Doctoral Candidate
Obayanju Oluwapelumi
oluwapelumi.obayanju@campus.tu-berlin.de
Room A409
Curriculum Vitae
Obayanju Oluwapelumi joined Habitat Unit in October 2018 as PhD candidate, with the interest in Post Conflict Architecture, Social responsive designs, Policy and recommendation strategies for top/down architectural design interventions, Use of locally sourced materials in Architecture.
His research focuses on the relationship between conflicts, post conflicts reconstruction strategies /policies and architectural design. Supported by research funding from the Paul Kremer Maria Foundation, he is currently working on a research project which empirically investigates the potentials of urban development coproduction practices in the development of self-provisioned housing and social spaces redevelopment of post conflict settlements in Global South (Nigeria),
Obayanju Oluwapelumi studied Architecture at Hochshule Anhalt Dessau after completed his Bachelor in Nigeria. Before joining Habitat Unit, he had internship in a Berlin based Architecture Design office where he mainly worked on design competition and residential projects of different scales.
2016 – 2018
Master of Arts in Architecture (M. Arch)
Hochshule Anhalt Dessau, Germany
Thesis: Designing temporarily permanent habitation for Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria with the use of locally sourced materials.
September 2017 – February 2018
Erasmus Exchange
University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
2009 – 2014
Bachelor of Technology in Architecture (B. Tech)
Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Since 2018 , Doctorate Research
Working Title: REDEVELOPMENT OF POST CONFLICT SETTLEMENTS: Coproduction approaches to self-provisioned housing and social spaces in North East Nigeria
December 2018-May 2019
Intern Architect
Lena Wimmer Architects, Berlin
Conference Proceeding
(2019) Co-production of shelter design for displaced persons in reconstruction of Post Conflict settlements in North East Nigeria
Trialog Conference, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Published Design
(2017) Park n Seat Bench
Hochshule Anhalt Dessau, Germany
(2018) The Folding Wall
University of Thessaly,Volos,Greece
2018
Paul Kremer Maria Foundation Stiftung
Doctorate Research Scholarship
2017-2018
Paul Kremer Maria Foundation Stiftung
Scholarship for completing Architecture Graduate School