APPLY BY 29 JUNE 2023, 10PM WAT

As we strive to make our live projects the object of practical education, we are refining our proprietary City As Entrepreneur concept - this idea of building a city incrementally through agile masterplanning strategies. The live project is a proposed Innovation Campus sitting on over 9,000 sq.m for a business incubation and accelerator organization in Osogbo, South-West Nigeria.

The big question is: How do we create a master-plan that prioritizes the most urgent income generating building assets that make it investor - friendly and long term economically viable? How do we exploit the site opportunities such as a busy bordering road, topography, existing trees, a found shallow well and a failed fence undone by capillary action to attract visitors, deliver interesting vistas, recreational areas and delineate the site between its more public and private functions. 

 From Friday 30 June till Saturday 1 July 2023, we will be working with 2 selected assistants to critique our master-plan concepts and develop them into full blown drawn out plans, callouts, renders and animation.

 This charrette welcomes applicants with background in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and urban planning and also encourages more women to apply.

 About the Charrettes

Our charrettes aim to be participatory design avenues for aspiring Environmental Designers (Architects, Urban Designers & Planners, Landscape Architects) Participants develop ideas into full blown proposals in a convivial atmosphere with immediate feedback. It offers a great avenue for students of the Built Environment Industry / young practitioners to gain experience in the profession, be part of live projects in Africa with freedom to work on projects outside of the academic and/or work calendar.

Selection

Successful participants will be on  'Assistant' grade in a typical architecture office. See category description below:  

 Assistants are fresh, out of school, curious, teachable multipotentialites whose cutting edge skills in architectural drawing and visualization, photo manipulation,  creating VR Walkthroughs will weld the visualization to the shared vision of the architect and the Client. They typically possess a Bachelors or Master degree in Architecture or an apprenticeship equivalent.

 Participants must have a stable internet connection, personal sketchbooks, pencils/pens and be highly skilled in any modelling and graphic software such as Revit and Photoshop. Interested applicants should register here: https://forms.zoho.com/ministr...  by 29 June 10pm WAT. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

Charrette Date & Time

Date 30 June - 1 July 2023.

Time    Friday     10am - 1pm ET (3pm - 6pm WAT) Intro Session

Saturday 12pm – 5pm WAT daily (7am - 12pm EDT)  [with breaks in-between]

Venue

Virtual (link to be shared with successful candidates)

 Benefits

- A Certificate of participation will be issued upon completion of the design exercise.

- Assistant Project Architect contract appointment.

- Membership of OUR CoDesign COLLECTIVE, to enjoy first updates on job offers, project participation.

-  $30 stipend toward their efforts on projects carried out during the Charrettes.

 Further Enquiries:

Ife Samuel |  ife@ministry-of-architecture.org