PORTFOLIO GBENGA KOLEOWO

TABLE OF CONTENT

CULTURAL CENTER 2-12

MIXED USE 13-19

OLD POST OFFICE 20-29

MONASTERY 30-33

ASHTRAY MUSEUM 34-38

COMPETITION 39-40

GRAPHIC DESIGN 41-44

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CONTENT 1

PROJECT: AFRICAN CULTURAL CENTERLOCATION: NORMAN, OKLAHOMA

his is a fifth year project in which I was in a group ofthree and we were tasked with creating a master planThis block is located south of Couch dorms NormanOklahoma. In the future, the block will serve as a cultural district to accomodate the international community of the university. The block is ordered around a a pool which has been designed to have a pool which further reinforces the use of the of the block. There are several feautures on this block and they include retail space, residential and mixed use spaces and there is also a bus stop located south of the block to aid transportation.

MASTER PLAN

CULTURAL CENTER 2

SITE PLAN

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CULTURAL CENTER 3

STREET VIEW

BLOCK VIEW 1 BLOCK VIEW 2

his project is a fifth year project currently under development. It is the African Cultural Center .The program of the building requires the buildingto have an exhibition space, performance, cafe,library,offices and auditorium . The building footprint is 38729 sq.ft.

CULTURAL CENTER 4

PROJECT: AFRICAN CULTURAL CENTERLOCATION: NORMAN, OKLAHOMA

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BUILDING ITERATIONS

CULTURAL CENTER 5

CULTURAL CENTER 6

FIRST FLOORSCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

SECOND FLOOR

CULTURAL CENTER 7

SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

THIRD FLOOR

CULTURAL CENTER 8

SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

CULTURAL CENTER 9

FOURTH FLOORSCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

ELEVATIONS

CULTURAL CENTER 10

NORTH SOUTH SECTION

EAST WEST SECTION

CULTURAL CENTER 11

CULTURAL CENTER 12

LOBBY

COURTYARDWALL SECTION

and the building area

should not exceed 45000sq.ft

and a maximum of 3 floors.

The remaining 2 floors consist

of residential spaces and they

both vary in square footage

and number of bedrooms and

bathrooms they accomodate.

There are 4 (1bed/ 1 bath

500-600 sq.ft), 4 (2 bed/ 1 1/2

bath 900-1000 sq.ft) and 6

(3 bed/ 2 bath 1300-1500sq.ft)

his was a fourth year

project with the site

located at the intersection

of West Independence and

West and West 5th street,

Kansas City Missouri.

The purpose of the project

was to revitalize the down

town area of Kansas City.

The program of the

building required the

building be multiuse in

nature consisting a retail

space on the first floor

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PROJECT : MIXED USELOCATION: EAST INDEPENDENCE ST ,

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

MIXED USE 13

MIXED USE 14

RETAIL FLOORSCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

FIRST FLOOR

MIXED USE 15

SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

SECOND FLOOR

MIXED USE 16

SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

MECHANICAL FLOOR

TRANSVERSE SECTION

MIXED USE 17

5' T U B w / S H W R

WALL SECTION

MIXED USE 18

PHYSICAL MODEL

TRANSVERSE SECTION

First Floor

0' - 0"

W10X49

Structural Column

Structural Beam System

12" Floor

Partition wall

MIXED USE 19

STRUCTURAL PLAN

There was an addition to the current

building which is located on the adjacent

side of the property and it houses study

rooms, class rooms, office spaces and a

green roof which also serve as an area

for students to take a break after studying.

This project wa a fourth year project.

The project was the adaptive reuse of

the an Old Post office located on 207

East Gray Street, Norman Ok, 73072.

The program of the project required

of the project required some of the

old building’s elements such as the

windows, structure and windows be

preserved.

PROJECT: STUDY HUB

LOCATION: 207 EAST GRAY ST,NORMAN,

OKLAHOMA

OLD POST OFFICE 20

MIXED USE

MIXED USE

SITE PLAN

OLD POST OFFICE 21

block

shaftbaseshaftbloc

kbase

blockshaftbaseshaftblockbase

384 SFOffice 1

207 SF

OFFICE

SMALL

197 SF

OFFICE

SMALL

227 SF

CLASS ROOM

175 SF

CLASS ROOM

268 SF

OFFICE

LARGE

268 SF

OFFICE

LARGE

169 SF

OFFICE

LARGE

1382 SF

Corridor

1

2

3

G

5

F

E

DC

B

A

86 SF

Elevator

Room

92 SFElevator

168 SF

OFFICE

SMALL

170 SF

REST ROOM

176 SF

REST ROOM

13

15

16

2

A115

1

A116

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83 SFStorage

1122 SFGallery

BASEMENT FLOOR

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SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

UP

UP

UP

Google Earth

Snapshot

Google Earth

Terra

in

1

2

3

G

5

F

E

DC

B

A

595 SF

STUDY

SPACE 1

453 SFMECHANICAL

ROOM

375 SF

SMALL

MEETING

SPACE

179 SF

REST ROOM

173 SF

REST ROOM

13

14

15

16

92 SFElevator

86 SF

Elevator

Room

2

A115

1

A116

1035 SFPresentation

Room

727 SFMechanical

Room

1641 SFMain Study

Space

489 SFConnecting

Corridor

85 SFElevator

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OLD POST OFFICE 23

FIRST FLOOR

MIXED USE

SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

block

shaft

baseshaft

block

base

DN

UP

blockshaftbaseshaft

blockbase

UP

DN

DN

UP

UP

211 SFOFFICE

SMALL

197 SFOFFICE

SMALL

399 SFBREAK

ROOM

667 SF

LARGE

MEETING

SPACE

196 SFOFFICE

SMALL

1

2

3

G

5

F

E

D

C

B

A272 S

FOFFICE

LARGE

329 SFOFFICE

LARGE

340 SFOFFICE

LARGE

170 SF

REST ROOM

176 SF

REST ROOM

13

14

15

16

2

A115

1

A116

87 SF

Elevator

6291 SF

Tech Center

Redundant

RoomCafe

11' - 5"

Redundant

RoomStudy

174 SFMale Rest

Room

172 SFFemale Rest

Room

464 SFPick up

/Deliver Space

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OLD POST OFFICE 24

SECOND FLOOR

MIXED USE

SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

1

2

3

G

5

F

E

D

C

B

A

13

14

15

16

2

A115

1

A116

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THIRD FLOOR

OLD POST OFFICE 25

MIXED USE

SCALE: 1/8”:1’-0”

OLD POST OFFICE 26

GREEN ROOF

FOUNDATION

WALL TO TRUSS

WALL SECTION

MIXED USE

ELEVATIONS

OLD POST OFFICE OLD POST OFFICE 27

LOBBY

GREEN ROOF

STUDY SPACE ADDITION

OLD POST OFFICE OLD POST OFFICE 28

OLD POST OFFICE 29

ADDTITION CORRIDOR

STUDY SPACE

OLD POST OFFICE

OLD POST OFFICE

his project was a third year project.

During this year, several tools and skills

where explored and acquired.

The project statred with the precendent

study of a monastry

(Ilsacro Convento,D’Assisi, Italy). It is

located on a hill at the end of the town

(Assisi,Italy) and over looks the valley.

The Monastery

inspired the design of a lamp which

was eventually fabricated. During the

course of the semester, I was required

design a monastery. The site for this

building is by the intersection of East

Lindsey and Goerge Ave, Norman

OK. The Program for the building

required the building to have a reception

lobby, gift shop,study,classroom/

meeting room,office,workshop,restroom

chapel,sacrasty,dining,kitchen,

cell and mechanical room.

PROJECT: MONASTERY

LOCATION: GEORGE AVE,NORMAN,

OKLAHOMAT

MONASTERY 30

OLD POST OFFICE

SITE PLAN

MONASTERY 31

OLD POST OFFICE

VIEW FROM LOBBY

VIEW FROM CELL

CELL

FOUNTAIN AREA

MONASTERY 32

OLD POST OFFICE MONASTERY 33

his was a second year project in which

each student picked a piece of paper that

had the name of an object on it, and then

designed a museum which celebrate that

object. The object I picked was an Ashtray.

I designed a two story building which

served as an Ashtray museum.

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PROJECT: ART GALLERYLOCATION: 340 EAST HUBSON SAPULPA,

OKLAHOMA

OLD POST OFFICE GALLERY HOUSE34

ENTRANCE

OLD POST OFFICE ASHTRAY MUSEUM35

SCULPTURE

FIRST FLOOR

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

OLD POST OFFICE ASHTRAY MUSEUM

36

TRANSVERSE SECTION

SECOND FLOOR

MONASTERY ASHTRAY MUSEUM37

MONASTERY 38

ELEVATIONS

MONASTERY ASHTRAY MUSEUM38

COMPETITION 39

MONASTERY

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COMPETITION40

This project was an entry for the

Evolo 2012 competion. The competion

brief was to design a building which

would adress major problems which

affect the society. These problems

include: pollution and urban sprawl. I

was part of a team of 7 people and the

solution was to the problems we faced

was terraforming Mars, and having

humans move leave the earth.

MONASTERY

GRAPHIC DESIGN41

GRAPHIC DESIGN42

GRAPHIC DESIGN43

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R E S U M E

MONASTERY 38

Olugbenga Koleowo 2730 Chautauqua Avenue N105. Norman, OK 73072 (405) 414-3522 gbengakoleowo@gmail.com

EDUCATIONUniversity of Oklahoma College of Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture, Fall 2010- Summer 2015 (expected)

WORK EXPERIENCE Position: Intern Oklahoma Daily, May 2013- December 2013

Designing the layout for the newspaper

Administrative Personnel, ATO Architects Lagos Nigeria, June 2011 – July 2011

Performed the following duties:

Dimensioning of building sections and plans of a helicopter hanger.Built a model for a residential build with the use of elevation drawings

Administrative Personnel, ATO Architects Lagos Nigeria, April 2010– July 2010

Site survey of a parking lot, which was eventually tilted with paving stones.

Built a model of a university SKILLS

PUBLICATIONS : General Kingspan Competition 2012: a building design for a new sustainable headquarters

competition 2012 was presented during a lecture.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Prayer Coordinator African Christian Fellowship Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Secretary National Organization of Minority Architect Students Spring 2013- 2014 President AFrican Christian Fellowship Spring 2014-Present President National Organization of Minority Architecture Students Spring 2014- Present

TRAVELS: Kansas City 2013, Indianapolis 2013, and Dubai December 2013, Florida 2014, Philadelphia 2014

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