Sample Works_Jemima_Onugha_10pages

2025

Jemima Onugha S a m p l e Po r t f o l i o A selection of works infusing narrative, storytelling. history and materiality into the built environment. I am deeply fascinated by the interplay of narrative and materiality in architecture, crafting spaces that serve their purpose and tell a story.

New Yam Festival Market Fourth Year Project

“Barking was one of the first places my mother and I visited to buy African food when we moved to the UK. It’s where I learned to choose the right peppers, ask butchers for the freshest cuts of meat, and pinch the bottom of a yam to check for rot.”

Jemima

A successful yam harvest symbolizes prosperity, blessings, and status in African culture, reflecting family unity and societal roles. Its importance was so profound that yams were often honored with dedicated buildings.

The New Yam Festival celebrates this legacy in Barking with a yam milling factory for fresh yam powder and public spaces, like the Food Market, showcasing staples of African cuisine.”

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Outer Katamba Inner Katamba/ Masquerade room Food stalls Core circulation Seating Bike/ Walk Path Yam Farm Yam Storage Entrance Office Yam tools storage Curing room Toilet Yam farm sorting space Yam flour store Service room

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150mm Concrete Blockwork(made with rice husk waste as filler product) External Wall Insulation Concrete Rice Husk Render Underfloor Piping Ceramic Tiles Jute Fabric Floating Screed French Drain Maize Cob Board Thermal Break Brick Raft Foundation Steel Wire Rigid Insulation

200mm RHS Sprinkler Sprinkler pipe PV Low e double glazing Vent window frame Vent glazing Thermal Break Silicone Angles Steel Cap

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Mill Mill sorting area Flour packing space Flour shop Curing room Yam storage Yam Farm Rainwater tank Rain gutter

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Mediomundo Arquitectos 2020

Project name: Audiosfera Project Input: Renders and diagramatic work Project Outcome: Completed Created diagrams and initial renders for the Audio Contemporary Social Art exhibition at the Reina Sofía Museum (April–September 2020). The project, curated by Francisco López and designed by Marta Pelegrín & MEDIOMUNDO arquitectos, explored sound as a central artistic medium, challenging traditional exhibition paradigms.

Mace 2022

Project name: 1 Mayfair, Audley Square Project Input: Design iterations and Final renders Project Outcome: Under Construction As part of the design management team, I supported the resolution of key design issues by developing the key design issues document, liaising with contractors such as pool specialists and BASWA ceiling consultants, and conducting preliminary line load calculations for cast glass concerns.

I also conducted regular site walks, identifying on-site issues and relaying them to the design and construction team, streamlining workflows and enhanced team efficiency.

Tilley’s Stonemason Third Year Project

Project name: Tilley’s Stonemason Project Input: Design and Renders Project Outcome: Student Project Completed The project focuses on the redevelopment of Tilley’s Stonemason, a memorial stonemason located in Brighton.

Inspired by exploration of snails inhabiting a wall close the site, the design works with the principle of carving out space in unassuming places.

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The family-run business has been in operation for many years and holds significant historic importance to Brighton. The new design consists of introducing a cafe, gallery, and shop area for members of the public to visit and get a sense of what goes on in the workshop.

Solder, Glass, Stone, Wire, Timber, Card, Plaster

Fairy Knots Fifth Year Project

Fairyknots critically explores British colonialism’s impact on Black identity through the lens of Afro hair culture in London.

Eager to join her father in the UK, Jemima gets a chance to visit her new home early.

In the middle of getting her hair braided, she goes on a quest to find the missing catfish and ends up in a new place called Transdean.

Guided by her ancestral guardian, “The Straw Bear,” she navigates Black and Black British Afro hair spaces, uncovering intertwined histories and shared experiences.s

(Photoshop) Modo and Photoshop

Upton Park Salon Analysis Chairs and people

Client facing the mirror, able to watch herself and the braider

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Braider who has just finished a young client rests Another worker rests, using a chair as a foot stool

Client can see the style as it progresses through the mirror. Mirror reflects what is behind the client.

Shelf objects reflected and nail salon display in the far corner of the room

Reflection of other mirrors and braider resting

Braider with bag still on, showing she is on the move, looking for client within the market

Chair holding braiding hair that hasn’t been cut to smaller pieces yet

Lounging chair, padded, for waiting

Gels, sprays and other hair products

Tool storage holding hair pieces ready for braiding

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The Winifred Atwell Salon Bottle Tree Roof Light

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