OFFICE FLOORS) LEGEND 1. Lettable Open Office 2. Core Area/ Reception 3. Enclosed Office 4. AHU The main driver for this project is to increase lettable floor area and ROI for the client. Thus the typical floorplans were laid out to accommodate as much area for work stations, as was needed by the tenants of the space.
AHUs Service each floor, and are placed to reduce the amount of heat coming in contact with the units, and thus reduce the size and complexity of duct work required to service them. Tinted glass (coated for heat-reflection) was used for the skin of the building.
Parking Garage with a level below grade
* Drawings Produced and Post-produced by me
Year in Practice, ATO Architects, 2019
ARCHITECTS’ REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (ARCON) OFFICE ATO Architects Limited was approached to design a unique and timeless office to reflect the Corporate image of Architects Registration Council of Nigeria. In light of this, the design team looked to vernarcular architecture of tropical regions (especially in Africa), to develop a design which respected its context and represented the Nigerian Architecture community.
The design’s team interpretation of vernacular architecture resulted in an approach of “Tropical Modernism” ATO Architects Design Team: Director: Rita Emina Senior Architect: Sola Onalaru Assistant Architects: Victor Urom, Victoria Ikede Architectural Interns: Okpetere Sagay, Sheriff Olatinwo, Prosper Okereke *Drawings produced by me are labelled as such.
“...AN APPROACH OF ‘TROPICAL MODERNISM’”
The client required a design of 2 floors on a site of about 990sqm in Jahi District, Abuja, Nigeria, which will provide: - Reception/Hall of fame - Conference hall of between 80-100 capacity - Offices (2) - Library & E-Library - Kitchen/Pantry - General store - Archive - Convenience/Ablution area - President’s Office - Office registrar’s office - Common Secretary for President & Registrar - General office - Open plan office - Convenience - Adequate parking space
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
The required spaces are grouped into 3 main functions: Conference Hall, Ancilliary Services and Circulation
*Concept development sketches produced by me
Conference Hall is raised above ground level to create a covered entrance and parking.
The final design solution using a screening with a traditional African pattern
SITE + GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
TROPICAL MODERNISM
Roof Light allows for sunlight penetration which reduces the requirement for lighting energy consumption in the building. It also provides sunlight to cater to the plants in the building.
African Pattern Screening to filter the sun through the building glazing
Photovoltaic Panels on the roof to provide the building with enough energy to power itself, maximizing the extreme overhead position of the sun in Northern Nigeria.
*3D Render post-produced by me