1 / 9

Ugo Okafor

Ugo Okafor. African American. Who is he?. Ugo Okafor is an Architect with extensive professional experience in Asia, Africa and Europe. Mr. Okafor serves as Senior Vice President, Business Development and Managing Director of the Goodworks office in Lagos, Nigeria

jonah-henson
Download Presentation

Ugo Okafor

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ugo Okafor African American

  2. Who is he? • Ugo Okafor is an Architect with extensive professional experience in Asia, Africa and Europe. • Mr. Okafor serves as Senior Vice President, Business Development and Managing Director of the Goodworks office in Lagos, Nigeria • Mr. Okafor is a licensed attorney • holds a Bachelors of Laws (LL.B.) with honors from the University of Nigeria and a certificate of practice from the Nigerian Law School

  3. Major Interests • His major interests are sustainable tropical architecture with an emphasis on the adaptation of local materials to the built environment. • practiced commercial litigation at the Atlanta office of the Lord, Bissell, and Brook law firm.

  4. What is sustainable tropical architecture ? • Sustainable agriculture refers to the ability of a farm to produce food indefinitely, without causing severe or irreversible damage to ecosystem health • Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities

  5. Articles that he wrote about • Building with Mud, Straw Bale and Timber can also help reduce our Carbon footprint

  6. At African Architecture andDesign A Hub for African Architecture, Design and Eco-friendly Development projects.

  7. 13 Principles of Sustainable Architecture • Thirteen Principles of Sustainable Architecture was posted by Ugo Okafor • Small is beautiful • Heat with the sun • Keep your cool • Let nature cool your food • Be energy efficient • Conserve water • Use local materials • Save the forests • Recycle materials • Build to last • Grow your food • Share Facilities

  8. Work cited page • African Architecture and Design A Hub for African Architecture, Design and Eco-friendly Development projects. • Thirteen Principles of Sustainable Architecture • http://africanarchitecture.blogspot.com/search?q=mud

More Related