#NTIA VILLA: What are the constraints envisaged while designing on a vast 3,424 sqms sloppy terrain of land?

A topographical survey is carried out to further inform you of the nature of the land and its contours, an ensuing battle to create a design that works harmoniously with the natural contours, intelligently using split levels, cut and fill concepts, cantilevers slabs or elevated foundations, the constant phone calls with the consultant engineer to determine the nature and position of retaining walls to avoid collapse, storm water drainage management, planning for safe and practical path ways, driveways, parking areas considering the incline, makes sure the landscape enhances the natural beauty of the design, controlling erosion and blending the structure seamlessly with the environment.

All these and more were foremost in designing this country home 6 bed villa that comes with a central fountain, games room, 3 living spaces, recreational outdoor spaces inclusive of a fire pit. A lower level basement would serve the maids, inverter, laundry and storage facilities located at the North wing of the site.

The basic concept was to reinforce communal living as the client would retreat periodically with the nuclear and extended family members all housed in this Neo classical type traditional development.

Architects and planners: @etarchitects_ltd
Structural engineer: @smarteraengineering
Service engineer: @mep_by_bocheng_consult

#U VILLA: Contemporary 5 bed with 2 bed staff quarter’s on 691sqms.

Site comprises of ample landscape, driveway, service building, pool deck, cascading fountain with sculpture and a cascading pool.

Main building incorporates solar alternative power source with an inverter room, voided lounge, gym, study, cinema, an open dry kitchen in its living room, storage space in the master bed, stairs and a pneumatic lift for vertical circulation. Its external ramp and wide doors emphasizes its design for inclusion of the physically challenged.

Exterior facade concept takes precedence due to its proximity to the ever busy and fast paced Aba road. The building reciprocates same in its zest for dynamics, expressed in its kinetic mix of sharp angles and delineated facade planes on all sides of its exterior.

Architects, supervisors and planners: @etarchitects_ltd
Structural engineer: @smarteraengineering
Service engineers: @mep_by_bocheng_consult

Project status: Stage 2 Construction documentation drawings for local approval agency.

#THE LUXE: Contemporary family 6 bedroom detached duplex with drive in parking, home office, maids room, 3 living areas, sky garden, kitchenette on pent-floor and pool designed on 890.513sqms.

Architects and planners: Ebisike Tochukwu Architects Ltd.
Structural engineer: Smartera Engineering Ltd
Service engineers: Bocheng Consulting Nig Ltd
Quantity Surveyors and Project managers: Korex Consult.

Project status: Stage 2 Construction documentation drawings for building approvals

 This contemporary 6 bed detached smart home villa comes ready with open plan living day spaces on the ground floor. A typical case of a clear interaction of outdoor and indoor communication made possible with its carefully placed large glazing fenestrations on the north portion of its orientation which has reduced heat build up and solar glare. A glass wine rack in its lobby, cinema and guest rooms.

A drive from its slim boulevard site entry leads you to its central fountain, parking spaces and rich green landscape. All positioned to be seen clearly from its double voided living spaces on its 3 floors. It’s central spherical staircase transitioning all floors is punctured by a dome skylight to throw light in from its south facing solar present rear.

Recreation remains a major part of the clients intent with a main portion of his site on the west wing calling for a calm evening swim, family get togethers for relaxation and fun.

Solar power generation with its inverter, automation room, master lounge, and a kitchenette are strategically left on its pent-floor that exhales with a sky terrace. The first floor sleeping spaces comes with its main lounge, voids and home office.

#CM MANOR: Contemporary Pent floored detached 6 bed duplex with cinema, pool, private study, pent-floor kitchenette and sky terrace on 690.390sqms.
House footprint 240sqms

Lagos Mainland

Architects and designers: @etarchitects_ltd
Structural engineers: Abimbola Adesanya Consult
Service Engineers: PHPM Engineering Consultants
Status: Stage 2 Construction documentation

#Slope HOUSE: How are houses on slopes designed to fit into a slope yet have spaces that remain functional?

We embarked on this project with the traditional cut and fill concept of constructing on a medium inclined land mass. Being met with a slope of about 2.6ms height variance from road level to its lowest portion on a 750sqms plot size, this country home was divided into 3 levels; having the main entrance, ante room, guest quarters and 3 bedrooms plus its family day living area cleverly tucked away from visitors on the ground floor level.

A basement (lower level) floor is created to accommodate the main living areas visitors climb down to with its dining, open and wet kitchen plus a wall winery. A gym is cleverly situated here with all space functions overlooking a pool at this level.

The pentfloor above contains a cinema, kitchenette, master lounge, master and madams bedroom, an extra vanity room, large walk in closet and an outdoor sky terrace.

The traditional gable roofing system as demanded by the client is over exaggerated in its front facade with a punctuation over the sky terrace of the pent floor.

Water flowing towards the rear of the site posses a major problem and is taken care of by the use of “slump pits” at the 2 major extremes of the site for water retention and pumped to the front of the site.

Traditional meets modern architecture.

Architects and planners: @etarchitects_ltd
Structural engineers: @smarteraengineering
Service Engineers: PHPM Engineering Consultants

Project Status: Construction Documentation.

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#designer #architect #architecture #retainingwalls #awka #ebisiketochukwu #ebisiketochukwuarchitectsltd

maitama urban: Contemporary Smart Houses, 6 bed Detached buildings on 1,589.10sqms.

Architects and planners:@etarchitects_ltd
Structural Engineers: @envync_engineering
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: Vastengineering services Nig. Ltd
Main Contractors: @se_constructions

Project status: Construction documentation

#HN House: This luxurious yet compact contemporary Bungalow has a footprint of 629sqms and sits centrally on the clients 4,000sqms of land alongside an outdoor cooking grill area, a 4 bed boys quarters, and an outdoor gazebo with generous lawns and open recreation areas.

It’s basic concept is a building that has an open plan with views and easy transitions to outdoor spaces. It relatively could be considered a retirement sanctuary where the clients love for personal space, nature and landscape is well emphasized in its long slit ceiling to floor slab fenestrations plus high double voided head rooms in its main living and dining areas.

A variety of generous outdoor sit out areas; especially its entrance front porch for family, relatives and kinsmen congregation is paid attention too.

Dark colored fiber cement siding, long curtain wall glazing, a rotatable entrance door, skylight in the main room corridors, high level windows, well lit suspended concrete stairs, miniature fountain, and perforated green walls are a major characteristic of the development.

Project status: Construction documentation

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Puru Iche: “Ihen Puru Iche” translated from traditional Igbo dialect is synonymous with Unique, Distinctive, Specialized etc.

Concept for developing the design of this 8 bedroom residential villa was an infusion of the traditional Igbo (south eastern Nigeria) identity with contemporary forms. This is outplayed in the manner of space planning and external design elements. The main voided living and dining areas on the ground floor with its entrance porch face the most predominant solar cardinal point of the south.

This in turn is shaded with recesses and external shading metal skin that was shaped and inspired from the traditional Igbo “Ukara Cloth” patterns.
An outdoor relaxation meeting place is covered in thatch and sunken seats for family commune. An Obi for kindred relatives is situated on the west wing. A mini basketball court and running track around the sites vast land for recreation was incorporated.

The 8 bedroom comes fully planned with an observatory for viewing stellar activities, voided meeting and living rooms, 2 formal and informal dinings on both floors, water features including ground and wall fountains, externally and internally.

All planned on 6,352.864 sqms.

Architect and planners: @etarchitects_ltd
Structural engineers: @smarteraengineering
Service Engineers: Lukhaz Nig. Ltd
Main Contractors: @se_constructions

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