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Market Stalls
Retail Outlets
Restaurants and Cafes
Farmers
Food Processing
Culinary
Kente Weaving
Batik and Wax Printing
Seamstresses andTailors
Susu Collection
(traditional banking)
Exhibition Consumers
Business and Marketing
Mentors, Consultants,
lnvestors and
Literacy Center
Reading, Writing
and Listening
(Audio visual resources)
merchandise
money
merchandise
money
Money
Business
Advise, Investment and Promotion
Business
Advise, Investment and Promotion
Money
Educati
on
Educr
tion
Showcas
epieces
Showcas
ePieces
Connections between program stakeholders Enterpreneurship
Advertising and
Promotion
Communications
Reading Rooms
Writing Rooms
Internet Cafe
Informal Meeting
Spaces
TextilesAgriculture
Weaving Looms
Rooms
Cafes
Food Market
Farms
Restaurant
Kitchens
Sewing
Rooms
Susu Collection Center
(Traditional Banking)
Gathering Spaces
Stores
Storage spaces
Exhibition/display
room
Wax printing Spaces
Literacy
Center
Library
Formal Meeting
Spaces
Food Processing
rooms
Adminstrational
Adminstrational
Adminstrational
Adminstrational
Adminstrational
Storage
Storage
Storage
Storage spaces
Audio and
Video Rooms
Audio and
Video Editing Rooms
Program Diagram
0 100 200 Communication Textile
Enterpreneurial Agriculture
0 100 200
Mission Statement: To foster a culture of innovative thinking through the development of
architecture that supports the transmission of knowledge and skills within a community of
learners and trainers in a Ghanaian context and promotes opportunities for these users to
earn a steady income.
My thesis focuses on creating an architecture that supports the re-education and
enterpreneurial training of Ghanaians who have been unable to complete their pursuit of
higher education, mainly due to financial instability.
The project is located at Suame Magazine, a section of an industrial area in the city of
Kumasi, Ghana where mostly automechanic businesses are situated.
Masters of Architecture Thesis
Program
Site Analysis Design Process
Wall Section
Masters of Architecture Thesis
	 The final outcome of this thesis was
a building on stilts. This design feature was
appropriate climatically and programmatically.
The stilts provided areas underneath the main
building that users could occupy for both
educational and entrepreneurial functions.
Furthermore, existing buildings did not have to be
displaced with the addition of the project.
	 Within the building, spaces further from the
ground were designed to be free flowing allowing
for open interaction spaces and continual change
of the spaces as functions potentially change
throughout the life of the building.
	 Spaces closer to the ground are more rigid
due to its programmatic function being a library
on one side and an informal bank on the other.
Final Design
Health and Wellness Center
Site Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
Transverse Section Longitudinal Section
South Elevation
North Elevation Wall SectionHVAC Diagram
Structure Diagram
The Health and Wellness Center was a
comprehsive building project situated
in Manchester, New Hampshire. There
is an overwhelming proportion of the
population involved in drugs.
The intention of the building program
was to provide a neutral sacred space for
the community. It would be accompanied
by spaces accomodating support
services against drug abuse and other life
style challenges.
Construction Document – Closet doors
The Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition organised by the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Norwich University’s Delta T-90
house was one of the 20 colleges entered for the competition in 2013. I worked in the interior
development team to coordinate the interior decor for the house. I was responsible for
designing and assembling closet doors for the master bedroom. I also assembled an auxiliary
stand alone closet and designed a functional wall cover to hide the joint between the two
modules that came together to make the entire shell of the Delta T-90 house.
Solar Decathalon: Closet Doors
Module Joint Cover Completed closet doors
Jig for creating closet slats
Stand alone closet
Process Pictures
Modular Dormitory Housing
Circulation Zone
Living Area
Communal Area
HVAC System
Central Core/ Communal Area
Building Section
Interior Perspective
East Elevation
North Elevation
Module Sequence
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
As an offshoot of the Solar Decathlon Delta T-90
house, we were asked to use the two modules
of the house to design dormitory housing for
Norwich University. The intention I had for the
reorganization of the modules was to have the
spaces organized to encourage heightened
interaction between students living in the dorms.
Building Facade System

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Rachel Opare-Sem Sample Works

  • 1. Market Stalls Retail Outlets Restaurants and Cafes Farmers Food Processing Culinary Kente Weaving Batik and Wax Printing Seamstresses andTailors Susu Collection (traditional banking) Exhibition Consumers Business and Marketing Mentors, Consultants, lnvestors and Literacy Center Reading, Writing and Listening (Audio visual resources) merchandise money merchandise money Money Business Advise, Investment and Promotion Business Advise, Investment and Promotion Money Educati on Educr tion Showcas epieces Showcas ePieces Connections between program stakeholders Enterpreneurship Advertising and Promotion Communications Reading Rooms Writing Rooms Internet Cafe Informal Meeting Spaces TextilesAgriculture Weaving Looms Rooms Cafes Food Market Farms Restaurant Kitchens Sewing Rooms Susu Collection Center (Traditional Banking) Gathering Spaces Stores Storage spaces Exhibition/display room Wax printing Spaces Literacy Center Library Formal Meeting Spaces Food Processing rooms Adminstrational Adminstrational Adminstrational Adminstrational Adminstrational Storage Storage Storage Storage spaces Audio and Video Rooms Audio and Video Editing Rooms Program Diagram 0 100 200 Communication Textile Enterpreneurial Agriculture 0 100 200 Mission Statement: To foster a culture of innovative thinking through the development of architecture that supports the transmission of knowledge and skills within a community of learners and trainers in a Ghanaian context and promotes opportunities for these users to earn a steady income. My thesis focuses on creating an architecture that supports the re-education and enterpreneurial training of Ghanaians who have been unable to complete their pursuit of higher education, mainly due to financial instability. The project is located at Suame Magazine, a section of an industrial area in the city of Kumasi, Ghana where mostly automechanic businesses are situated. Masters of Architecture Thesis Program Site Analysis Design Process Wall Section
  • 2. Masters of Architecture Thesis The final outcome of this thesis was a building on stilts. This design feature was appropriate climatically and programmatically. The stilts provided areas underneath the main building that users could occupy for both educational and entrepreneurial functions. Furthermore, existing buildings did not have to be displaced with the addition of the project. Within the building, spaces further from the ground were designed to be free flowing allowing for open interaction spaces and continual change of the spaces as functions potentially change throughout the life of the building. Spaces closer to the ground are more rigid due to its programmatic function being a library on one side and an informal bank on the other. Final Design
  • 3. Health and Wellness Center Site Plan Fourth Floor Plan Transverse Section Longitudinal Section South Elevation North Elevation Wall SectionHVAC Diagram Structure Diagram The Health and Wellness Center was a comprehsive building project situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. There is an overwhelming proportion of the population involved in drugs. The intention of the building program was to provide a neutral sacred space for the community. It would be accompanied by spaces accomodating support services against drug abuse and other life style challenges.
  • 4. Construction Document – Closet doors The Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition organised by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Norwich University’s Delta T-90 house was one of the 20 colleges entered for the competition in 2013. I worked in the interior development team to coordinate the interior decor for the house. I was responsible for designing and assembling closet doors for the master bedroom. I also assembled an auxiliary stand alone closet and designed a functional wall cover to hide the joint between the two modules that came together to make the entire shell of the Delta T-90 house. Solar Decathalon: Closet Doors Module Joint Cover Completed closet doors Jig for creating closet slats Stand alone closet Process Pictures
  • 5. Modular Dormitory Housing Circulation Zone Living Area Communal Area HVAC System Central Core/ Communal Area Building Section Interior Perspective East Elevation North Elevation Module Sequence Second Floor Plan Third Floor Plan As an offshoot of the Solar Decathlon Delta T-90 house, we were asked to use the two modules of the house to design dormitory housing for Norwich University. The intention I had for the reorganization of the modules was to have the spaces organized to encourage heightened interaction between students living in the dorms. Building Facade System