Kenneth nkusi portfolio

NNETH NKUSK SIGND PORTFOL [email protected] I

Kinyarwanda: mother tongueEnglish: very goodFrench: fair

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Microsoft officeAdobe (Photoshop, illustrator, InDesign)

Winner,Kora participatory, Hill farming and

community hubs

Awarded a certificate of recognition and participation in the training on Rwanda

Building Codes and Regulations

Architectural design, development, construction documents and construction administration for

Womens opportunity centers caf, Kayonza - Rwanda

Working on affordable housing facility in Masoro

Guard house, Rwinkwavu - Rwanda Model homes , Rwinkwavu - Rwanda

Rwinkwavu, vision PlanNtarama genocide memorial, Bugesera - Rwanda

Roof top, Kiyovu - RwandaRwa-Business - Rwanda

Construction administration Women opportunity center, Kayonza - Rwanda

Worked on the design for the former ectro-gass officebuilding in Kacyiru and Remera branches

Rwinkwavu community design charrettes

EDUCATION

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

Unirsity of Rwanda 2010-2015

Lycee de Kigali (LDK) 2010-2015

Yoga pavilion design 2013

Sharon Davis Design 2014-2015

XTreme company 2015-2016

Sharon Davis Design 2013-2014

Architectural Design Consultants 2012-2014

Architectural internships

Holcim Award for sustainable design 2014

RESUME

Rwanda Institute of Architects, CPD 2015

Awarded a certificate of recognition and participation in the summit of Shelter as a

Human Right Beyond Affordability

Rwanda Institute of Architects, CPD 2014

COMMUNICATION

SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AWARDS, PUBLICATION AND SEMINARS

School of science and built environment , Bachelor of architecture

Diploma in Mathematics and Physics

Under the supervision of our university lectures, i was among the team that won the student

competition of a yoga design pavilionMilk Kiosk design 2011

Under the supervision of Nerea Amoros E and Killian D, i was among the designers/attendants of

milk kiosk design workshop in kigali Community and Housing Typologies 2010

Under the supervision of Seirra B and Toma B i was among the team that did the community and housing

typologies

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Each bedroom has its own private exterior space facing the views of the valley to the west with large overhangs for rain and heat protection.

The eucalyptus screen wraps around the uphill side of the house providing a sense of enclosure and privacy for its residents and also a connection to more traditional ways of building.

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Rwinkwavu, Rwanda 2014 - 2015Sharon Davis Design

Construction administration and On-site Training.

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Professional experience 2014-2015

The success of the project meant that it would be a foundation for the success of Rwanda Village (RVE) housing project in Rwinkwavu area.

As the bigger project that RVE is having in the Eastern province is to construct affordable housing project, the same technique (using sand bags and compressed earth blocks) that would be successful in the construction of the guard house, would be applied to the housing project of RVE.

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I was one of the team that supervised the construction progress. Working with the local labor required specific trainings for the work to be successful.

Building with ferro-cement also was a new innovation in Rwinkwavu and this made us to stick around throughout the construction progress.

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House A is meant to be constructed in earth bags and its roof is meant to be constructed in ferro-cement.

It has got an inner court yard that is meant to offer some privacy of a person in the working area (traditionally called igikari).

The round shape of the building was adopted from the traditional thatched houses and the idea was got from the community charrette that was carried out in 2013 community meetings.

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The screening wall of the interior is made of Eucalyptus wood which makes the projects goal to be successful because the intention of the project is to use construction materials which are locally available.

The inner courtyard is meant to be having an open roof which helps the space to be having no problem of lighting.

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House D is meant to be constructed in compressed earth blocks and its roof is meant to be constructed in tiles. It has got a long corridor that opens into the court yard (igikari).

The court yard idea was got from the community charrette that was carried out in 2013.

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Above the windows there are translucent iron sheets clear story windows to allow adequate sun light to enter in the building.

Behind the clear story windows there is a mesh to keep the mosquitoes and bats out of reaching in the building.

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Bugesera, Rwanda 2014 - 2015 Sharon Davis Design

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After the1994 genocide , the government of Rwanda has been conserving the sites that were intensely affected by the genocide.

Its for this reason that as a company, we were working on the genocide memorial of Ntarama and the main idea was to design the project that conserves the historical potentials of the site.

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Kiyovu, Rwanda 2014 - 2015 Sharon Davis Design

Worked on schematic design, design development and construction drawings

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The client had a desire to maximize the usage of space and wanted us to design him a multi-functional roof top space.

The space has been hosting a diversity of event like Tedex presentation, casting movies, art exhibitions, Slide Luck presentation and other social interaction events. But the challenge that the client was facing is that the space was not having a roof.

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The wall facing western direction is totally covered due to the purpose of shielding the noise to flow to the neighborhood in case there are events happening during night times.

The facade facing eastern direction of the site is totally open so as to maximize the beautiful view towards Mburabuturo hill.

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The canopy is made of tent fabric which is resting on steel tubes that are fixed in the ground.

The tent fabric are supposed to be adjustable which would help the space to be friendly during the weather changes hence helping the space to function effectively.

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The openings in the curtain are long, narrow and transparent.

They are sealed to permit permanent lighting to enter through a series of PVC openings cut out of canvas sheet following the agaseke zigzag pattern.

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Kacyiru, Rwanda 2015 Sharon Davis Design

Worked on schematic design and design development

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The entrances for the shipping container are of wooden slats which are stepping so as to provide some seats that could be used in terms of taking drinks.

The top of the shipping container was supposed to be having some flower plantation so as to reduce the interior heating of the container and also have the project blend in nature of the garden.

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Community and housingtypologies

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The analysis of the spacial organization and the construction materials of the homes visited in kigali (Batsinda) and some of the northern province areas(Kinini and Kigeyo) made during the workshop.

From the analysis made, most of the house in the northern province are widely spaced where as the kigali are construccted in clusters.

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The objective for the final phase of the workshop was to build on the understanding of the house and the settlement in the context of Rwandas future demographic change and projected models of densification (imudugudu) to test some potential alternate hybrid typologies on a site on the northern slope of Kacyiru hill in Kigali.

Stretching between the ministerial hilltop, the valley and the adjacent hill where existing informal settlements have been removed to make space for high income neighborhood, the area is destined to be subject to market driven development pressures.

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Yoga pavilion design

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The challenge was to design a yoga pavilion that would be constructed out of the materials that would be found in Rwanda so as to meet the clients budget.

The main idea was to have the pavilion blending in the nature by having flowers and grass grow even on top of the roof hence minimize the heating of the pavilion.

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As the main challenge of the project was lighting due to the location of the site (the site was located in an infill urban area). The main idea for the project was to gain sun light through the shifting of the volumes for of the Library.

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The idea of this architectural research was about focusing on recycled materials and the quality of spaces those materials would form.

The researches on where to get them and the potential builders was made. The project idea was to build it in phases according to the needs of both the users and the site itself.

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The main construction materials are water bottles collected in neighboring hotels and restaurant by both children and women who were already doing this activity to earn their living.


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Art cafe space is going to be constructed out of car tires. The choice of this material is due to the fact that the part of our project is slopping and these car tires make a sustainable retaining wall.

This Second phase of the project has the outdoor amphitheater where people sit and have a total view to the courtyard area. The car tires are strong enough to resist for erosion, they protect the soil by providing these interesting seats.




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The Wood scraps are to act as the structural support and they are to be connected to tin containers and the wood panels.


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