An architecture student driven by a belief that design is a form of listening, to people, place, and possibility. Originally from Uganda plus having lived and studied in differet contexts such as thailand, india, kenya and now Oklahoma, I bring a cross-cultural perspective to my work, shaped by a deep respect for community, sustainability, and spatial storytelling. I’m drawn to architecture that does more than stand, architecture that serves, responds, and restores. My approach values clarity in concept, rigor in craft, and empathy in execution. Whether sketching early ideas or refining more complex systems, the goal is always to create spaces that feel intentional, inclusive, and alive with meaning.
Experience Involvements
Architecture Studio Mentor
OU Gibbs College of Architecture
Facilities Student Supervisor
Sarkeys Fitness Center, University of Oklahoma
Facilities Attendant
Sarkeys Fitness Center, University of Oklahoma
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) Vice President
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS)
Techniques Physical model-making, hand sketching, conceptual Drawing
Soft Skills Team collaboration, leadership, communication
Studio Basilico
Roots Village Community Center
SEAM
Land Vessels
The Aviary
Renegade Studio
Studio Basilico
D4 - Prof. Rodriguez
OK Culinary Arts LAB
The Culinary Arts LAB is facility dedicated to culinary education, nutritional wellness, and community engagement. Responding to contemporary demands for healthy, sustainable eating, the studio basilicowW merges culinary training with nutritional science to cultivate a new generation of wellness chefs.
Situated in downtown Norman, the design celebrates the essential connections among growing, preparing, and sharing food. The spatial form emerges from an intentional exploration of massing and site-responsive strategies, integrating vibrant public areas with intimate educational spaces. Key features include a demonstration kitchen theater, interactive teaching kitchens, a public bistro, and thoughtfully arranged spaces that encourage collaboration and experiential learning.
This project expanded my understanding of architectural programming and context-driven design, challenging me to thoughtfully balance practical spatial requirements, conceptual ambitions, and real-world constraints, including zoning restrictions, preservation of the urban edge, and managing an extensive program.
Refined Iteration
Building upon the first iteration, this refined massing addresses the transition from urban to residential scale through careful expanding, stacking, and notching of volumes. The additive operations (in red) build up the volumes,
Programmed Spaces
450 SF lobby/student lounging areas
2,500 SF cooking theater kitchen, including:
3,000 SF teaching kitchens (2 × 1,500 SF)
200 SF trash/compost room (adjacent to dishwash and exterior)
500 SF additional dishwash/potwash facility (for bistro and kitchens)
500 SF food storage (walk-in freezer + dry/canned storage)
1,000 SF lecture classrooms (2 × 500 SF)
TBD reference/data access (2 terminals, potentially in circulation zones)
3,000 SF bistro with kitchen and seating for 50
400 SF wine room (ventilated, no daylight, tasting tables, bottle storage)
200 SF director’s office
150 SF admin/support staff office
600 SF faculty offices (4 × 150 SF; one for career advisor)
500 SF central receiving area (connects to food storage)
500 SF delivery truck access/loading dock
Back of house Services Bistro Culinary Garden Student Spaces Admin Teaching Spaces
Park/GreenArea
Parking
COMMUNITY CENTER
Root Village Community Center
NOMAS OU
Roots Village
Roots Village is a multi-block urban redevelopment project in Kansas City aimed at cultural restoration, housing justice, and intergenerational opportunity. Anchored in historically disinvested Paseo West, the project centers community agency through inclusive design, weaving together housing, wellness, entrepreneurship, and cultural infrastructure into a walkable, regenerative civic framework.s
Roots Village Community Center
I led the design of the Roots Cultural Center, a civic platform for Black futures. My responsibilities included program development, spatial layout, and narrative design. I focused on embedding participatory typologies and flexible infrastructure—youth media labs, co-working forums, wellness spaces—to support community ownership, cultural continuity, and long-term social impact beyond architecture as static form.
I am proud to acknowledge the OU NOMAS team who contributed to the greater success of the project: Ashley Gozalez, Terry Chishimba, Eryne Degeorge, Ty Brown-Field, Seaira Hull and Luke Hernandez
BY NOMAS OU
Second Floor
First Floor
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The Aviary
D3 - Prof. Paulo Sanza
Building and Landscape for Ecological Regeneration
The Aviary is a space for ecological restoration, biodiversity prefoliation, and education. Designed to be a living extension of the landscape, it serves to actively educate and involve the community in advancing ecological resilience and sustainability.
The project aims to reconnect the Oliver Woods Preserve ecosystem by means of sculptural tree abstractions creating a crossing that safely guide birds across the highway. Integrating the natural geometries and patterns found in blue jay habitats, the design is inspired by the aerodynamics of the blue jay’s wings and the protecting structure of trees in which they nest.
Constructed predominantly from wood, the structure hosts indoor and outdoor classrooms, research labs, offices, and a viewing platform to observe and engage with the expanding ecosystems north of the preserve.
Though this project i had my first experience working with a client the blue jays and conducting reseech on the the client, as well site analysis and the macro and the mezzo scale as to make more contextual informed designed choices
Wood paneled interior classroom features large that aid to maintain the buildings connection to nature while flooding the space with of natural light.
The curated building approch guides visitors along tree lined access path parallel to its research wing. Supplemented by the striking observation tower to the right peeping form behind the swaying tree canopies .
SEAM
NOMAS OU
The Hill
SEAM was the University of Oklahoma NOMAS chapter’s submission for the 2024 NOMA Student Design Competition, which called for a restorative vision for West Baltimore’s communities fractured by the uncompleted “Highway to Nowhere.” Our proposal leveraged the planned Red Line transit system to reknit neighborhoods through a series of connected, mixed-use interventions on vacant and underutilized sites to create the transit oriented design campus
At the heart of the proposal is a commitment to ecological repair, cultural continuity, and inclusive urban regeneration. The design clusters, The Canyon, Ice Factory, Hive, and The Hill, respond with tailored programs that support transit, economic activity, community, and environmental sustainability.
The Hill, the eastern anchor of the site, emerged as a civic threshold: a layered green space bridging the campus edge to the raised Route 1. Programmed as a wellness and recreation hub, The Hill includes water features, courts, play areas, a community garden, and gathering lawns, while cleverly concealing off-street parking beneath. My primary contribution focused on this zone. Designing and refining spatial organization, circulation, and section to integrate social and ecological functions seamlessly into the site’s artifitualy rising topography.
I am proud to acknowledge the NOMAS team who contributed to its success: Hisham Ramoly, Roy Nitzan, Grace Hill, Ashley Gozalez, Whit Hull, Drew King, Charles Kim, Sasha Alexander, Terry Chishimba, Eryne Degeorge, Seaira Hull, Albert Rogers, Fernanda Manuella
BY NOMAS OU
BY NOMAS
OU
OUTDOOR WORKOUT WELLBEING + LIVE
PUBLIC FACILITIES GATHERING & MEETING POINT
MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS COURT
STORM-WATER FILTRATION POOL SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY NIGHT LIFE LIGHTING & SECURITY
PARK WELLBEING + PLAY
KIDS PLAYGROUND PLAY
CONNECTION TO CANYON
ENTRANCE TO UNDERGROUND PARKING
RAMPED PATHWAYS 1:20 FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY
GARDENS WITH NATIVE VEGETATION WELLBEING + LIVE
Renegade Vessels
D2 - Prof. Zinger
Cyclone Studio + Weaving the Storm
As Oklahoma experiences a wide range of extreme weather events, In this project, we were tasked with researching, documenting, and representing weather phenomena three-dimensionally through drawings and physical models, with the intent to influence the structure or space we would later design. Among these, my strom was the Bomb Cyclone.
A rapidly intensifying storm that earns its classification when the atmospheric pressure at its center drops by at least 24 millibars within 24 hours. Often associated with severe weather conditions such as heavy rainstorms, flash flooding, strong winds, or blizzards.
The Cyclone Studio ia a potteary designed to sit on Bruce Goff’s Prairie House site, draws inspiration from the cylindrical forms and spiraling dissipation paths of the bomb cyclone. A skylight illuminates the main studio space, representative the eye of a storm. Surrounding the central studio, other programmatic elements (office space, storage, bathrooms, kitchen) populate similar to the swirling winds of the cyclone.
In this project building on from the previous semester’s focus on model making and represetion (plans, sectionsn, elevations), we got to take those and apply them to a space/ structure we created.
Land Vessels
D1 - Prof. Motamedi
From a curated list of houses by notable architects that uniquely interact with their surrounding contexts and landscapes, the Land Vessels project introduced us to orthogonal drawings. The goal was to develop skills in reading, interpreting, and reproducing building plans, sections, and elevations by hand.
Olson Kundig’s Costa Rica Tree House stood out to me for its vertical integration within the dense tree canopies of its forested hillside site. Overlooking Hermosa Beach, the house was designed for surfing-enthusiast clients and seamlessly blends architecture with nature.
In addition to orthogonal drawings, we created axonometric analytical drawings. I developed an exploded axonometric drawing highlighting the house’s structure, façade constructed from locally sourced teak wood, and sustainable features such as rainwater catchment tanks beneath the foundation, passive cooling from ocean breezes, and rooftop solar panels that enable off-grid functionality.
The final component of the project was a 1/4” scale model showcasing how the house integrates with the topography and surrounding forest canopy.
