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PORTFOLIOOF CREATIVE WORKS

2016Hassan Mohammed Yakubu


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2Hassan Mohammed YAKUBU

Nationality : Ghanaian Date/Place Of Birth : 17/05/1988 at Tamale, Ghana Email : [email protected] Mobile : +44 777 821 33 79/+233 504 16 96 64 Online Portfolio : http://be.net/hassanykb LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassanykb Blog : http://www.myh-atelier6.blogspot.com Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/hassanykb

LANGUAGES

EnglishFrenchSpanish

PROFILEI am an articulate, open-minded person with an eye ordetail, clarity o thought and a good sense o humour. Asa constant learner, my greatest strengths are my research,creative and writing skills that make me easily adaptableand effective as a team player.CAREER OBJECIVEA qualified entry-level architect/urban designer seekinga challenging position in a orward-looking organisationthat values creativity, originality, research and teamwork.

2009/2010 Ghanaian Students’ Association in Morocco General Secretary2009-2011 Ghanaian Students’ Association in Morocco

Member,National Steering CommitteeAugust 2011-July 2013 Ghanaian Students’ Association in Morocco Electoral Commissioner

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Entrepreneurship Design Innovation Sustainable Development Education Global Issues Programming History Reading-Non Fiction Electronics Philosophy

INTERESTS

October 2015 - June 2016 Wolfson College -University of Cambridge, UK Mphil Planning, Growth and RegenerationSeptember 2008-June 2014

Ecole Nationale d’Architecture-Rabat, Morocco Diplôme d’Architecte(Master of Architecture)September 2007-June 2008 Faculty of Educational Sciences-Rabat, Morocco FrenchSeptember 2003-July 2006 Ghana Senior High School, Tamale, Ghana High School Certicate

EDUCATION

SKILLS

Adobe

(Photoshop,Illustrator InDesign,After Eects)

AutoCADRevit ArchitectureRhinoceros 3DTrimble SketchUpGrasshopper ArtlantisVray Render EngineMicrosoft Oce(Word,Excel, Power Point,Project)

Web Design(HTML,CSS,JQuery, JavaScript)

Python, Django

October 2014 - Ocotber 2015 Mawums Ltd - Accra, Ghana

Junior Architect - National ServiceMay 2013-2014 Arch2o.com - Architecture News Portal Writer January 2013-Present Freelance architectAugust 2012 Al Omrane Holding - Rabat,Morocco Summer InternJuly 2012 Atelier Sens-Espace - Rabat, Morocco Intern ArchitectJuly 2011 Atelier Sens-Espace - Rabat, Morocco Intern Architect

EXPERIENCE

“The essence of the creative act isto see the familiar as strange.” Anon

CV

BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED


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Building heightsmaximize views to riverand cultivated fields

Fields cultivated forcommunity use and sale

Hand dug ponds for localirrigation of fields

Constructed wetlands forthe community sewagetreatment

Sports fields and leisure activities at thecommunity and urban scale.Community gardens shared by parcels of20m2 per houshold

Serving as aleisure andactivity riverfront

Parking facilities withcommunity scale urbansquare

Serving as the community nodecomprising meeting halls,adulteducation centre library and youthcentre

Free flowing pathspromoting riverfrontactivities

Develop the existing low-endrecycling industry into acity-wide industry

Low cost Facility for useby traders from outsidethe city as well asporters

Riverside Walkway

NEIGHBOURHOOD PARK AND FIELDS

PARKING FACILITIES

MARKET HOSTELRECONSTRUCTEDMARKET

RECYCLING/REUSE CENTRE

URBAN AGRICULTURE

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My thesis project was centered on desiginging or the urban poor o the slums using theinherent dominant culture o resilience and improvisation to inorm the sustainabilityprinciples that we sought to design in. As a result, the slum had to be studied and analysedto come up with local materials available, the culture o sel-building and the mechanismsaround that as well as the sence o community and very creative ownership, environmentaland material flow systems that had been improvised to meet their daily needs. Tis analysisthen served as a basis to redefine sustainability in the wider sustainale city discourse withthe goal o ormalising the inormal as it were. Te model which eveolved rom this study,the Sustainable Integration Model thereore defined the design response providng or aninteresting way o integrating the inormal into the existing urban system o Accra.

Analysis o the prevailing Emergent Urban Systems within the slum

Sustainable Integration o the Inormal - Old Fadama in Accra

Final Tesis - Architecture School

Te key spots that were identified as potential sites based onthe already existing landuse pattern

Te final masterplan or theslum with allthe proposedinterventions

Te final masterplanshowing key strategiesand services o the renewedurban system


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Civic Core Public Space

C o m m u n i t y C e n t r e

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Te civic core serves as the heart o the project where the wholecommunity congregates to learn, acquire skills and entertainthemselves. Te projects here consisted o a community centre andhall, a clinic and a green area at the scale o the community.

MASER PLAN


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CivicCore PublicSpace

C o m m u n i t y C e n t r e

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CivicCore OrganisationalConcept

A number o the Proposed social acilities locatedwithin the Civic Core o the project


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ENERGYUSE /GENERATION

Solar cells introduced at blocklevelhelps achieve energy sufficiency vialocallevel energy generation

PASSIVE STRATEGIES

Extensive use ofBamboo screens inbuildings reduces direct sunlightimpact while allowing for easyventilation.

Locally sourced materials like earthenbricks , bamboo and wood areencouraged for use in construction tokeep costs as low as possible

Courtyard systemof housing units allows forconstant renewalof air

DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF FILTRATION

ENERGY USE /GENERATION

WATER MANAGEMENT

LOCAL MATERIALS

PASSIVE STRATEGIES

PASSIVE STRATEGIES

Building Orientation to minimizedirect exposure and maximize naturalventilation

Cobble stone covered flooring allows foreasy runoff infiltration to replenish watertable and thus the river.Bioswales running along major pathwaysserve as neighbourhood level sewagesystem .

Bioswales

Rainwater collected via tilted roofingsystem is channelled into buildingintegrated water reservoirs forhousehold use

Locally sourced materials like earthenbricks , bamboo and wood areencouraged for use in construction tokeep costs as low as possible

Extensive use of Bamboo screens inbuildings reduces direct sunlightimpact while allowing for easyventilation.

Bamboo Screens

Solar cells introduced at block levelhelps achieve energy sufficiency vialocal level energy generation

Courtyardsystem ofhousing unitsallows for

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Building orientation breakthe prevailing winds andallow light breezes throughthe streets

Secondary WindsSea Breeze from the Atlantic

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Tis shows a number o the key sustainiability strategies and systemsproposed in the designs.


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Each year close to 16% o graduates rom Moroccan Universities are hurled into the unemployedclasses o the population. In Te ace o this growing menace,many graduates tend to just makedo with whichever job they can lay their hands on . It is our ervent believe that these graduates i well equipped via entrepreneurialtraining during and afer their school-days can help solve not only this problem but societalproblems as a whole. With Te already cast array o theoretical skills they are equipped with ,anadded beefing up in entrepreneurial spirit will go a long way to change their mindset and theirapproach to society and the world as a whole. Te likes o the Silicon Valley,Stanord UniversityEntrepreneurship centres and many others around the world give credence to the positivityand the change effect associated with such a king o establishment. In view o this,our proposal or an entrepreneurial training centre in the heart o theeducational quarter o Rabat will not only bring entrepreneurial training to the door step ostudents but will likewise serve the greater Rabat Sale Region. Proposals For the centre willinclude a multi-purpose amphitheatre, a block o hostels ,offices or start-ups,laboratories andworking spaces. Courses Will be organized year round ,the centre will equally be opened orstart-up teams to work on their various projects. As a centre o excellence sustainable designprinciples like use o runoff,photovoltaic,natural ventilation and green roos were employed.

5th Year Studio Project


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Te National School o Architecture was built in the early 2000’s around a time when theneeded or incorporating sustainable design principles in architecture was not pressing.Existing structures do not thereore ully comply with sustainability best practices. Our proposalor this project was to make projections o eatures which could be added or modified in otherto improve upon the sustainable nature o an architecture school .Aside the environmental and cost benefits,one other crucial good is the act that studentarchitects will observe and use at first hand eatures they learn in a theoretical manner inclasses.Concentrating mainly on the semi circular studios block,our proposal seeks to generateelectricity orm solar panels and correct the greenhouse effect as a result o the plexiglasscovered inner atrium. We introduced suspended plantings in the atrium which will serve tooxygenate the hot air thereby cooling inner temperatures.Most o the studios were redesigned using state o the art renewable materials to increaseacoustic and thermal comort. A biogas system was also proposed to make use o paper andhuman waste on site.



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Afer an urban analysis o the Sidi Bernousi Industrial area o Casablanca, our research broughtto the ore some needs o the inhabitants. One major issue was with housing or the low and

middle income classes.We were tasked to make proposals o multi-storey housing or the middle and low classeswhile promoting societal integration o the populace.In due course our proposal or an intermediary housing scheme sought to promote a mixedclass residence by incorporating various types o housing. We proposed studios ,apartments,duplexes and suspended villas to cater or wide needs. In so doing we could have a total responseto all classes whiles conjointly providing activity through the commercial spaces on the groundfloor.In laying out the block plan , the open block system o French architect Christian de Portzamparcwas studied and applied in other to maximize land use and promote effective integration obuilding to site.



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Façade Principale - Piscine Couverte

Façade Arrière - Piscine Couverte

Façade Latérale - Piscine Couverte

Façade Principale - Salle Omnisport

Façade Arrière - Salle Omnisport

Still on the Sidi Bernoussi Industrial area,this project consisted o designing a sports complexto cater or health and social needs. Our Approach was to provide a huge acility which will beaccessible by all inhabitants not only or major events but daily routines.Te most striking element o this project was the use o laminated timber. Tis was due to the very wide spaces needed to be covered.



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Tis project done in collaboration with colleagues,sought to make proposals or a wide expanseo land situated in between two major avenues.One major issue was the narrow but lengthy nature o the land as well as the noise pollutiondue to the vehicular movement.Inspired by the sinusoidal nature o sound waves our response was to work on the landscape inthe orm o waves which in certain places quite down to orm playing fields and at others riseto provide shelter or commercial spaces.Te whole length was divided into 3 main sections to acilitate working on the project.

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Tis project was undertaken in conjunction with two other students within a team o 8 selectedstudents rom the National School o Architecture and the echnical University o Berlin.Dubbed Urban Agriculture Casablanca, the project is a German-Moroccan research project othe German Federal Ministry o Education and Research (BMBF) within the megacity researchprogramme “Research or the Sustainable Development o Megacities o omorrow, Focus:Energy- and climate-efficient structures in urban growth centres”.Te Medouina urban agriculture project was the last workshop organised under the researchin Casablanca.the challenge was to come up with innovative urban agriculture scenarios that would fit withinthe larger interventionguidelines o the research project.My team proposed a cooperative scenario were the city and rural came into strong relations aswell as armers, inhabitants, and industry.

Medouina Urban Agriculture InternationalWorkshop

LEVELSOFCOOPERAION

CONCEP FORHE GRAND

CASABLANCAAREA

AGROSCAPE CORRIDOR

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As part o my duties during a one month internship we were tasked to make proposals or arenovation o an old agricultural extension block.Te spaces had to be redesigned and t he interior court previously uncovered was covered toallow or shading or visitors seated around waiting their turn

Internship - Interior design and detailing


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His was also a renovation work we did during an internship.Te Client needed to renovatehis old residence while adding a swimming pool and exterior greenery.

Internship - Renovation

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Te proposal was or a 30-bed Hotel andconerence acility with the possibility o utureextension in the outskirts o amale in Ghana.Te design response used the wet areas as the visual markers or the acade detailing them witha capped roo and stripes o wood to give it astrong appeal.

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Tis proposal was or a 8-storey hotel and conerence acility in the heart o amale. Te design briedemanded a high-end class hotel that could easily be replicated in other cities o Ghana to create ahotel ranchise. Te size and nature o the plot demanded careul design so as to account or all theessential acilities needed or a smooth unctioning o the hotel. As a result, basement parking wasproposed with a raised deck swimming pool that is almost halway the groundfloor. Te sky loungeand bar provides a convenient open-air space or relaxation and enjoyment o the views. Te lastfloor will serve as the executive and business suites with swiming and catering acilities envisagedon the roo, the first o its king in the city. Te signature acade and irregular rectangular incisionsallow to break the otherwise monotonous look typical o hotels while allowing or shielding romthe exccessive sunshine in these parts o the country. In all, t he intricate use o space and the volumeprovide a pearl worthy o the standard and a project to look out or in amale.

A High-end Hotel or amale

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First Floor showingBusiness acilities

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As part o Coperate Social Responsibility(CSR) programmes undertaken byMawums Ltd. , this project consisted o designing an educational complex orthe people o Ligbing , a village in the Northern Region o Ghana. Te brie wasto design a Library, Junior and Senior High Schools and eachers’ quarters. Teproject inset is the library which was designed with a post-modernist using localrocks as decoration or the base level o the building. Pockets o exterior seatinginspired by the local culture o sitting under trees to discuss was incoporatedaround the building as exterior reading and talking areas.

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Urban Planning in Arica – Could we leaprog?

Te world as we know it is undergoing undamental change in spatial patterns. Indeed it has been so or a while.

Settlement patterns are one o the most dynamic acets o the human experience; in act they are, as we know it, a

reflection o any civilization in space as history is with respect to time.

In 2007,we passed a landmark in history, where more than hal o the world’s population officially lived in urban areas.

According to projections rom the United Nations, a dip is nowhere near; urbanisation is set to reach about 85% and

65% by 2050 in developed and developing countries respectively. By figures that will mean that, population gain in

urban areas is projected at 2.6 billion, absorbing all population growth expected by 2050 whiles drawing in more people

rom rural areas.

Now considering the developing world, Arica is set to see an increase by 0.9 billion. Tis will mean increased pressure

on urban areas with its attendant effects, high demand in services and acilities.

Tere is no doubt that the cities in the developing world are the attractors. In Arica, i you want to be in the flow

o opportunities move to a city! Te rising middle-income class is happening in the cities, the Internet, mobile and

other technology revolutions are all happening there mainly because inrastructure is existent, acilities are somewhat

provided and more so political power has is domiciled there.

Cities are a rich mix o economic, social and cultural dynamics. Like magnets they attract!

In spite o all these opportunities in the city, challenges persist, planning is a headache, most cities do not have

urban master plans to control development, they thus move with the wind. In situations were they exist, they are not

implemented or are ar out-dated with such an increasing urbanisation rate.

Te conclusion one can easily draw is that to most Arican governments who are plagued with other major problems,urban planning is a “luxury”. It is not too much o a priority; in as much as we can leave the people to make their own

cities why bother?

One could imagine that in such a state o affairs everything passes in the city, chaos is the order. Challenges reach new

heights and sometimes grow out o proportion, compounding issues.

In the shadow o this absence o planning a lot goes on with the city. Development is by piecemeal. It is more or less like

a tasteless potpourri made up o bits and pieces, a patchwork to say the least.

aking my city Accra as a case, over the past decade we have seen the springing up o gated communities to its north-

eastern part mainly around the current Kotoka International Airport. What has that engendered? A striking dichotomy

o Accra and Accra, affluent neighbourhoods with major acilities and the less downtown ones with practically nothing.

Te historic inner core o the city (mainly the majority Ga communities) is deserted with poor acilities. Another pop-

up eature is the recent so called airport city, with major new developments springing up here and there like an invasion

somewhat creating a ghetto. Tese are just minor developments, which could have been mastered in the presence o a

master plan.

In the light o all these, my view is that i Arica is to develop we should begin to take planning o our cities serious,

especially with the projections o urbanisation we will see in the coming years. As it were, most o these challenges will

be captured i we are to plan our cities. Urban sprawl, ghettoization o affluent and poor neighbourhoods, communal

means o transport, health and educational acilities etc. will all be thought through in a typical master plan, projections

made and strategies put in place. Aren’t these the same problems our governments have been trying to solve? I am more

than convinced that to tackle the many ills o the Arican society, we should begin to start planning our cities, and in

earnest whiles making room or the approaching 0.9 billion!

Making a case or urban design o our cities brings to light, the issue o which particular model in view o the

numerous ones the field o urbanism has witnessed through history.

As a continent, we were able to leaprog to mobile technology .we have done so in other technology fields in

some ways because or instance there was a lack o inrastructure as in the case o fixed-line telephony. But

one o the main reasons that gives us this urge is because we lurk behind mostly, that gives us a second-comer

advantage. We should begin to seriously make the best out o this.

Now, getting back to which model o urban design I believe we could once again, leap rog to sustainable urban

design. Most o the models we see and hear o rom Howard’s garden city, to Le Corbusier’s radial city o the

industrial heights down to post-ordist green urbanism have all been responses in some sort to crisis that

plagued the human society.

We in Arica need not relive the same experiences; we have the second-comer advantage to leaprog to

sustainable urbanism. By this we will be looking at all acets o sustainable development in our planning.Tat

will mean economic, social and environmental improvement and equity or our population.

Sustainable urban planning will mean checking urban sprawl through compact cities, being resource efficient,

providing or communal means o transport, addressing social and economic equity among others.

Current models o western sustainable urbanism are in most cases more or less “accessorization” o buildings,

i.e. attaching gadgets to buildings. Some are what I describe as sustainable “upgrading” or “infill” as most o the

inrastructure exists already.

Our case with Arican cities is different. Inrastructure is inexistent or below standard. We will have to really

look at the whole big picture, pick through elements that will have a domino effect o sustainability, an integrated

systems approach I guess.So, my view is that in aiming at taking urban design seriously we could leap rog to integrating sustainable

development principles and i n doing that I believe the way to go is through an ecosystem approach o integration.

Systems, which work like a natural ecosystem, where all is systemised, loops are closed, no waste!

Above all, we should not orget to contextualise these concepts. Te Arican context should be in no way lef

out that will bring out our true identity.

Published on p.53 o AFRIKArchi Magazine Issue #2 2014.

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