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Form exploration............................................. 4-27 -Name -Formula -Experiments -Operations -Form Optimization -Model Images

Form as building shell................................. 27- 64 -Concept and Site -Architectural Drawings -Renderings -Presentation Boards -Final Presentation

This book contains the process of my Mas-ters thesis Project at Florida International University, Miami, FL.

It began in the fall semester of 2014 with the study of forms using field explorations, and continued into the spring semester, where I decided to transform the form I established into a building shell.

©Ivie Ijewere

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Form Exploration

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Model Images

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Form asbuilding shell.

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The form created by the field, transformed to becoming a shell for a performing arts / dance cen-tre in Lagos, Nigeria.

The shell came about by manipu-lating a basic form via twists, turns and bends in different directions and angles.

The site was selected because of the cultural dances that take place in different tribes of Nigeria. The various cultural dancers have dif-ferent styles and costumes, each based off a primary movement. The shell embodies the twists, turns, lines, angles and forms cre-ated by the human body during dance routines.

Nigeria is a developing country, and Lagos is the center of com-merce as well as a Major Port city in the country. Over the past years, the Lagos government has been updating and creating new Civil amenities. Part of this has been the reclaiming of land from the Atlantic Ocean by the shores of Lagos as well as De-veloping Ozumba-Mbadiwe to hold the Iconic buildings of the City, making it the Image of the Lagos city skyline.

The performing arts center is located on Ozumba-Mbadiwe road in Victoria Island, Lagos. Ozumba-Mbadiwe is one of the major roads in Victoria Island. It sits on the south of the Five Cowry creek and is home to Iconic buildings in Lagos such as The Civic Center, Civic Towers and Oriental Hotel.

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Drawings

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FEMALE

RESTROO

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AQU

A LO

UN

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THEATRE

STAGE

BACKSTAGE

ATRIUM

FIVE COW

RY CREEK

FALOM

O BRIDG

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OZU

MBA-M

BADIWE RD.

MALE

RESTROO

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THEATRE

STAGE

ATRIUM

First Floor Second Floor

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Site Section

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Building Section 2

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Renderings

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Presentation Boards

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Lagos Performing arts center: site & floor plans

CULTURAL DANCE CLIPS.

FIRST FLOORSCALE:1/16” = 1’-0”

SECOND FLOORSCALE:1/8” = 1’-0”

FEMALERESTROOM

AQUA LOUNGE

THEATRE

STAGEBACKSTAGE

ATRIUM

FIVE COWRY CREEK

FALOMO BRIDGE

OZUMBA-MBADIWE RD.

MALERESTROOM

THEATRE

STAGE

ATRIUM

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rendered imageselevations & sections

SITE ELEVATIONSCALE:1/32” = 1’-0

ENTRANCE ELEVATIONSCALE:1/8” = 1’-0”

SHORT SECTIONSCALE:1/8” = 1’-0”

LONG SECTIONSCALE:1/8” = 1’-0”

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rendered imagesrendered images

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Ivie Ijewere - BFa Interior Design, M.Arch graduate