Architecture Undergraduate Portfolio | Vol 01 | B.Tech | Josiah Andrew Simon

ARCHITECTURE

PORTFOLIO

JOSIAH ANDREW SIMON FUT Mx

B.TECH ARCHITECTURE

YEAR 4

-CURRICULUM VITAE-

ANDREW, JOSIAH SIMON

EDUCATION. 2018 - Present

Federal University of Technology, Minna Bachelor of Technology [B.TECH] Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi National Diploma [ND] in Architectural Technology

2015 - 2018

Federal Science and Technical College, Michika Senior Secondary Certificate Examination [SSCE] in Block-laying/Bricklaying and Concreting [BBC]

2011 - 2014

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. 2021 - Present Freelance 3D Artist [Architectural Visualisations] | Architectural Designer Base-Watch Nigeria. LTD Junior Site Architect

2018 - 2019

ARCUD Multi-Services LTD Architectural Assistant [Internship]

2016 - 2017

COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE. -ABOUTPassionate Student Architect with an eye for detail, underpinned by an impressive academic background.

Achieved the needed skills to analyse how the built environment is perceived, inhabited and interpreted while learning how to think outside the box. Strong cultural awareness and bilingual skills (English/Hausa) gained via a unique mix of experience.

Technically-savvy and receptive to new and emerging technologies.

2022 - Present

Association of Architecture Students [AAS] FUT Minna General Secretary

Student Union Government [SUG] Federal Polytechnic Bauchi 2016 - 2018 Assistant Financial Secretary

EXPERTISE. -TECHNICAL-

SketchUp

AutoCAD

Revit

Vray

Photoshop

InDesign

-BASIC INFOName: Andrew, Josiah Simon.

Current Institution: F.U.T Minna.

Languages Spoken: English, Hausa.

-CORE-CONTACT INFO08140320501 | 08055914526 http://wa.me/2348140320501 josiahandrewsimon@gmail.com

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Data Gathering Detail-oriented Analytical Thinking Problem Solving

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Interpersonal Communication Team Collaboration Organisation and Planning Physical Modelling

INTERESTS.

https://t.me/Jas_Scofield https://www.instagram.com/ josiahandrewsimon/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ josiahandrewsimon/

Audio-books

Movies

Travelling

Football

...REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST...

DESIGN APPROACH

On the global scenery, Architecture is played on a two way facade. On one hand, we have the avant-garde designs by “starchitects” which are very expensive and sometimes inefficient, lacking the core functionalities.

On the other hand, we get boring ordinary repetitive boxes that clearly indicates it to have been copy-pasted with little to no considerations to site constraints and conditions.

The economic situation of our region (Africa) has shown that we cannot keep on investing crazy amount of resources on the aesthetical part of the architecture only. At the same time we do not want our cities to turn into fields of identical boxes. I believe in the duty we have as architects and the power of design as a tool to achieve synergy between the best part of the two entities and birth a functional yet individual architecture thus simplifying our lifestyle as a society.

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‘In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives’.

-Bjarke Ingels

SEMESTRIAL PROJECTS

ONE BEDROOM BACHELOR’S CRIB [BUNGALOW] SEMESTER 03 CULTURALLY THEMED DUPLEX SEMESTER 04 COMMUNITY SHOPPING MALL SEMESTER 05 TERRACED HOUSING COMPLEX SEMESTER 06 DIRECTOR’S RESIDENCE SEMESTER 07 STUDENT’S HALL OF RESIDENCE SEMESTER 08

01 02 03 FIRST PREMIERE HOTEL

WINBROOK TERRACE

SNACK BOX

| THREE STAR HOTEL |

| HOUSING COMPLEX |

| CONTAINER CAFE |

01-06

07-14

15-22

Gwagwalada, Abuja

Talba Estate, Minna

Yola, Adamawa State

CONTENT

04 05 06 ZAURE

INTERIOR RENDERS

OTHER WORKS

| INTERIOR RENDERS |

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35-38

Jimeta, Yola

Selected Works

Architecture FUTMx

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FIRST PREMIERE HOTEL THREE STAR HOTEL

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”

- Sir Richard Branson

01 Project:

ARCUD | Individual

Brief:

To design a fully functional and well landscaped four storey hotel block with a pent-floor.

Location: Gwagwalada | Abuja

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FIRST PREMIERE HOTEL THREE STAR HOTEL

Abuja being the capital city of Nigeria is currently experiencing a tremendous influx of persons which has prompt land owners to make the most of the available land.

‘First Premiere Hotel’ is an attempt of making the most of the available land as a recreational hub and a home away from home with emphasis on the user experience, climatic comfort and land utilisation.

The design covers all the requirements as per survey and government guidelines for city planning.

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APPROACH VIEW

[1] BASIC BUILDING SHAPE EMPLOYED.

[2] TYPICAL REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE STYLE ADOPTED.

[3] SITE AND BUILDING ACCESSIBILITY.

[4] PARKING SPACE COMPLIMENTED OFF-SITE.

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02

WINROOK TERRACE HOUSING ESTATE

“Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.”

- Zaha Hadid

02 Project:

Academic | Individual

Brief:

The Phase II development of the Talba Estate will comprise mainly terraced apartment-building on a minimum of (3) levels and a maximum of (5) floors.

Location: Talba Estate | Minna

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WINBROOK TERRACE HOUSING COMPLEX

In recent years, the Niger State government built and commissioned several public housing units to address the housing deficit within the state and to cater for its growing workforce regarding housing provisions.

Among these housing projects are the MI Wushishi and Talba Housing estates, which comprises of twobedroom and three-bedroom cottages.

“Winbrook Terrace”, a proposed phase II development of the Talba Estate, Minna approaches the design with a focus on utilising the abundance of land for the needed number of apartments and blocks of flats with regards to the sociocultural background of the residents/intended occupants as well as ease of construction.

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AXONOMETRIC VIEW

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FORM DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION FEATURES

[1] CONCRETE MASS SERVING AS BASE OF BUILDING [2] GROUND FLOOR VOLUME ACCOMMODATING STAIRWAY, STRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE VARIOUS VOLUMES ATOP. ELEVATOR, STUDIO-APARTMENTS AND SUPPORTING COLUMNS.

[3] FIRST FLOOR VOLUME ACCOMMODATING ELEVATOR ROOM, STAIRWAY AND TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENTS .

[4] SECOND FLOOR VOLUME ACCOMMODATING TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENTS, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND PENT FLOOR.

[5] THIRD/PENT FLOOR VOLUME ACCOMMODATING THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENTS WITH IT’S PENT FLOOR .

[6] VIEW OF A SINGLE APARTMENT BLOCK IN FOCUS RELATIVE TO THE SURROUNDING STREET LAYOUT.

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PENT FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR

CROSS-SECTIONAL VIEW 13 |

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03

SNACK BOX

CONTAINER CAFE

“The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure no slight pleasure.”

- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

03 Project:

Personal | Individual

Brief:

The brief from the client was to design a fast food joint and cafe/snack bar in used 40ft shipping containers.

Location: Jimeta

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Yola

SNACK BOX

CONTAINER CAFE

Container architecture is fast becoming the preferred system of quick construction, thus when the need arose for a fast food joint close to the American University of Nigeria Campus (A.U.N), the concept of “snack box” was birthed.

This Container Café is intended to be a start-up business that promotes the snack and coffee culture of our afrocentric society. It spreads out vertically, seating almost 20 guests along its 12m container span and has been crafted to be flexible and adaptable according to various locations if need be.

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AXONOMETRIC VIEW

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FORM DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION FEATURES

[1] CONCRETE MASS SERVING AS SUPPORT AND BASE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONTAINER VOLUME.

[2] FOUR NUMBERS OF CONTAINERS PLACED ON CONCRETE BASE.

[3] OPENINGS MADE FROM CONTAINER VOLUMES TO ACCOMMODATE DOORS, GLAZINGS AND VENTS.

[4] DOORS AND GLASS PANELS FIXED INTO PLACE WITH SHEDS FOR COUNTER AND OUTDOOR KITCHEN INSTALLED.

[5] CLADDING AND INTERNAL FINISHES AS WELL AS FURNITURES (BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR) INSTALLED.

[6] ROOF FRAME, MEMBRANE AND CLOTH PVC INSTALLED FOR CANOPY AGAINST THE WEATHER.

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FLOOR PLAN

A. FOOD COURT B. CONTAINER DINER C. CONTAINER DINER D. DISPENSING COUNTER E. DISH WASHING UNIT F. KITCHEN

G. COLD STORE H. REST-ROOMS I. OUTDOOR KITCHEN J. EXIT K. EXIT L. PANTRY

CROSS-SECTIONAL VIEW 21 |

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04

ZAURE

GUEST LOUNGE

“One of the marvellous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.”

– Jean Vanier

04 Project:

ARCUD | Individual

Brief:

Design a visitors lounge to a minimum capacity of 30 persons complimenting the existing mansion, and all other relevant site structures.

Location: Jimeta

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Yola

ZAURE

GUEST LOUNGE

As a pillar of his community and a newly instituted traditional title holder, this home owner demands that a new space be designed uniquely purposed for receiving guests that may not be close to the family.

“Zaure”, which serves as the ante-room in the traditional Hausa Architecture is employed in this regard to denote the guest lounge and entertainment section of the mansion. This includes a fully furnished meeting room with complimentary rest rooms and a patio suitable for early evening outdoor relaxation and snacks.

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FLOOR PLAN A. ENTRANCE DOOR B. MAIN GUEST LOUNGE C. WALK-IN-CLOSET D. REST-ROOM

E. PATIO/LOUNGE F. DINING TABLE G. COFFEE TABLE H. LOBBY

CROSS-SECTION

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SITE FEATURES AND ZONING

[1]

Entrance Gate Masjid Main Building Boys Quarter’s Zaure Gate House Plot Boundary

ISOMETRIC VIEW OF PLOT CLEARLY ILLUSTRATING THE VARIOUS MAJOR STRUCTURES ON-SITE. AS ILLUSTRATED, AN ARROW HIGHLIGHTS THE PROPOSAL FOR THE “ZAURE” RELATIVE TO OTHER STRUCTURES ON-SITE.

[2] ISOMETRIC VIEW OF PLOT SHOWING THE STRATEGIC POSITIONING OF THE PROPOSED GUEST RECEPTION LOUNGE WITH REGARDS TO EASE OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR BOTH VISITORS AND RESIDENTS.

[3] ISOMETRIC VIEW OF PLOT HIGHLIGHTING THE ZONING STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURES ON SITE. RED REPRESENTS PUBLIC ZONE WHERE AS YELLOW AND BLUE DENOTES SEMI-PRIVATE/ SEMI-PUBLIC ZONE AND PRIVATE ZONE RESPECTIVELY.

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Project:

Personal | Individual

Tools:

Selected interior 3D images modelled in SketchUp, rendered using chaos group Vray for SketchUp, and post production done using Photoshop.

INTERIOR RENDERS INTERIOR RENDERS

“Some people look for a beautiful place, others, well others make a place beautiful”

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Project:

Personal | Individual

Review:

Selected manually drafted drawings and sketches comprising of excerpts from the [Nupe] culturally themed residential duplex which was part of the semestrial design project undertaken in semester three (3) and were produced primarily using various ink pens on tracing sheets.

OTHER WORKS

MANUAL DRAFTS x SKETCHES

“I prefer drawing to talking, drawing is faster and leaves less room for lies”

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Josiah Andrew Simon