2. Curriculum Vitae
Motivation
Bus Rapid Transport Terminal
Public infrastructure as an iconic landmark
Disaster Centre
Awareness and prevention of disasters
African Cultural Centre
Creation of continental identity
Phenology Centre
A Research facility in a Park
The Fifth Elevation
A Retrofit of a Broadway Penthouse
Cliff Dwelling
A summer retreat for 3 artisans
Waterworks
Water, Slope & Experience
Cubist Exercise
A Metamorphosis of Art
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3. ESKINDER FEKADE LAKEW
eskifeke@gmail.com
+251-913-88-33-46
November 09 1995
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Current Occupation
June 2018
5th year Architecture Student
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture and Building
Construction (Eiabc)
Skills
Computer
Autocad 2D Drafting, Rhinoceros 3D Modeling,
Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop, Sufficient keyboard typing
Representational
Model Construction (paper, wood, concrete,
foam-core, matt-board), Visual Representation in
ink, graphite, pastel, water colour, digital layout.
Language
Amharic, English, French, about to learn
Deutsch..
Activities
January 2016_June 2016
1 experimental semester on
Concrete Building Facade Construction
1:1 scale models of proposed façades
January 2017
5 day workshop that curate projects for an
Ethiopian Edition of the travelling exhibition
“Think Global - Build Social”
at the Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa
May 2017
Engage with public through
Cultural SUK (kiosk)
Work Experience
June 2015
Intern for 2 weeks
Romines Architecture PLLC
55 Washington Street,
Suite 709, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Tel 347 916 1344
douglas@rominesarchitecture.com
October 2016_January 2017
6 months Apprenticeship through
University Industry Linkage Program
YEMA Architecture PLC
Mega building on Ethio-China bole Road,
Suite 402,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
tel +251-911-11-95-25
Part time Trainee
Terra PLC
P.O.Box 30109
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
tel +251-911-22-77-53
Family Run farm producing Rosa damascena
and essential oils in Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
Organic and Biodynamic certification
by international demeter standards
Social and Fair for life certification
by IMO control and Eco-cert
Education
September 1998_June 2013
15 years of Primary and Secondary school
Lycée Franco-Ethiopien Guebre Mariam B.P.
1496/1220 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel +251-11-155-16-03
lycee-addis@ethionet.et
Calculated GPA 3.75
September 2013_June 2015
2 years of Undergraduate Architectural Studies
New York Institute of Technology
Manhattan Campus
1855 Broadway, New York, NY, USA
10023-7692
Tel 212-261-1600
nyit.edu
Student ID: 0874121
Combined GPA 3.65
September 2015_June 2018
3 years of Undergraduate Architectural Studies
After Transferring Credits to
Addis Ababa University
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture and
Building Construction and City Development
(Eiabc)
P.O.Box 518
Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Student ID: ETR/9070/08
Current GPA 3.5
Diplomas
2010
The Ethiopian General Secondary Education
Certificate
From National Organization for Examinations,
Ministry of Education
June 2013
French Baccalaureat
Earth Sciences (Science de la Vie et de la Terre)
Speciality in Mathematics
14.02/20 Average score
Good Distinction (Mention Bien)
February 2013
T.K. Steele Scholarship
Amount $15.000 per year
From NYIT Scholarship Committee
October 2017
TOEFL Ibt : 103
4.
5. Transportation is a mandatory service for any
metropolis. The movement of people and the
exchange of goods contribute to the dynamism
of an economy. The platform for these
interchanges must be well placed in the urban
fabric and the organizational structure of an
existing transport system. Policies and big
infrastructure projects shape the transport
networks. Understanding this fact leads
architects to intervene by designing structures
that house modes of transport to link them
with public transport users. Furthermore, these
facilities can transform the skyline and serve as
landmarks.
How can Architecture facilitate
Transportation?
Can a Transport facility improve an Economy?
Can a Terminus integrate with a roundabout?
Can a BRT terminal become an iconic
landmark?
BRT Terminal
Jemo condominiums 1,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Year 5, Semester 2 at Eiabc
[February 2018_June 2018]
Individual Thesis project
ARCH 5101_Chair of Architectural Design II
Advised by Birhanu Mussa and Fasil Giorghis
Creating a functional landmark building using responsive design principles such as permeability, robustness,
legibility, richness and visual beauty is a gesture that could transform a skyline.
6. Urban Design Proposal
The geometry and the urban grid of the jemo
condominium housing site is projected onto the
urban square.
Pedestrian paths are accentuated by green edg-
es as they lead commuters straight to the BRT
terminal.
The roundabout is dedicated to the BRT
turnback and terminal. This gesture puts
pressure on traffic management but enhances
users’ experience.
Traffic congestion is caused mainly by heavy
duty vehicles and small capacity public transport
modalities (Rickshaws and minibuses).
The clover leaf diagram mitigates this issue and
enhances the 80,000m2
urban square.
Prohibiting taxis to enter the roundabout and
deflecting their circulation to the edges of the
urban square reduces traffic.
3 storey high mixed use buildings house taxi
stations, domestic vehicle parking and retail
stores.
An open air market with stalls is adjacent to the
factories and the heavy duty vehicle lane.
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Open Air Market
Stalls
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Waiting area
Underground Access
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Ticket/ATM/Info
Restaurant/Cafes
Retail/Offices
South-West
Harsh sun is
blocked
Men & Women WC
Time Schedule board
_Median, Type B+, 1000 person/hour
_(W)5.5mx(L)112m
_35cm height (level with bus floor)
_slip-resistant floor surface with
bright coloured guide strips
Green area
Multi-purpose area
Recreation fields
Gardeners store
Water feature
Public spaces
Access/Control
Ticketing
information
ATM room
Turnstiles
Ramps
Snack bar
Light filter
Open down
Ticket/Info
ATM room
Mixed Use Amenities (2600sqm)
Restaurant/Cafes
Commercial/Retail
Offices
Cantilever shelter
BRT B2 Lane (two way 7 m wide)
+ Turnback on terminus
(8m wide allows overtaking and
reduces bunching/queues)
Waiting area (min 400 sqm)
Platforms (min 620 sqm)
Underground pedestrian
Access ramps(5lm length at 5% max
Multimodal terminus
Minibus/Rickshaw/Metertaxi/Coach
Provide Access To
Apartment Housing
+Open Air market
+Park+Ride services
(100 cars occupy 1200 sqm of multistorey car
park with Bike racks and car wash facilities)
+ Office/Commercial complex
+Recreational fields
_Median, Type B+, 1000 person/hour
_(W)5.5mx(L)112m
_35cm height (level with bus floor)
_slip-resistant floor surface with
bright coloured guide strips
Access/Control
_Snack bar
_5 Turnstiles on each platform
_110 cm Turnstile Width/platform
(130cm for disabled)
_Men & Women WC
_Time Schedule board
_Diffused light/Regulated temperature
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Parti & Schematic design
The terminal is located on a roundabout. It’s
organized according to the geometric grid of
mobility patterns and the urban fabric.
BRT buses have exit doors to the left in a median
platform system. The BRT lane is 7 m wide and
the turnback lane is 8 m wide to allow buses
to overtake one another. Four platforms are
provided.
9. Circulation
Axonometric
Voids
Permeable and sheltered platforms
Views
Cavity pockets Solids
Section
Platform
Control area
Void
Skylight
Offices
Offices
Tickets
Podium
Cantilever core
structure
(low center of gravity)
10. Access ramp
Escalator
Automated
Ticket machines
BRT turback lane
Raised boarding
Platform
Bulk active
structural system
Pre-cast concrete
columns
Form active
structural system
Flat Truss systems
covered in metal plates
Surface active
structural system
Stress resisted by
surface rigidity of stepped
site-cast concrete steps
Podium seats
Precast concretecantilever profiles
enable diffused light to enter interior
spaces
Lightweight Platform
Stairs
Design matrix/grid
5mx5m
Hollow metal
louvers
deflect light, heat and water. Also
serves as a guard rail and frame for
the roof podium
Load bearing
Vertical circulation core
2.5 m wide stairs and 2 heavy duty ele-
vators per core
Vector active
structural system
Pre-cast stepped concrete
elements
Control area Void
11. Ground Floor plan
Basement plan
First Floor plan
Panoramic/framed views on the Roof Podium, a public space dedicated for sitting, sauntering, sun bathing.
Second Floor plan Roof Floor plan
12. Section detail
The stepped roof filters light into the interior spaces.
Precast concrete columns, beams and floor slabs offer quick
and unique construction technologies.
13. Located in the Central Business District, in close
proximity to several Hospitals, the Red Cross HQ
and other complementary functions, at the
intersection of two Principal Arterial streets, this
public facility is accessible to pedestrians,
domestic and emergency vehicles.
The facility is unique as it prevents and
creates awareness on Natural and Man made
disasters.
A Disaster exhibition hall regularly exhibits local
and global disasters (from car crashes in nearby
regions to mudslides in California).
Medical Training services are hosted in a lecture
hall for professionals and lay-men to learn ABC
and CPR.
Fire-fighters and a Search and Rescue team sup-
port the Addis Ababa Fire and Emergency preven-
tion Agency.
The safety Equipment shop, the public water
courtyard and the Restaurant draw passer-by in-
wards.
The Architectonics express a harmonised
contrast between a range of materials. The high
tensile cables, connected to cruciform steel
columns support I section joists and girders. The
light weight porous grating floors and ceilings
reduce the dead weight to enable long spans and
cantilevers. A weathering Steel COR-TEN facade
hovers over gabion walls, grating mesh and steel
columns.
The skeleton and the skin of the disaster
center are symbolically exposed.
Disaster Centre
Filwuha Thermal Baths,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Year 5, Semester 1 at Eiabc
[October 2017_January 2018]
Individual project
ARCH 5101_Chair of Architectural Design II
14. Seventh Day
Adventist Church
Finfinne Restaurant
Parking
Zewditu Hospital
Ambassador
Theatre
Harambe Hotel
Yohannes Street
Ras
Desta
Damtew
Street
Commercial
Bank
of
Ethiopia
Ministry
of
Defence
15. Disaster Exhibition
Restaurant
Gym
Changing room, On-call lounge
Dormitories
Administration
Maintenance Workshops
Search and Rescue Vehicle Parking
Medical Training
Safety Equipment shop
Parking
Water Courtyard
Swimming pool
Basement
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Ground Floor
First Floor
17. Exterior wall
Weathering Steel (COR-TEN Steel)
Grate mesh
Gabion wall
Structure
Vertical load bearing Cruciform columns
Horizontal T & I beam Joists and girders
High Tensile cable support
(in two tower stayed bridge system)
Landscape
4 mm water courtyard on sloped terrain
Swimming pool
River water
21. African Cultural Centre
Meskel Square,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Year 4, Semester 2 at Eiabc
[February-June 2017]
Individual project
Instructor : Yohannes Afework
yohannes.afework@eiabc.edu.et
Occupying 20.4% of the Earth’s
surface area (30,221,532 km²) with 14% of the
World Population (890,000,000) in
61 multicultural territories,
Africa is the Melting Pot of Cultures.
Addis Ababa, is considered as the
Medina of Africa, the symbol of freedom, liberty
and security. The Ethiopian Capital has been
the seat of the Organization of the African Union
(OAU) since 1963, the Economic Commission of
Africa (ECA) and a great number of foreign
diplomatic missions.
Despite strong political and diplomatic
relationships between the 54 Sovereign African
states in the African Union, the African popu-
lation has little knowledge of the immense
cultural and ethnic diversity of the continent.
One cannot find a specific location to gather
such information.
Where can Africans learn their
Cultures ?
22. Site area : 44,000 m2
Elevation above street: +7 - 12 m
Site
MESKEL SQUARE
Location Map
Meskel Square is the most important Func-
tioning Social Heritage site which serves as an
athletics training space in mornings and as a
platform for revolutions, religious ceremonies
and events. Unfortunately, today we only see
condom advertisements and Airlines billboards.
A cultural centre has the potential to enrich the
urban public life if the design respects existing
site conditions (existing historic walls, functions
and topography) and revives the natural setting.
23. Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
1.5 600
400
8 Restrooms
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Projecting lines from volumes of nearby
programs (Saint-Joseph School and Market and
Development Enterprise) creates a grid for spa-
tial arrangements and blends the cultural centre
with the urban context.
The mix of yellow and green tones in
the Northern and Western main entrances are
defined by acute triangles of dry and wet grass
strategically arranged so as to only permit
pedestrian access.
The botanical garden reflects the
natural Landscape of Africa by incorporating
Indigenous trees (Bamboo, Stinkwood, Red
African Tulip Tree, Accacia, Aningeria, Sudan
Teak, Corkwood, Brown’s Myrobolan, African
Wild Olive), deciduous shrubs, flowers (Angaro,
Orketa desert Adenium Obesum, Veronia,
Trifolium, Cynoglossum,Rumex, echinops, acan-
thus) which accentuate Giant Feminine Statues,
Wildlife sculptures and the Architectural masses.
The design imposes a juxtaposition of
violet, purple haze, red, pink against various
hues of green and 2 triangular water ponds.
24. Foyer
Foyer
Wildlife Dense Vegetation
Street lights
Feminie
sculptures
Giant
Stone
boulders
Botanical garden Dry Vegetation
Parti
Cultural Centre for Africa
Cultural Centre for Africa
Cultural Centre for Africa
Cultural Centre for Africa
25. Foyer
Foyer
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
1.5 600
400
8 Restrooms
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
1.5 600
400
8 Restrooms
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
1.5 600
400
8 Restrooms
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
1.5 600
400
8 Restrooms
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
1.5 600
400
8 Restrooms
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
1.5 600
400
8 Restrooms
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
Multipurpose Hall A
Workshops = Music + Art + Carpentry + Metalworks + Jewelery + Clay + Kitchen
Classrooms = Language + Liturgy + Anthropology + Ecology + History
+ Research center + Lecture Rooms + Researchers’ offices
Library + Media Centre
Cultural Restaurant
Administration
3 Temporary Art Galleries + Curator’s + Archive
Underground Parking
Above ground Parking
African History Museum
Public Circulation + Foyers Public Circulation + Foyers
Area per person (sqm) Total Area (sqm)
Amount
4 2600
25000
5000
5
600
0.75 2000
2500
0.5 1000
1200
- 2500
-
1.5 900
500
1.5 900
500
- 1500
-
7 900
6x20=120
10 352x4=1400
150
3.5 480
140
25 750
30
4 2000
500
12.5 2800 + 1000
300
12.5 1400
112
Theatre
Backstage Theatre
Multipurpose Hall B
+ 5 Performance Halls = End stage Hall + Arena Hall +
Thrust stage + Black Box Hall
+ Ticket Office
A MAXIMUM OF 4200 visitors can be accom-
modated in a 48 meter wide Primary foyer
which connects visitors with the Theatre (for
1200), 2 Multi purpose Halls (for 2500 and for
500),5 Performance Halls (for 100 each) and
the History Museum.
Each Performance space has subsidiary
services (Toilets, Cloakrooms and Tickets offic-
es) along with 5 separate Secondary Foyers
proportionally scaled according to the amount
of visitors of each performance hall.
54 steps represent the 54 countries officially
anchored in the African Union.
4 Skylights ventilate the public space, provide
direct sunlight and represent the 4 corners of
Africa : West, North, East and South.
3 Elevators and a Staircase at the south of
Main Foyer link the space with the Under-
ground Parking and the Cultural Restaurant.
2 Security Checkpoints are positioned at the
North and South entrances.
Program
27.
An honest look at the reality of a tragic
past can motivate a population to thrive for a
better future.
The African History Museum is a
permanent exhibit that pessimistically narrates
the story of Africa. A Loop circulation dictates
the experience of visitor in the museum.
Great of ancient civilisations, a Sharp
Shift in History and the Downfall of the
continent are the 3 epochs represented in a
the contiguous space hovering 4 meters above
ground level. The Volume descends to a lower
exit point after a sharp turning point on
triangular balcony above a triangular pond.
Coming from the rectilinear gallery of the Ancient
Greats, visitors must pass through a zig-zag
gallery displaying African suffering before they
can exit this dark Museum. Section through the Ancient greats
Section through the Downfall
31. Performance halls
The fan shaped theatre provides good views
and sound to spectators. Optimal acoustics
are reinforced through wooden stage flooring,
heavy carpet on concrete walls, wooden
upholstered seats, sound absorbing curtains
and acoustic reflector ceilings.
The secondary sound reflecting ceiling guides
the sound with an adapted curve towards the
seats.
Banking the 3 rows of seats enables uniform
direct sound to all places. The form follows a
logarithmic spiral. The volume of the theatre is
6000 m3
in total (calculated using a standard of
5 m3
per person).
A floor area of 1000 m2
for accommodates 1200
seats. The stage is preceded by an
orchestra pit. Four entrances, each with 2m
double hinge sound insulated swing door, allow
3 people to pass at the same time.
Stage Theatre Foyer
Orchestra pit
Secondary
reflection
surface
Backstage
Meskel
Square +12
33. Phenology Centre
Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, New York
Year 2, Semester 1 at NYIT
[November-December 2014]
Individual project
Instructor : Douglas Romines
douglas@rominesarchitecture.co
Situated at the shore of the lake in
Prospect Park, the Phenology centre establishes
spaces in which a Hydrologist, a Botanist and
a Chronologist will conduct scientific research
on the interactions between water, soil and the
cosmos.
The existing public circulation is woven
into the belly of the complex and ensures that
the public is encouraged to engage with the
researchers in this open building. Laboratories,
classrooms, a roof terrace, a research garden
and conference rooms are accessible to the
public at ground level whilst the offices of the
scientists remain private at the first floor.
The geometric master-stroke of the
design ensures that a person located at one end
of the building has a clear view to the other end
(see sketch below).
black tulipo
Winterberry
Sweet Pepperbush
Blue Vervain
Rough-Stemmed
Goldenrod
The presence of Indigenous
plant and animal life signifies a
healthy ecosystem.
36. Louvers shade the common offices on the upper
level and the water level can be calculated from
the Hydrologist’s laboratory.
37. The fifth Elevation
Roosevelt Building,
482 Broadway, New York
Year 2, Semester 2 at NYIT
[March 2015]
Individual project
Instructor : Ricky Liu
rliu02@nyit.edu
Using the existing structural grid system
of a New York city Loft in the fashion district of
Chelsea, the scheme converts the space into
a fashion designers’ studio where the exterior
runway is parallel to the street and part of the
folding facade.
The master-stroke of the design gently
intertwines two folding plans of contrasting
finishes to create a porous exterior shell. The
shell permeates light into offices and conference
rooms at the centre of the first level.
38. The design of the partition walls creates visual intimacy between spaces.
39.
40. The Cliff Dwelling
Hudson River,
NewJersey,
Year 1, Semester 2 at NYIT
[May 2015]
Individual project
Instructor : Prof. David Diamond
davidiamond@yahoo.com
Three artisans collaborate to build
a summer dwelling that contains bedrooms,
studios, a kitchen and a gathering room on the
side of a cliff overlooking the Hudson River. A
water feature runs under the dwelling to cool
the semi-open spaces.
The construction corresponds to the
skill-sets of the Mason, Carpenter and Weaver.
As such, only three materials are used in this
rock-hewn semi-open summer cottage.
43. Waterworks
An exercise in Water, Slope & Experience.
Year 1, Semester 1 at NYIT
[November-December 2013]
Individual project
Instructor : Prof. Dianne Neff
dneff@nyit.edu
The sloped site is divided into 3 distinct
spaces where we find 3 pavilions dedicated for
repose, reflection and admiration.
The promenade captures the curiosity
of visitors as they begin a winding journey up
the hill without perceive the entirety of the site.
Upon entering the water garden, visitors
are instantly provoked by a powerful 12 feet high
waterfall that awakens the senses. After the first
climb, a quiet pavilion awaits those who require
rest. Finally, the last climb confines the visitors
in a dark, narrow and elongated staircase. The
contrast between this sombre threshold and the
last pavilion, in which the whole site is unveiled,
creates a complete experience of this imagina-
tive sensory place scaled to human dimensions.
The lack of disability access is a major flaw even
if the project is a hypothetical exercise in sense
of place.
44. Cubist exercise
An interpretation of Merz 21,
a collage by Kurt Schwitters
Year 1, Semester 2 at NYIT
[June 2015]
Individual project
Instructor : Prof. David Diamond
davidiamond@yahoo.com
Analyze the organization of a 2D cubist
painting in order to transform the internal grid
and the poetic gestures into a 3D object.
After extracting the internal grid, the student is
asked to build a frame model on which planes
must be added accordingly.
The final model has to capture the essence of
the geometry of the original art-piece repre-
sented in a datum volume, planes and a frame
structure.
