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ivorsamuel.is@gmail.com
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2022-2023: East Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus
Masters in Architecture
2020-2020: University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bachelor of Architecture Honors (BArch Hons)
2016-2018: University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bachelor of Science in Architecture (Bsc Arch)
2013-2014: St Mary’s College Kisubi, Kampala, Uganda
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE)
2009-2012: St Mary’s College Kisubi, Kampala, Uganda
Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)
Experience
• LocalWorks Uganda - Research, Design, Build, Share / Studio FH
Position – Architecture Intern
• Brownstridge Design Build Company
Position – Architectural Designer (Design team lead)
• Studio One Design Group
Position – Architecture technologist
References
• Mr Prosper Byamungu
Head of Brownstridge Design Build Company
7k Old Port Bell Road, Kampala, Uganda
prosperbyamungu@gmail.com
• Mr Felix Holland
Director at Studio FH Architects/LocalWorks Uganda
10 Third Street, Industrial Area
felix@localworks.ug
Architectural skills
AutoCAD
ArchiCAD
SketchUp
Lumion Render
Adobe Photoshop
VRAY
Sketching and hand-drawn work
Physical model building
Microsoft office
(Currently learning REVIT)
About myself
I believe architecture isn’t about solving buildings and spaces but rather about people instead. I therefore believe that good design should inspire people while being considerate of the same people using it, its location, and its impact on the world I have a particular liking for sustainable designs that are deeply rooted in the context of the place they are located.
When not designing, I am either painting, writing, sketching, or exploring new artistic ideas. I have always been an artist at heart and love to try out new artistic endeavors. This has somehow sipped into my design philosophies as well by affecting the way I look at design –both as a science as an art In this, architecture has taught me to be gentler with the world and more considerate when designing for people and solving problems.
CV
CONTENTS 1 EMU Architecture Faculty redesign 2 The People’s Place 3 Famagusta Recreational Center 4 Maranatha Hospital Concept 5 Residential House Concept
EMU Architecture Faculty Redesign & Techno Park
This project aims at challenging the existing fabric of architectural learning and teaching at the East Mediterranean University in Cyprus. The task involved a redesign of the existing faculty landscape in order to create more usable spaces that accommodate for disabled people as well. The landscape aims at unifying the existing buildings in the EMU faculty to create more unity and connection between the existing buildings.
Furthermore, the design also features the proposal of a new techno park building to accommodate for the growing staff, and new technological advancements in the new techno labs that students may use to test different materiality, sustainable technologies, cultural studies, virtual reality design, and computer labs. The techno park studio is also integrated with the landscape and forms a public use space in order to bridge the 2 different sides of the faculty and create more connection between indoor and outdoor space.
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MArch - Master’s graduation project
Design Conceptual Process
Office facilities Shaded outdoor spaces Outdoor learning Stationary shop Energy efficiency integration Dynamism Landscaping Indoor-Outdoor
Night
Resting
Gaming Cultural
Accessibility Pedestrian
r/ship Signage
life
area
relation
access
Colored building (Existing) Public café seating Café (Existing) Bicycle parking Public seating Main entrance and student plaza Outdoor study area Outdoor exhibition area Public seating Studio labs (Existing) Bicycle parking Outdoor study area Secondary entrance Extended parking Secondary entrance Office block (Existing) Studio labs (Existing) Studio labs (Existing) Amphitheatre Stationary and material shop Landscaping entrance Techno Park facility labs Café entrance Reading room Techno Park Offices Parking extension Outdoor study area
Faculty Site Plan
Technopark Ground Floor Plan Technopark First Floor Plan
Technopark Second Floor Plan Technopark Roof Plan
Technopark West Elevation Technopark South Elevation
Technopark East Elevation
Technopark North Elevation
Technopark Section Technopark Public Entrance Perspective
Technopark System Detail Section, Elevation, and 3D
The People’s place
Bsc Arch - Undergrad graduation project
The project takes on a comic book format to tell a story of a migrant coming into a city seeking a better life but faces the opposite reality. It holds similar realities to the current state of migrants living within Pretoria CBD on the street it is located (ie Esselen street, Pretoria) and is filled with migrants from different cultures that are now within the struggling social economical class in one of South Africa’s capitals
Through rethinking what embassies should do, the idea of a consulate matrix system for migrants is developed throughout South African cities that would provide ready and available services to newly arriving and struggling migrant communities
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Famagusta Recreational Center
MArch - Master’s sem 1 design project
In this project, the task involved designing a recreational center to support a new proposed municipality building for Famagusta Cyprus. The aim of this is to promote the current tourism industry that is becoming a big source of income for the government.
The new recreational center features art studios that can be rented out, 3D design studios, a café, a mini golf area, zoo, bird watching tower, biking grounds, and meditation areas for both public, and private, as well as indoor and outdoor meditation. An important consideration for this was the fact that the proposal is located that is considered “highly sensitive and protected” due to the plant species all found on site. The design seeks to connect people to nature by carefully considering the existing trees and native species, and designing around them so none of them are affected.
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Passive shading techniques
Site massing to context
Visual connectivity/links Form as result of nature
Orientation
Attention to orientation
Material guide to movement
Green roof technologies (Site sensitivity)
Indoor – outdoor merging
Reflective of context
Noise reduction
Courtyard spaces
Creation of views
Celebrated entrance (material)
Natural heating/cooling
Cyclist and pedestrian use
Openness and air flow
Natural material (Site & Context)
Ecological sensitivity Historical connection
Existent paths as guides
Design Conceptual Process
Recreational Center Site Plan
Underground entrance
Art facility offices
Ateliers with storage
Ateliers with storage
Exhibition/study hall
Ateliers with storage
Mini golf area
Public seating
Main entrance
Parking
Cafe
Eco tourism and inquiry
Wellness shop
Bicycle repair shop
Meditation facility
Reading room
Club rooms and bird watching
Private meditation rooms
Amphitheatre
Zoo
Public bicycle path
Stone statues around lake
Lake walk
East Elevation
South Elevation
West Elevation
North Elevation
Main Entrance Perspective
Section Through Eco-tourism and Wellness Shop
Section Through Ateliers
System Detail Section
Section Through Meditation Facility
System Detail Elevation and 3D
Maranatha Hospital (LocalWorks concept)
Having outgrown its existing rented facilities, Maranatha aspired to develop its own purpose-built infrastructure which would provide space for an 80-bed hospital with outpatient departments, a pediatric ward, maternity ward, operating theatres and all associated facilities and infrastructure Key design parameters were a holistic environment with sustainable landscape design that is interwoven with the architecture; and a particular focus on the needs of children. Above all, the brief is to develop a functional and affordable design that can grow over time given a limited budget.
A sustainable design approach is considered and hence buildings are oriented according to the direction of the slope contours. This offers opportunity to accessibility and views to the courtyard that extend all the way to the Rwenzori mountain rangers.
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NOTE: The plans of this project were not developed by myself and belong to LocalWorks Ug/Studio FH This project is chosen solely for the rendering, communication, graphics, and drawings – which were developed and worked on by myself.
Hospital Layout Site Plan
Maternity ward Pediatric ward Outpatient department and administration Conference Kindergarten Car park Playground Entrance
Underground
tank Bio digester Inpatient W/C Mortuary Operating theatre Staff toilets Offices Dinning and canteen Services KCDC compound
Livestock shade Hospital farm Recreational path
rainwater
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Perspective Layout
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Perspective Layout
Residential Design Concept
Personal concept
This residential design concept is a proposal for a retirement home for a client that will stay near Lake Victoria. Due to its location and client personality, openness and connection to nature were the main emphases of the design
The design of the residence is divided into 2 sides to bring nature into the building while maintaining private and public spaces within. The living room and dinning areas, which as the main gathering or public spaces, are used to create this division, while seamlessly opening the house to the outside and bringing nature indoors. The bedrooms also feature large day beds instead of windows to provide resting spaces during the day that simultaneously bring in natural light while being used as resting spaces during the day.
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Master bedroom Living room Television room Study room Parking area Secondary quatres Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 Guest bedroom Semi-outdoor dinning Pantry Laundry room Kitchen Ground Floor Plan
Massing form Connection to outdoor axis Public vs Private spaces Movement axis Indoor outdoor marriage
Design Conceptual Process
Perspective of Indoor-Outdoor Dinning Interior Perspective of Living and Dinning Space showing openness
Master bedroom showing daybeds to outdoor nature
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