Architectural Portfolio_Cornelius K. Boateng

Architectural Portfolio Cornelius Kyei Boateng (M.Arch) 2023

A Ghanaian architecture student with a strong believe in the power of architecture to change the way people live and think. Giving back to the society the benefits I have enjoyed is one of my drivers.My educational journey has been one that has fed my knowledge and love for details.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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B.Arch

2020

M.Arch

2022

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Autodesk Revit | Autocad | Archicad | Sketchup | Rhino Indesign | Photoshop | Illustrator | Adobe After effects Lumion | Photoshop Post-rendering | Drawing(Fine arts) | Reading | Game (Chess)

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MARKET FOR ALL Year: 2020 Type: Competition Role: Drafting, modelling, documentation Team member: @dzidula_k Location: Kasoa - Central Region - Ghana

BACKROUND The task was to provide a simple yet innovative proposal to solve the problems presented by the CORONAVIRUS pandemic in choice market places in Ghana.

KASOA is/was a major convergence point for Hausa traders who connected the north (The Sub Saharan trade network) to the south, in this case Salaga, Ouagadougou, Niamey, Timbuktu and as far as Kano with its famed trading caravans. KASOA is a good example of how the development of trade dramatically causes the metamorphosis of communities.

SITE The site is a street, originally for movement but taken over by traders, with several clusters of colorful parasols that shade against the afternoon sun.

KASOA overpass

Street turned market

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Mankessim-Accra Highway

GPRTU Office

Public washroom

Market sheds

Odukponkpehe school park

Transport station

Market Buildings

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Cemetery

Market sheds

Public washroom

Waste disposal point

Umbrella selling stations

STREET CONVERTED TO MARKET (SELECTED SITE)

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Existing site layout One common big crowded space of travel

Proposed site layout Multiple paths of travel to regulate and space vendors

CONCEPT The proposed structure is a bargain between two common tools; the traditional selling box and the traditional selling stall. The result was a hybrid structure that doubles as a selling stall during the day and a storage compartment for when it’s not in use.

The trading path taken by an average buyer, is characterized by frequent stops, bargainings, and a series of back and forth movements during which stock is taken and decisions, made.

The arrangement of the stalls adapted to this condition by a series of counter-rotations and setback rhythms.

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STRUCTURE TYPE

NON- EDIBLE ZONE

CEREAL ZONE

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Yellow

Proposed stall unit

Proposed stall unit

VEGETABLES AND SPICES ZONE

PROTEIN ZONE

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Proposed stall unit

Proposed stall unit

TUBERS ZONE

Brown Ground pallet structure

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Handwashing entry points Unit composite of 3 stalls Wheelchair rest area/ “One-tyre” stop

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Proposed layout

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Impermeable rubber membrane

Hardwood timber post

Corrugated roo e

STRUCTURE

Steel hinge 50mm X 100mm timber joist

Reused parasol tube.

Alternatively 30mm daimeter light steel tubing.

Anchor plate 15mm Steel hollow section Hinged window

50mmX50mm Hardwood timber post

ROOF STRUCTURE

50mm daimeter treated bamboo (full culm)

ROOF MATERIAL

Hinge

STRUCTURE AND FACADE

[ ] represents the hinge positions for the foldable window.

When fully folded(opened) window is hooked to 15mm hollow steel section window is locked at bottom when closed

Reclaimed shipping Pallet wood Screw

25mm thick stopper hanged on screw from steel angle.

Welded joint

Counter Height from ground(0.735m) PWD's friendly

FLOORING

20mm steel bar welded to steel section

SUB-STRUCTURE

TYPICAL SLIDING WINDOW

Welded joint Screw fastening

50mmX50mm Hardwood timber post

20mm Steel hollow section welded to bracket 50mmX50mm Hardwood timber post

Split bamboo Steel binding wire

Reused parasol tube.

Alternatively 30mm daimeter light steel tubing.

STEEL DEPOT

Welder

6" thick reinforced concrete block

6" thick reinforced concrete block

Steel bracket

Site

TIMBER MEMBERS AND BAMBOO

By careful analysis of the proximity of materials to the site, the cost of each unit (3 sellers) was 1450 Ghana cedis ($242).

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Steel hinge 50mm X 100mm timber joist

Reused parasol tube.

Alternatively 30mm daimeter light steel tubing.

Anchor plate 15mm Steel hollow section Hinged window

50mmX50mm Hardwood timber post

Reclaimed shipping Pallet wood Screw

STRUCTURE AND FACADE

STRUCTURE AND FACADE

ROOF STRUCTURE

ROOF STRUCTURE

50mm daimeter treated bamboo (full culm)

ROOF MATERIAL

ROOF MATERIAL

Hinge

[ ] repr

[ ] represents the hinge positions for the foldable window.

When fully folded(opened) window is hooked to 15mm hollow steel section window is locked at bottom when closed

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25mm thick stopper hanged on screw from steel angle.

FLOORING

20mm steel bar welded to steel section

SUB-STRUCTURE

FLOORING

Welded joint

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Corrugated roo e

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Welded joint Screw fastening

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PHOTOGRAPHY - MODEL BUILDING

FIRE STATION

Year: 2021 Type: Studio Scheme Location: Abenase -Ashanti Region - Ghana Details and Model making

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PHOTOGRAPHY - MODEL BUILDING

The Experience An architect fascinated with their designs always finds different ways to express their thoughts and intentions. This was my way of expressing my design of the local fire station for Abenase during the semester break. It was also driven by the discovery of wood veneer as a model building material, which really got me excited and eager to try it out; which actually turned out to be a good model material.

EXPERIENCE Wood veneer easily cuts along the grain with much less pressure but cutting across its grain will require An architect fascinated with their designs always finds different ways to express their a technique I’ll classify as ‘punching’. thoughts and intentions.

The design was changed though when various circulation and vehicular movement were considered This was my way of expressing my design of the local fire station for Abenase during through the lense of the rigorous jurors of the M.Arch 1 studio and some later discovered planning the semester break. It was also driven by the discovery of wood veneer as a model standards. building material, which really got me excited and eager to try it out. I discovered it is a good model building material.

Wood veneer easily cuts along the grain with much less pressure but cutting across its grain will require a technique I’ll classify as ‘punching’.

The site layout was changed though when various circulation and vehicular movement were considered through the lense of the rigorous jurors of the M.Arch 1 studio and some later discovered planning standards.

Model Building Materials • Plywood Veneer • Chromocoat paper • Synthetic Resin Adhesive (White glue) • Sawdust • Plywood • Net

Model Building Materials Plywood VeneerChromocoat paperSynthetic Resin Adhesive (White glue)SawdustPlywoodNet-

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NON - DOMESTIC SCHEME 0.4mm THICK CORRUGATED ALUMINIUM ROOFING SHEET 700mm THICK STEEEL TRUSS @12 DEGREES

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MAINTENANCE SHOP

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50mm X 75mm Hardwood timber wallplate

75mm diameter peforated plastic strainer

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75mm diameter PVC pipe for rainwater collection

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Reinforced concrete beam

150mm thick blockwork with 15mm rough smooth plastering

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Recycled-plastic framed sliding windows. See Window Schedule for more details.A.01.17

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Washroom

Maintenance Shop

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COMPOUND HOUSING Year: 2021 Type: Studio Scheme Location: Abenase -Ashanti Region - Ghana

BACKGROUND A thorough survey of the Abenase community in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region of Ghana led to proposals being made having forcasted Abenase to a 50 year future.

This project sought to address the housing deficit that will arise through the provision of compound housing , a housing typology typical of the Ghanaian peri-urban and rural context.

The idea sought to draw from the possibility of close neighbours pulling together their resources to help develop their neighbourhood.

The intervention was to be done in sections.Each section is to comprise, commercial, residential and recreatioanal facilities. The level of these zones will vary based on the overall planning of the Abenase community Dividing the core of Abenase into sections was with the aim of forming self sustaining cells.

Green spaces was to be used in each cell to improve the quality of life of the people and to mitigate heat island effect.

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CONCEPT

• The idea seeks to draw from the possibility of close neighbours pulling together their resources to help develop their vneghbourhood.

• The differences in the existing housing shapes, ownership and even taste give rise to the architecture.

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• Each section is to comprise, commercial, residential and recreatioanal facilities. The level of these zones will vary based on the overall planning of the Abenase community.

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• The core of Abenase to be divided into sections to form self • The core of Abenase to be divided into sections to form self sustaining cells. sustaining cells.

•• The slope of the site is to be considered in all interventions.

The slope of the site is to be considered in all interventions.

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• Using green spaces in each cell to improve the quality of life of the

• Using green spaces in each cell to improve the quality of life of the people and to mitigate heat island effect. people and to mitigate heat island effect.

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SHARED SPACES

The intention was to pool together resources in order to share space (circulation,compound and entry). This extends the boundaries of communal living which existed in single couryards to a greater communal living in multiple compounds.

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Expansion joints seperating a sec of the floor slab allow for the pounding of fufu. Laundry space is made available, located close to the west to harness the sun and the predorminant south-west winds. Floor slabs at drying area where alternated to optimally harness the rays of the suns for clothe drying.

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WATERFRONT ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING Year: 2022 Type: M.Arch Thesis Location: Weija - Greater Accra Region - Ghana

BACKGROUND

DAMS _ history,uses The evidence of water storage dams can be traced back to about 3000BC from ruins from Egypt and Mesopotamia.

The primary uses of dams from years past have been to regulate river flow, for irrigation and for water supply BACKGROUND

Kasoa - Amasaman Road

(Selge 2013).

After & itsGunkel, creation in 1977, the Weija Reservoir has been facing encroachment due to rapid urbanisation in its surrounding environment.

With the aid of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing technology, the designated buffer for the Weija reservoir was mapped for the Ga-South Municipality.

Water supply The research sought further toFishing found out the reasonIrrigation behind the encroachement.

PROBLEM ORIGIN_ Sprawling.

Source : Author .Image credit - Open Street maps

Studies have showed that reserved lands meant to protect water bodies continues to face the deterioration.

RESEARCH _ Degree of sprawling into reservoir’s buffer.

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Old KASOA market

Source : Author .Image credit - Open Street maps

WEIJA DAM _ timelines and statistics

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DEGREE OF ENCROACHMENT It was observed that, as of 2021, about 13% of the Weija reservoir’s buffer had been encroached by settlements in the municipality.

The reasons for the encroachment of the Weija reservoir’s buffer were the lack of collaboration among the various stakeholders within the framework of the reservoir’s use, and management.

Making known the relevance of riparian ecology becomes a necessity in fostering sustainable development and reserve management around the reservoir. Questions that drove the design then included the hows of creating awareness and fostering collaborations.

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Land cover distribution in Ga-South Municipality from 1991 - 2021

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TOMEFA

The study focused on a community at the waterfront, Tomefa. Urban scale proposals against sprawl were made and a centre for community education and empowerment was proposed as well.

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The form(s) takes cues from the basic unit material used for construction and the nearest vegetation close to the reservoir.

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LEGEND LEGEND

1- Vehicular access 2- Parking 3- Main entry to facility 4- Water fountain 5- Service 6- Basement entry II 7- Solar panel 8- Bar 9- Solar farm 10- Walkway 11- Semi extensive green roof 12- Walkway 13- Deck 14- Native trees 15- Grass and shrubs 16- Maintenance Unit 17- Infirmary 18- Parking

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Weija Reservoir’s Ecological Centre

Supervisors:

Rev. Fr. Dr. Victor Quagraine Arc. Adu-Nyarko

Department of Architecture KNUST

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Water Treatment 30 m2

Disinfection 14 m2

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Thank You corneliusbtng@gmail.com

@boateng_ck

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