Design Portfolio 2018

Farouk Anane Kwaning

+233 261 590 722 farouk.kwaning@gmail.com

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

Architectural Design Image of Making Photography Sketchbook

2018

Contents Architectural Design

Personal Work

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Academic Research

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Professional Work

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Architectural Models

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Furniture Design

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Merck Crystal Pavilion Competition | The Glass “Haut” French Embassy in Ghana Art Installation | “Legier”

RCA • ADS3 Banking Nature: Speculation on Disappearing Spaces | “Volta Riparian Symbiosis”

5 Storey, 50 Suite Hotel Design | “Modern Meets Port” Semi Detached Housing Design | “Two Neem” 5 Bedroom Residence Design | “Apollo Project”

Design Making

6 Bedroom Residence | “The House on a Hill”

Multi-Purpose Furniture Design | “Cube”

Photography

Sketchbook

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Table of Contents

Light. Lines. Space The Geometry of Belief Banksy at the Crime Scene Texture Pabellon Mies

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PERSONAL WORK 01 02

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Architectural Design | Personal Work

Merck Crystal Pavilion Competition | The Glass “Haut” Art Installation for the French Embassy in Ghana | “Legier”

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The Glass ‘Haut’

Merck Crystal Pavillion Competition | November 2017 Glass Pavillion Berlin, Germany.

Competition - Finalist Tasks: Conceptualisation & Ideation Design Development Sketching 3d Modelling Drafting / Detailing Presentation

Model: (Ekye) Makola-Weaver 1:1 Palm Fronds

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Merck Crystal Pavilion Entry | The Glass ‘Haut’

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“the glass haut”

Isometric (with sun screens)

The concept of the glass “haut” merges three ideologies of a hut, a hat and “haut” which is German for skin.

Ground Level Plan (Single Entry) Detachable fins act as shaders for the pavilion during outdoor displays

•The daily use and "cantilevers" of the Makola palm woven hat (cover page) by traders is an influence in conceptual development. The palm weaves that make up the hat creates holes for ventilation. The wide cantilevers provide shading against glare while the top structure traps and disperses heat qualities necessary in designing an all glass enclosure.

•The self-supporting structure of rural Ghanaian huts. The curvilinear form of the Ghanaian hut punctured by a singular entry enables a free standing form devoid of columns. The result is a self supporting form useful in both positive and negative space - The interior circle and the exterior area around the circle.

•The dynamism and versatility of Merck®'s glass haut technologies.

Due to the pavilion’s form, the glass haut can be rotated in a myriad of angles, but sun and wind inform the decision to orient the roof towards the western sun for maximum solar gain.

According to the competition's brief, the pavilion should be able to function in a myriad of scenarios including both outdoors and indoors.

The circular form the pavilion takes offers 360 degree view and access by all enforcing its flexibility and modularity.

The pavilion seeks to make use of Merck’s Organic photovoltaics, Liquid Crystal Windows, Automobile Coating, and LCD glass technology in creating an interactive human space blurring the lines between light and darkness, void and occupied space.

Concept Ground Level Plan (Multiple Entries)

Solar Rays

Isometric (without sun screens) Solar Energy is transfered from Merck’s Organic Photovoltaic Cells through the pavilion’s structure and then stored in the batteries beneath the pavilion’s base

Design Development modifying the form to achieve a maximum volume of 6.0m2

Volume =∏r2h Volume = 5.91m2

Volume =l x b x h Volume = 5.99m2

r=0.89m

h=2.4m h=2.4m

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Roof Level Plan Reworking the concept within the 6.0m3 volume

Stacked Makola Hat with the influence of the Ghanaian Hut

Faceted Glass Skin (haut) doubles as facade display and structure

Roof oriented towards the west for maximum solar energy gain

The solar powered battery then supplies energy to the glass patitions / shards as well as display screens within the pavilion

fins act as shading devices against glare during outdoors

Offering different views of interactive display

Skewed views expose display without shading (interior installations)

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Shading the glass haut from the sun glare (exterior installations)

Merck Crystal Pavilion Entry | The Glass ‘Haut’

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Pavilion Component Details ø25mm diameter cyclindrical translucent acrylic tube

9mm thick Norament® 926 Arago recylable floor with matte grey finish

ø12.5mm diameter eliptical bronze fins finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating

10mm thick Merck® Licrivision™ Liquid Crystal Window Technology

ø25mm diameter cyclindrical translucent acrylic tube

Hollow profile cylindrical bronze bar finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating

Merck®Liquid Crystal Window Glass Technology with Low Emission

ø12.5mm diameter eliptical bronze fins finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating

10mm thick structural glass floor tiles with anti-slip grips

Hollow profile cylindrical bronze bar finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating ø12.5mm diameter eliptical bronze fins finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating Merck® Lisicon® Organic Photovoltaics (OPV)

200mm x 100mm stack effect ventilation fins

Hollow profile cylindrical bronze bar finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating

ø12.5mm diameter eliptical bronze fins finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating

10-15mm thick Merck® LCDs / OLEDs Window/Screen

30mm x 50mm profile timber floor boards

Hollow profile cylindrical bronze bar finished with Merck® weather-resistant coating

Solar Inverter / Battery Bank

ø25mm diameter cyclindrical translucent acrylic tube

10mm thick Merck® Licrivision™ Liquid Crystal Window Technology

Roof , Upper Structure & Base Details

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02 Legier

French Embassy, Ghana - Invitation for Artwork | September 2017 Art Installation Cantonments, Accra Collaborators - Cinama Ntagoma Tasks: Conceptualisation & Ideation Design Development Sketching 3d & Physical Modelling Drafting Presentation

Model: Farouk Kwaning 1:1 MDF, Woven Rafia, Steel

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“legier”

Form Development

Axonometric view of French embassy

MacroContext Geographically, Ghana sits in a region surrounded by almost eight francophone countries. Bordering Cote D'Ivoire to her West, Burkina Faso to her North, Togo to her East, with Benin, Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Guinea within a larger context. The geopolitical role Ghana plays in this predominantly “French” context informs the location of the art piece in the New Building of the French Embassy, Accra.

Philosophically it is a merger of cultures, quite distinct in their complexities yet very much alike in other ways. Ghana, within this heavily Francophone context, has been able to co-exist amicably with her neighbours, boosting trade and commerce making it one of the lucrative zones within the sub-Saharan region.

MicroContext Spaces B1, B2, C, and D satisfy a brief for “a piece of Ghana in French context”.

Patio B1 was chosen out of the lot because of its direct exposure to the outdoor environment - sun, wind, rain.

The symbiotic relationship between France and Ghana is depicted by a woven palm pattern (Ghana's Industry) within a French tripartite ideology of: “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.”

A three-point equilateral triangle whose interconnections are an aspiration to strengthen the bilateral relations and interests of both countries further.

2 Working a sculpture piece within the constraints and opportunities of the B1 space.

The sculpture attempts to hover in the void without interrupting movement.

Sculpture to stay within the limits of 6.55m x 4.3m x 4.0m

1 Flat plane area obtained from the courtyard void is translated into form.

Axonometric view of the French Embassy context.

Art work installation to sit in 1 of 6 different locations in and around the building.

Space B1 is chosen because it is accessible personally by staff also because it is open to the elements; sun, sky, wind, rain.

Visually, the sculptural piece, when perceived externally from the car park to the north or from the gardens on the south protrudes to hover over the courtyard space. Its diversion from the rectilinearity of the architecture creates a strong counterpoint.

From a distance, it catches the eye and incites intriguing dialogue, craving further engagement. Upon entering the space, the seemingly disparate cultures disappear into an organic floating timber structure adorning the B1 courtyard space with light and lightness – Obtaining the name Legier ( Middle French and Old French for light, not heavy).

Concept

3 Folding the structure of the sculpture piece enables it to remain rigid without extra supports.

The piece though it elevates off the ground is supported by bolted hooks on a wall.

4 To attain maximum rigidity and lightness,the folded plate gives way to a series of structural timber ribs which carry the structure via wall ties.

5 The ribs which span the full length of the sculpture are further strengthened by the interconnection of equilateral triangles which act in tension and compression.

The triangles also work as a frame for the revolving palm-woven panels.

6 Revolving panels are inserted organically into the triangular voids.

The panels rotate as draft wind moves through the members and also creating a myriad of patterns in the B1 space as it filters daylight.

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1 Sketch of the interpretation of the wind sculpture as a provocative counterpoint within the very linear building facade.

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2 The sculpture being “ a piece of Ghana in French context” is a visual abstraction.

3 The abstraction of the Ghana map into the Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, triangles representing the 275 constituencies in Ghana.

4 Triangulation of the form to diffuse the light and heat entering the space. Sketches show how the sculpture interacts with the B1.

5 The sculpture covers the Patio B1 at a Golden Ratio of 6.55m to 10.6m. Sculpture will hover off the ground in order to create a floating illusion of Light and Lightness (Lumière et Legier) 6 Concept, introducing Legier (Bringing Ghana into A French Building)

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•interior views of sculpture in the courtyard

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•Palm panel revolution process

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1 10mm thick Traingular MDF board frame B 7mm long timber screw 3 Agbadze Palm-Weave

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1 40mm diameter galvanised steel ball joint.

B 30mm diameter kiln dried, marine paint coated hardwood kusia / oak member.

3 Agbadze Palm-Weave sandwiched in MDF boards.

4 3mm diameter Steel Revolving pin.

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH 03

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Architectural Design | Academic Research

Royal College of Art, ADS 3 Banking Nature: | Volta Riparian Symbiosis

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Volta Riparian Symbiosis

Royal College of Art, London ADS 3 Banking Nature: Speculation on Disappearing Spaces | May 2017 Design Research Volta Lake, Ghana Tutors: Cooking Sections - Alon Schwabe - Daniel Fernรกndez Pascual Tasks: Design Research Material Research Moving Image Documentary: Film & Photogrpahy Conceptualisation & Ideation Design Development Sketching / Drafting Technical Analysis Presentation / Exhibition

Model: (Floating Earth) Farouk Kwaning 1:1 Sample Earth from Site, Clay, Biodegradeable Foam Mixture, Acasia Seeds,

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RCA Architectural Design Studio 3: Banking Nature | Volta Riparian Symbiosis

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“volta riparian symbiosis”

current riparian condition on the volta lake (2017)

mapping of the volta riparian condition 1961-2017 mapping

Lake Volta, Ghana - West Africa 200 million dollars is used annually for the importation of fish to augment the 400,000 tonnes of fish produced locally. Ghana currently consumes 1,000,000 tonnes of fish every year, making it the primary source of protein in the country. With regards to inland fishing, the Volta Lake became an important stakeholder in fish production when damming took place by the newly independent Ghana government headed by her first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah for the production of Hydro-Electric Power.

The damming of the Volta River caused the inundation of 350,000 hectares of forest area, the flooding of 739 villages and the relocation of more than 80,000 people.

The commodification of water to produce electricity resulted in the flooding of the Volta Basin Plain which turned the hectares of forest into a sea of tree stumps which have posed problems to the booming artisanal fishing industry and opportunities for river transport that resulted after the lake's creation.

U.S.D 2.8 billion locked up in underwater timber attracted the government to an underwater logging project more than the loss of lives from fisherfolk and boat vessels constantly crashing into the stumps. Many casualties have been recorded since the creation of the reservoir in 1961. After a pilot project by the Clark Sustainable Resource Development from Canada to log the underwater timber in 2014, concerns raised about the commercial phase of the wood logging surfaced. The issues raised included the disruption of the ecosystem of marine life that have developed in the lake for over 50 years. Fisherfolk naturally objected to the mining of the tree stumps.

Even though the current fishing methods are artisanal and predominantly of the subsistence nature, the Volta Lake employs 300,000 inhabitants both directly and indirectly along its 385,180 sq. km catchment area.

The Volta Riparian Symbiosis intervention discusses the edge condition at specific locations along the 4800 km long riparian shoreline surrounding the Volta Lake. The intervention is sited in Dzemeni, (Strata III). Dzemeni is one of the eight strata used in collecting fishery statistics. Strata III recorded the 3rd highest level in marine catch but is number 1 in the fish spoilage. The site is selected because of the lack of proper fish preservation methods and markets which help prolong the shelf life of the catch.

The intervention exists in the drawdown zone along the riparian that occurs due to the monthly and annual changes in the lake's level as it investigates natural ways of fish preservation and marketing.

The Volta River Development Act of 1961 strictly prohibits the installation of structures with foundations below the 85ft contour line. This is an attempt to prevent loss of property during the high lake levels and averts soil sedimentation into the lake. This law informs the design scheme’s ability to “float” and exist amphibiously.

The intervention discourses a new way of inhabitation along the ambiguous shores of the Lake Volta while protecting the delicate riparian.

The floating system which will employ the use of recycled gallons clad in stabilised water proof rammed earth lofts the structures of the ground eliminating the need for any detrimental foundations. The structures which include wind and solar drying structures, boat docks, dehydration platforms, sorting sheds and a market are interconnected by elevated platforms preventing direct contact with the earth as plant cover and agroforestry species are protected during their growth.

Using a equilateral triangular grid of 5m spans, the triangular based structures are easily modular in configuration and spatiality allowing for mobility, expansibility and itinerancy.

The materials used in the project expect to improve the local industry of timber, pottery and rammed earth with a contemporary articulation. Using the “Sankofa” concept of learning from the past, the courtyard system is merged with the spatial configuration of the structures to allow ease of pedestrian flow, wind movement and landscape growth. The structures, which are modified truncated tetrahedra are structurally self supporting. The truncations are deliberate and different in each cluster of structures informed by their function and climate. The air and wind drying structures are sloped towards the south east and open towards to the south west - aligned to the natural prevailing winds from inland and the lake. The solar and heat drying structures are truncated towards the very harsh western sun which aids in faster drying and preservation of fish catch, massively reducing the amount of catch destroyed per month.

A series of localised itinerant ponds will be constructed around the stumps in the lake. This is to improve the local fishing industry's amount and the variety of catch without massive industrialisation. The ponds aid fishermen in safe navigation around the stumps in the Lake.

DABOYA

NORTHERN REGION

Flora / Foliage -10% Drawdown - 30% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 60%

ZONGO MACHERI

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BRONG AHAFO REGION

Flora / Foliage - 25% Drawdown - 35% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 40% %

OLD MAKONGO

"that no one should be worse off as a result of the formation of the lake" - Dr Kwame Nkrumah, 1961.

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NORTHERN REGION

Flora / Foliage - 30% Drawdown - 40% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 30% %

DODOIKOPE

VOLTA REGION

Flora / Foliage - 30% Drawdown - 20% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 50% %

DZEMENI

VOLTA REGION

Flora / Foliage - 35% Drawdown - 30% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 35% %

KWADWOKROM

BRONG AHAFO REGION

Flora / Foliage - 55% Drawdown - 25% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 20% %

AKOSOMBO

As a long-term goal to prevent wind and soil erosion, a deliberate Agroforestry scheme is integrated to prevent which sedimentation into the lake. Agroforestry in the long term will save the current riparian which suffers growing desertification. It should prevent the largest man-made lake in the world from suffering similar predicaments to the Lakes Chad and Urmia. This will be made possible due to the mobile and itinerant nature of the intervention, allowing it to move and drift from shoreline to shoreline, leaving flora and ground cover in its wake.

This motivation for the Volta Riparian Symbiosis stems off strongly from the desire to use global knowledge to devise solutions for a region receiving little or no attention, and also from the statement:

VOLTA REGION

Flora / Foliage - 20% Drawdown - 40% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 40%

EASTERN REGION

Flora / Foliage - 99% Drawdown - 0.5% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 0.5% %

SOVIE

VOLTA REGION

Flora / Foliage - 45% Drawdown - 35% Desertification/ Sedimentation -20% %

RCA Architectural Design Studio 3: Banking Nature | Volta Riparian Symbiosis

DEDESO

EASTERN REGION

Flora / Foliage - 40% Drawdown - 30% Desertification/ Sedimentation - 30% %

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Form Development

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The acasia seeds embedded in the aerated floating rammed earth bases fall to the river bank and germinate.

Over time, aforesting the and restoring the green belt along the riparian zone

Banking Nature Mapping of Volta Re-pair-ain Situation

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RCA Architectural Design Studio 3: Banking Nature | Volta Riparian Symbiosis

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PROFESSIONAL WORK 04 05 06

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Architectural Design | Professional Work

5-Storey, 50 Suite Hotel | “Modern Meets Port” Semi Detached Housing | Two Neem 5 Bedroom Residence | “Apollo Project”

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Modern Meets Port

50 Suite Hotel Design for Alisa HotelÂŽ | January 2018 Hospitality Design Tema - Community XII, Ghana.

Collaborators - Mobius Architecture Tasks: Design Development Sketching 3d & Physical Modelling Drafting Presentation RIBA Stages 3-6 (Junior Architect)

Facade Model Studies: Farouk Kwaning 1:15 Polyactic Acrylic

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5-Storey, 50 Suite Hotel | Modern Meets Port

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Proper planning and spatial configuration of building blocks for easy movement, solar orientation, wind flow and later future expansion

Map of the Old Tema (Torman) village before plans to redvelop it into a harbour city.

Predominant housing type was the courtyard / L-Shaped housing best suited for the tropical climate

Modern Meets Port: Renaissance

Building Blocks designed along contours to reduce cost of constrcution and to allow stepped massing units.

The village was disorganised at the time with growth being sporadic and organic.

This affects proper orderliness in the layout, uses up more land area becuase of its hapharzard arrangement of units.

Tema gained prominence after Dr Kwame Nkrumah the first president of Ghana decided to move all marine and harbour activities to a larger, more developed and properly design location. The township of Tema (formerly Torman) was constructed, and its Harbour officially opened, in 1962. Over the following decades, Tema grew into the industrial hub of Ghana, with carefully constructed housing & road layouts, landscaping and street lights. It boasted modern recreational centres and other social amenities rare among African cities at the time.

The first master plan designed by Doxiadis Group and then later detailed

by Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry at the time organised an organic, unstructured city into a coherent city with social spaces, stratified housing and a massive commercial hub. This, in turn, turned Tema into a modern port city and subsequently an industrial city. The population influx began in the 1960s owing to the town's employment opportunities, but the Tema Development Corporation was unable to construct housing and provide other services to meet the needs of the migrants. The result was the recreation of chaos, shanty-towns, slums, disregard for planning and building codes, and the sale of important green spaces to satisfy the growing urban populace.

The Alisa Hotel intervention goes past a simple hotel design. Modern meets port as a phrase is the merger of steel engineering with contemporary interventions.

The creation of a public park frontage, correct building orientation, use of tropical weather design techniques, the use of timeless materials such as Dekton and Travertine stone are an attempt to create the “Alisa Effect”. The re-orientation of buildings in the correct direction back to the nostalgic days of the early Harbour District.

The 50 bedroom hotel, houses a large double-volume entry lobby, a double-volume 300 seater conference area, 4 boardrooms, a 100 seater restaurant, 3 penthouse suites and 1 presidential suite. The facility also engages the public with a spa & sauna, tennis court, gym, swimming pool and sculpture/relaxation garden at the back of the main hotel development.

Further away from view is the service, maintenance and staff quarters where the hotel's function is run from.

A special feature distinguishing this design from the other Alisa hotels is the truncated limestone feature on the south and east facades of the hotel.

The triangulated stone (model on the previous page) is an abstraction of the beige and green painted lines on the facade on most of Alisa®’s other buildings. Here, we abstracted, formalised and made the lines permanent with a low-maintenance aerated stone facade stating its permanence in the city.

A renaissance to say Tema is capable of returning to its past glory but this time in a bolder, more audacious manner, one of Firmitas - Utilitas - Venustas.

L-Shaped Detached

Courtyard Detached Houses

Historical & Architectural Context Mapping

The few remaining buildings that were properly designed and planned in the 1960s.

They have a smaller building footprint to greenery ratio, and are appriopriately oriented.

The master plan Designed by Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry informs the new design’s concept of re-orientation and a return to the good qualities of the old architecture.

The positives which would influence the conception of the design are: 1. Creation of a multi-fuctional space in the form of a front court / public park for the community 2. Influence of the courtyard / L-shape to create an internal semi-public asset within the hotel 3. Private back garden for contemplation and relaxation.

The development of new buildings in the area of Tema have been oriented poorly. Thier longer axes face the harsh western and eastern axes.

The buildings footprints occupy the entire land area without consideration for greenery ie. forecourts, courtyards, back gardens thereby increasing flooding rate in recent years

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Form Development

Site for proposed developement

Level 3 Greenery - Semi-Private Hotel Gardens for private events, relaxation & contemplation

4 level junior elementary school

Level 2 Greenery - Private Courtyard for light, breeze and swimming pool areas

Level 1 Greenery - Hotel Forecourt and Public Park for Car parking for Hotel, Public Play area for Tema Tennis Court + Sports Bar

noise pollution and prying eyes from school into the site during the day

4 Executive Suites

EASTERN SUN(glare)

Service Area + Maintenance Unit + Back of House for Staff

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

46 en suite Bedrooms Kitchen and Management Sky Bar and Lounge

EASTERN SUN(glare)

Events Lawn + Contemplative sculpture garden

Back Office Operations

WESTERN SUN(heat)

Prevailing Wind flow

Conference Area (300 seater) Main Entry + Concierge

WESTERN SUN(heat)

main access road

main access roadLonger Axes on south and north permit maximum dispersed light and cross ventilation Easement land for future expansion of road but leased as part of the Site for the proposed hotel

Easement land for future expansion of road but leased as part of the Site for the proposed hotel

service access to “back of house” zone

Re-orienting the badly position box while cutting off the noise and view from the school. Rotation by 25o

main access to hotel development

Pool Area + Outdoor Eating Area Mezanine Restaurant + Boardrooms Lobby + Lounge + Bar service access to “back of house” zone

Surface Parking

Public Piazza / Park with reflective pond and sculpture

main access to hotel development

Government land underdevelopment main access road

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5-Storey, 50 Suite Hotel | Modern Meets Port

main access road

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Ground Floor Plan

Mezzanine Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

SERVICE BAY /LOADING DOCK 110 14m2 t.o.c +150mm

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LOBBY 500

VOID

t.o.c m +300m

20m2

t.o.c +7200mm

1

202.1 FEMALEWASHOOM

BEDROOM01

FIRE STAIR01 300

UP

26m2

t.o.c +3600mm

201.1

+300mm

LOBBY 9m2 t.o.c

BEDROOM24

24m2

t.o.c +3600mm

STORAGE /SERVICE ROOM

5m2

t.o.c +3600mm

13 14 15 16 17

HERY BUTC 13m2

+300mm AUDITORIUM 1O1 300m 2 t.o.c

+300mm

201

20m2

t.o.c +3600mm

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FIRE STAIRLOBBY 108 7m2 t.o.c

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mm

t.o.c 0mm +1080

+7200

+300mm 105.2

105.1

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ICE 'SOFF2 CHEF 7m 118 t.o.c m +300m

5 OOM1 2 29m

BEDR 315

123.1

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205.1

EN KITCH 32m2

+300mm

118

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45m2

OOM3 2 24m

BEDR 400

EN

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+300m 5 25 4 24 3

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24m2

t.o.c +7200mm

BEDROOM06 306

BEDROOM08

24m2

308

t.o.c +7200mm

24m2

t.o.c +7200mm

BEDROOM10 310

24m2

t.o.c +7200mm

BEDROOM12 312

24m2

t.o.c +7200mm

BEDROOM14 314

BEDROOM25

46m2

300

t.o.c +7200mm

24m2

t.o.c +10800mm

BEDROOM27 300

24m2

t.o.c +10800mm

BEDROOM29 300

24m2

t.o.c +10800mm

BEDROOM31 300

24m2

t.o.c +10800mm

BEDROOM33 300

24m2

t.o.c +10800mm

BEDROOM35 300

24m2

t.o.c +10800mm

46m2

7 OOM1 2 29m

21 317

19

60m2

120 t.o.c

123 t.o.c

18

m

13

16

LINE SHOWING SLABBELOW

RESTA 214

m

t.o.c

t.o.c

SERVICES 28m2

TSBAR 2 102m

SPOR

318

400

t.o.c 0mm

t.o.c 0mm +1080

t.o.c

9 OOM1 2 28m

319

2 OOM4 2 24m

1 OOM4 2 29m

BEDR

mm

+7200

BEDR

BEDR t.o.c

400

mm

+7200

m

+1440

BEDR

BEDR

400

t.o.c 0mm

t.o.c 0mm +1080

+1080

VOID

+300m

500

t.o.c 0mm

9 OOM3 2 29m

mm

+7200

mm

8 OOM1 2 29m

123.1 OM FEMA 122 t.o.c

t.o.c +7200

SHRO LEWA 2 19m

122.1

316

mm

+3600

+300m

+300m

6 OOM1 2 29m

BEDR

T URAN 2 230m

17

12

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120.1

+1080

BEDR

20

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97m2

t.o.c +14400mm

t.o.c +14400mm

t.o.c +10800mm

400

22

11

16

BEDROOM49 500

500

BEROOM37 400

23

19

15

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0 OOM4 2 24m

15

20

18

14

304

BEDR

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14

21

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24m2

t.o.c +7200mm

25 22 1

11

97m2

206.1

123.1

23 2

7 8 9 10

12

BEDROOM47 500

t.o.c +14400mm

AKER ANDB RY 7m2 PAST 118 t.o.c m

101.4

t.o.c 0mm +1080

KITCH2 COLD 7m 118 t.o.c m +300m

t.o.c m +300m

302

101.2

mm

t.o.c +3600mm

BUSINESSCENTRE 125 12m2 t.o.c

Y

101.1

t.o.c +7200

121.2

121.1

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124.6

WASH 2 14m MALE 121 t.o.c m +300m

128.2 4 OOM4 2 24m

123.1 BEDR OM SHRO LEWA 14m2 FEMA 216 t.o.c mm +3600

DOR

128.1

ICE

126.1

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ICE

NOFF / ADMI UNT 12m2 ACCO 126 t.o.c m +300m

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GER' 2 19m MANA 128 t.o.c m +300m

t.o.c

400

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+300mm

125 t.o.c

320

t.o.c

3 OOM4 2 29m

BEDR

BEDR

321

mm

t.o.c

BEDR

mm

400

+7200

+7200

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127 t.o.c

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20

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328

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220

UP

STAIR0

20m

1 218.1

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21

500

5 OOM4 2 29m

BEDR

mm

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13

400

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t.o.c 0mm +1080

24

23

22

21

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

t.o.c 0mm

OM SHRO LEWA 14m2 FEMA 500 t.o.c 0mm +1440

OOM ASHR 2 14m

MALEW 500

t.o.c 0mm +1440

13

509.1 24

DN

2

t.o.c m +3600m

218.2

130.2

23

24

DN FIRE

STAIR

m

+300m

t.o.c +7200

+7200

3

03 FIRE SHOP21m2 129 t.o.c

UNGE 2 60m

SKYLO

+1440

22

BEDR

BEDR 322

t.o.c m +3600m

130.1

+300m

3 OOM2 2 10m

2 OOM2 2 29m

BBY OOMLO9m 2

WASHR 217

m

+300m

m

t.o.c 0mm +1080

+3600

M KROO 2 CLOA 10m

GENERALLOBBY 124 340m 2 t.o.c

t.o.c 0mm +1080

1 OOM2 2 29m

0 OOM2 2 29m

OOM ASHR 2 14m

MALEW 215

124.5

2

3

4

5

6

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10

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FIRE 324

22

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03 STAIR 2 20m t.o.c

23

mm

+7200

1

2

3

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9

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220.1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

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3

4

5

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11

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124.4 E OFFIC TOR'S 2 33m

DIREC 218

t.o.c

3 OOM2 2 28m

BEDR

mm

+3600

323

t.o.c

mm

+7200

6 OOM4 2 29m BEDR 400

t.o.c 0mm +1080

124.3 124.1 124.2

ELOW ING LINE

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5-Storey, 50 Suite Hotel | Modern Meets Port

SLABB

SHOW

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Two Neem Residences

Semi Detached Housing | December 2017 Residential Design Martey Tsuru, Accra.

Collaborators - Mobius Architecture Tasks: Design Development Drafting Modelling & Post Processing Presentation

Volumetric Study Model: Farouk Kwaning Polylactic Acrylic

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Semi-Detached Housing | Two Neem

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

two neem

Concept

Form Development

A semi-detached house is a single family dwelling residence built as one of a pair that share one party / common wall. In most cases, each house's layout is a mirror reflection of the other.

The task was to create two similar residential units, of the semi-detached nature.

This evoked a discourse into the Semi-Detached Housing Typology. Before delving into the design, precedence and a historical analysis of the typology was conducted in order to innovate a new response.

Dividing planes create 4 quadrants

In the typical semi-detached design, the western side of the residence will eventually recieve more solar ingress as compared to the eastern compartment.

This is not true equality. The design, in addressing this seeks to create a form that benefits from all cardinals North-South-East & West as well as the prevailing cross ventilation.

A

B

Maximum building volume per easement and height codes

The enquiry into democratisation and equity of the two spaces coexisting as one led to the two Ashanti Adrinkra Symbols whose depth in meaning was translated into design.

The concept for 2-Neem borrows from 2 Adinkra symbols: Funtumfunafu denkyem funafu / Funntunmireku are siamese twin crocodiles joined at the stomach They share common benefits even though their struggles maybe different.

A B

Historically typical semi-detached housing mostly developed in the United Kingdom possesses many useful attributes such as its ability to maximise space in very tight areas. But in further analysis of semi-detached housing, one of the major issues was equity. The spaces were a mirror copy of each other but when translated into a tropical context such as Ghana’s, one space “suffers” while the other “gains”.

a.

B

C

Cross programming of residences iterating the concept of the shared belly crocodiles hence forming a Figure “8”

Site with bounding road

Applying the ‘Konti ne Akwamu’ Adinkra Symbol, the site is divided into 4 equal quadrants.

Sketches showing the resolution of the stairs linking a cross-programmed form.

A

Distribution of the client’s brief between the ground and first floor levels enabling a subtantive greenery to builtform ratio.

They represent democracy and oneness irrespective of cultural differences.

b.

Kontire ne Akwamu are state elders They represent reliance and democracy, the control of an organization where fair and equitable distribution is key.

The intrinsic values of “Funtumfunafu and Kontire ne Akwamu” are distilled to create a semi-detached house where the site is divided into 4 quadrants instead of the traditional two halves. One moves diagonally within the houses rather than the conventional lateral / linear movement.

It is also important for the client’s rental purposes that the 2 residences have an equitable distribution of spaces and floor area.

The two symbols translate to mean democracy - a representation of the freedom of movement one experiences in its spatial design.

“A democratisation of a shared living experience”.

- Equal distribution - Equal accomodation schedule - Equal floor areas and - Equal distribution of garden areas The development is nicknamed 2-Neem because the two existing Neem Trees on the site will be preserved. The residences have been designed around these trees hence will be protected & maintained during construction.

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Semi-Detached Housing | Two Neem

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Isometric View of 2 Neem Residences

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P

14

D

3 L

13

C

up

up

Residence A

Residence B

1_Gate House 2_Washroom 3_Service Area 4_Car Port 5_Entry Porch 6_Visitor’s Washroom 7_Visitor Lounge 8_Kitchen 9_Kitchen Store 10_Outdoor Kitchen 11_Corridor 12_Dining Area 13_Lounge 14_Terrace 15_En suite Guest Bedroom 16_ Private Garden 17_Lawns Circulation

M

4.0m2 2.0m2

12 K

14.6m 6.0m2 19.7m2 19.1m2 2.1m2 2

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15 11

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up

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10

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10.0m2 28.1m2 34.0m2 21.4m2

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9

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7

G

A_Gate House B_Washroom C_Service Area D_Car Port E_Entry Porch F_Visitor’s Washroom G_Visitor Lounge H_Kitchen I_Kitchen Store J_Outdoor Kitchen K_Stair to Opposite Wing L_Master Bedroom + Bathroom M_Bedroom 01 + Bathroom N_Bedroom 02 + Bathroom 0_Private Garden P_Lawns Circulation

14.6m 6.0m2 19.7m2 19.1m2 2.1m2 2

33.6m2 21.4m2 21.4m2

A_Circulation B_Guest Bedroom + Bathroom C_Living + Dining Area D_Terrace TOTAL

2

1_Bedroom 01 + Bathroom 2_Bedroom 02 + Bathroom 3_Master Bedroom + Bathroom 4_Circulation

4

11.6m2 21.4m2 35.9m2 34.0m2

21.4m2 21.4m2 33.6m2 9.6m2

DWN

1

B

102.9m2

DWN

TOTAL

A

86.0m2

DWN

RESIDENCE B TOTAL - 271.0m

VOID

2

VOID

RESIDENCE A TOTAL - 275.9m2

24.2m2

28.9m2 TOTAL

TOTAL

Residence A

Residence B 4.0m2 2.0m2

168.1m2

189.9m2 5

6

F

E

up

3

D

4

C

2

B

1

A

E

ROAD

Residence A Entry + Circulation

F

Residence B Entry + Circulation

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Semi-Detached Housing | Two Neem

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

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Apollo Project

5 Bedroom Residence | November 2017 Residential Design Airport Hills, Accra Collaborators - Mobius Architecture Tasks: Design Development Drafting Modelling & Post Processing Presentation

Photograph: Francesco Ungaro

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5 Bedroom Residence | Apollo Project

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

apollo project

Concept - ideation

In 1969, Project Apollo was the third United States human space flight programme conducted by NASA. It successfully accomplished the launching and landing of the first humans on the moon’s lunar surface as well as their return to Earth. The Apollo 11 represents man’s audacity, a quest for excellence and the highest level of detail.

The Engineer Client, after naming this project, challenged the team’s narrative to unearth a concept of Floatation and Weightlessness — The baseline discussion from which the design was conceived.

The interplay of light, disjointed pieces, and floating planes created the illusion of a frozen frame well executed.

“Creation of your own universe” Twin 8 metre cantilevers on either side of the building’s core reiterate the concept of floatation and flight, freeing up the ground floor spaces with an open floor plan submerged in nature.

The dotted matrix pattern representing the Milky Way Galaxy is embossed into constellated steel panel shading devices. They ensure utmost privacy while offering an interaction between the inside and outsides — The latter enjoyed in the openness at the ground floor and with views to Kotoka Int. Airport’s runway at the roof level.

The structural grid of 8metres x 8metres was influenced by the engineer-cleint who because of his claustrophobia, craves large open spaces fill with natural and artificial light.

The grid rising with reinforced concrete columns turns to full body steel columns capable of supporting the 8 metre cantilevers on either side of the residence.

Creating a forecourt and backgarden pavilion with outstretched arms gaining the nickname “Christ the Redeemer” after the massive sculpture in Brasil.

The 1.375sqm residence located in a residential enclave in Accra, incorprated materials that are long lasting and worthy of the legacy building the client wished to construct.

Reinforced Concrete, Fair-Faced Concrete, Marble, Steel and Glass are brewed in the sculpting of ‘flight in frozen frame”

Sketches of facade design and influx of light through the skylight on the northern facade

Considerations of art, sculpture and a pond at the fore court of the residence

Spatial articulation of the brief: design is linear with longer axes towards its north and south.

All public and private spaces look to the south where the asset of a view is, and the influx of natural light and air enters.

Structural Analysis To control the large deflections especially of the cantilvered areas of the floor slabs, all suspended slabs will be designed in post-tension.

All columns are designed with their bi-axial moments and axial forces; end conditions are assumed to be fixed.

Since geotechnical investigations have not yet been done; a worst-case scenario bearing capacity of the site will be assumed to size and design the pad foundations for the columns. Assumedly a 3m x 3m foundation pad.

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5 Bedroom Residence | Apollo Project

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

Basement Floor Plan

Sections

BRIEF 1_Vehicular Ramp 2_Garage 3_Games Room 4_Media Room 5_Corridor 6_Gym 7_Corridor 8_Laundry 9_Lobby + Kitchen 10_Shower 11_Water Closet 12_DSQ_01 13_DSQ_02 14_DSQ_03

1 2 7 9

UP

8

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C

D

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4000

3800

4200

8000

8000

8000

8000

8000

Roof Level +10600

8000

UP

6

2900

3200

1900

3650

1900

900

6125

19m²

Bedroom 01

Bathroom 01

F amil y Area

t.o.c +3400mm

t.o.c +3400mm

t.o.c +3400mm

23m²

6m²

36m²

Circul ation t.o.c +3400mm 34m²

Master Bedroom

Terrace

t.o.c +3400mm

t.o.c +3400mm

47m²

1000

Bedroom 02

t.o.c +3400mm

5m²

First Floor +4200

16m²

300

Bathroom 03 t.o.c +3400mm

27m²

2108

2900

Bedroom 03 t.o.c +3400mm

9525 808

100

t.o.c +3400mm

Third Floor +7400 8000

7825

1000

F amil y Room Ter race

2100

2100

2100

2900

3200

F amil y Area t.o.c +3400mm

792

5600

1900

3850

3650

3825

800

2050

800

800

5600

2000

4

UP

5

15

18

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DWN

20

Informal Living Area t.o.c +200mm

24m²

33m²

Gar age

2900

Kitchen

Scul l ery

Warm Storage

Bathr oom

t.o.c +200mm

t.o.c +200mm

t.o.c +200mm

t.o.c +200mm

t.o.c +200mm

34m²

11m²

6m²

7m²

Gue st Bedroom

34m²

t.o.c +200mm 10m²

Ground Floor +1000

Gym t.o.c -3000mm

800

2900

2900

2900

2900 Corridor t.o.c -3000mm

800

7800 740

7800

t.o.c -3000mm

2900

2900

2900 Dining Area t.o.c +200mm

300

23m²

1000

t.o.c + 200mm

2092

F ormal Living Area 1

Terrace t.o.c +200mm

Circul ation

Laundry

Game Room

Corridor

t.o.c -3000mm

t.o.c -3000mm

t.o.c -3000mm

t.o.c -3000nn

32m²

15m²

32m²

11m²

Bathr oom

Bedroom1

Bedroom2

t.o.c -3000mm

t.o.c -3000mm

t.o.c -3000mm

4m²

7m²

7m²

2900

33m²

2100

t.o.c +200mm

2100

Informal Living Area

38m²

2800

2900

2100800

21004000

3200

Terr ace

Corridor t.o.c +200mm

2160

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4 LAWN

1_Main Entry 2_Gate House 3_Motor Court (4 Cars) 4_Entry Terrace 5_Powder Room 6_Formal Living Area 01 7_Dining Area 8_Informal Living Area 9_Formal Living Area 02 10_Outdoor Terrace 11_Corridor 12_Show Kitchen 13_Stair 14_Scullery 15_Cold Store 16_Dry Store 17_Guest Bedroom 18_Guest Closet 19_Guest Bathroom 20_Swimming Pool 21_Pool Deck 22_Pool Bar 23_Secondary Entry 24_Ramp to Basement

2900

23

2900

24

26

2900

Ground Floor Plan

1900

BRIEF

Bedroom3

Domestic Servants Qauters

t.o.c -3000mm

t.o.c -3000mm

7m²

50m²

Basement Floor -3000

232m²

Section A-A

Section B-B

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3 1 25 22 2

First Floor Plan

BRIEF

VOID

13

VOID

16

4 9

11 12

1 5

8

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6

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15 17

DWN

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7

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1_Stair 2_Family Area 3_Terrace 4_Corridor 5_Bedroom 01 6_Bedroom 01 Bathroom 7_Bedroom 01 Terrace 8_Bedroom 02 9_Bedroom 02 Bathroom 10_Bedroom 02 Terrace 11_Bedroom 03 12_Bedroom 03 Bathroom 13_Anteroom 14_Study 15_Master Bedroom 16_Walk-in-closet 17_Master Bathroom 18_Master Bedroom Terrace 19_Green Roof

Roof Floor Plan BRIEF

2 3 4

1

4

1_Roof Terrace 2_Stair / Lift Lobby 3_Service Area 4_Bathroom Vents

4 DWN

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5 Bedroom Residence | Apollo Project

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DESIGN MAKING 07 08

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Architectural Design | Personal Work

Architectural Models | “House on a Hill” Multi-Purpose Furniture Design | Cube

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

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Architectural Model

House on a Hill | August 2018 Residential Ellis Avenue, Kumasi.

Tasks: 3d Modelling Manual Cutting 3d Printing Laser Cutting Assembly

House on the Hill Model The challenge of this model was the site. An eight (8metre) drop from the heighest point (the residence entry) to the lowest point was cut out of 60 metres of 1mm cork roll over 2 weeks.

Laser cutting was not an option since the fluidity of the contours would be compromised.

The retaining wall seen as a line / step down consists of 30 layers of cork setting the building on a podium.

The residence model was made out of PLA white acrylic printed from a 3D Printer The relation between the building and the site is finally made clear to the client as the white residence occupies about 30% of the entire plot.

Print time: 504 hours Assembly : 2 Hours Site Cutting: 190 hours

Model: Farouk Kwaning 1:100 Ply Wood Acrylic, Cork

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Architectural Models | House on a Hill

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

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Multi-purpose Furniture Design House on a Hill | September 2018 Furniture Design Accra Collaborators: Mobius Architecture Tasks: Design Iteration Machine Cutting Timber Sourcing & Processing Finishing Assembly Exhibition

Model: Farouk Kwaning + Courage Kpodo + Ouro Safuat + Vincent Hammond 1:1 Walnut

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Multipurpose Furniture Design | Cube

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

“Everything is from a Box” – Augustus Richardson.

The concept for the design originates as a response to Ghanaian interior furniture. Initially called Blocks®, a name coined from the phrase “everything is from a box”, the design task took into consideration the cost of initial furniture setup for young graduates and early homeowners. .

The design is based on the foundation of the essentials of interior furniture Horizontal Surfaces, Vertical Surfaces, and Storage.

The initial concepts looked at the easiest and cheapest way of making a flat pack multipurpose product that champions affordability, simplicity, aesthetics and firmness.

Devoid of nails, screws or hinges, the product consists, 4 stools and 2 benches with a combined storage volume of about 0.4 cubic metres, a bed, and a table with a dressing mirror beneath.

Odum, Birch Plywood and Walnut were all tested in the prototyping of the design - Each falling short by either weight, longevity, structural or cost limitations.

The final Cube Prototype C was finally made from Pallet Wood (White Pine).

This wood works well structurally, is the cheapest option and offered a greener solution as we recycled the pallet wood thrown away from the Tema Port.

The table cover made in all white Corian forms dust, oil and waterproof surface for a wide range of possible uses.

50mm thick softwood table

2000mm x 1000mm orthopaedic mattress

50mm thick table side support

30mm long wood screw

75 X 50mm wood bracing

30mm thick table side plank

300mm steel peg Top plank

Side planks

Bottom plank

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Multipurpose Furniture Design | Cube

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

Sourcing wallnut from Local timber market

Sawing the log into workable pieces

Glueing and clamping of the planks into a larger board

Glueing and clamping of the assembled stool

Stools of protoype B & C

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Sanding the surfaces of the board to a smooth finish

Applying varnish to the wood to protect it from termites & decay

Planing sawn peices to a smooth first layer

Marking out the tenons & grooves on the board

Prototype B made of walnut -Extremely Heavy -Too expensive Other timber to be experimented

Prototype C made of pallet wood -Very Light -Cheap to acquire because it is scrap wood -Suitainable to the environment

Final Set of the Cube Furniture in use.

White table surface covers the mattress tucked underneath it

Multipurpose Furniture Design | Cube

Cutting walnut pieces to workable dimensions

First set of walnut pieces to make the first stool.

Cutting out the tenons & grooves on the board

Making and assembly of the bench component from Pallet Wood

Assembly of the top and side planks with t&g joints

Making and assembly of the Bed component made from Pallet Wood

Checking overall width of stool planks

Chiseling and smoothing the grooves and teeth of joints for a clean tight fit.

Making and assembly of the Bed component made from Pallet Wood

Final Set of the Cube Furniture in use.

White table surface covers the mattress tucked underneath it

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Photography

February 2015 - August 2018 •Light. Lines. Space - Ghana 2015 •The Geometry of Belief - Ghana 2016 •Banksy at the Crime Scene - England 2017 •Texture - Spain 2018 •Pabellón Mies - Spain 2018

Tasks: Scouting Location Lighting Cordination Photograph Theme & Concept Editing

Photograph: Farouk Kwaning 1:1 Moment Macro Lens, Moment Wide Angle Lens, Apple iPhone 6s

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Photography

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

“Lines. Light. Space” Negative and Positive space created by the introduction of an organic element (tree) between a light source and a canvas (the eye)

February 10, 2015

14:32:07 hrs GMT

Ringway Estate, Accra, Ghana.

Medium: Apple iPhone 6s iPhone 6s Back Camera

4.15mm

Dimensions:

2448 x 3264

ISO Exposure Value Aperture Focal Length Shutter Speed Size

:50 :0ev :ƒ/2.2 :4.15 :1/3915 :3.2MB

f/2.2

Apps Used: Camera

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Photography

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

“The Geometry of Belief” Santa Barabara’s church architecture is radicalised into space and light. Built in 21 days it overlooks the Akosombo Dam after a fatal explosion during construction.

It is placed with the cross perpendicular to the dam’s axis.

June 15, 2016

15:32:11 hrs GMT

Akosombo, Eastern Region, Ghana Medium: Apple iPhone 6s iPhone 6s Back Camera 4.15mm Dimensions:

3024 x 4032

ISO Exposure Value Aperture Focal Length Shutter Speed Size

:300 :0ev :ƒ/2.2 :4.15 :1/1180 :5.2MB

f/2.2

Apps Used: Camera, VSCO®

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Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

“Banksy at the Crime Scene” Jean-Michel Basquiat paints a story of race and crime on the Barbican Centre Walls

November 26, 2017

17:39:36 hrs GMT

Barbican, London, United Kingdom Medium: Apple iPhone 6s iPhone 6s Back Camera Moment® Wide Angle Lens

4.15mm

Dimensions:

3764 x 3024

ISO Exposure Value Aperture Focal Length Shutter Speed Size

:200 :0ev :ƒ/2.2 :4.15 :1/33 :2.0MB

f/2.2

Apps Used: Camera, VSCO®

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Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

“Texture” Anish Kapoor’s smooth and shiny sculpture “Tall Tree & The Eye juxtaposed by Frank Gehry’s rough and dull ”Bilbao Museum”

May 08, 2018

12:01:07 hrs GMT

Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain Medium: Apple iPhone 6s iPhone 6s Back Camera 4.15mm Dimensions:

3024 x 4032

ISO Exposure Value Aperture Focal Length Shutter Speed Size

:25 :0ev :ƒ/2.2 :4.15 :1/2331 :2.2MB

f/2.2

Apps Used: Camera

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Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018

“Pabello Mies” Mies Van der Rohe’s German Pavillion in Barcelona.

A discussion of space, light, material and art.

May 09, 2018

12:01:07 hrs GMT

Barcelona, Spain Medium: Apple iPhone 6s iPhone 6s Back Camera 4.15mm Dimensions:

3024 x 4032

ISO Exposure Value Aperture Focal Length Shutter Speed Size

:25 :0ev :ƒ/2.2 :4.15 :1/2331 :2.2MB

f/2.2

Apps Used: Camera

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SketchBook

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SketchBook

Farouk Kwaning | Design Portfolio - 2018