David Olatunde Aradeon (November 7, 1933 – September 30, 2024) was a Nigerian architect, urban planner and curator.
David Aradeon | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 7, 1933 |
| Died | September 30, 2024 (aged 90) Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Other names | Olatunde |
| Education | Columbia University, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, Urban Planner, Curator |
| Honours | Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) |
Career
editDavid Aradeon was born in Lagos, and commenced his Architectural education in 1959 at Columbia University in New York. After his graduation in 1966, he worked for three different architectural firms in New York and then returned to Nigeria. In 1968, he was awarded a three-year Ford Fellowship to study the human settlements in western and North Africa. At the University of Lagos, he was a lecturer in the Department of Architecture, where he was appointed Professor in 1979.[1][2][3] Aradeon founded the Sankore Institute for African Environment and Development in Lagos, which he still heads today. He co-founded the non-profit organization Build with Earth for the promotion of Building with earth. In 1977, he curated the African Architectural Technology Exhibition for the Festival of African Cultures in Lagos. He was curator of the exhibition "Views of Lagos" and at the ifa galleries in Stuttgart 2004-2005 Berlin has been shown,[4][5][6] In 2007, his research focused on Movement of Forms, Antecedents of Afro-Brazilian Spaces. Aradeon is licensed as an Architect in Nigeria. In addition to his academic work as a lecturer, he was also the founding partner of the architectural firm; Studio 4 Associates shown at Documenta 12 in Kassel[7] [8]
He designed, among other projects, residential buildings in Ibadan and Lagos, the elementary school buildings for the University of Lagos Women Society, the entire Campus of the Lagos State University (1988), the showrooms and offices of the National Council of Arts and Culture in Iganmu, Lagos,[9] the auditorium of the University of Port Harcourt and the National Cultural Complex in Abuja (2003). Aradeon lives and works in Lagos. Aradeon died on September 30, 2024, at the age of 90.[10]
Selected publications
edit- David Aradeon (11 February 1998). Architecture: The Search for Identity and Continuity (an Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University of Lagos). University of Lagos Press. ISBN 978-017-063-4.
- David Aradeon (1977). African Architectural Technology exhibitions. International Secretariat, 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, 1977.
- Zusammen mit Siyanbola Tomori und Ajato Gandonu: Medium and small size settlement in development strategy, Porto Novo region, Nigeria. Towards alternative settlement strategies: the role of small and intermediate centers in the development process. Heritage Publishers, New York 1980.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alexis Adandé; E. N. Arinze (2002). Museums and Urban culture in West Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 131. ISBN 9780852552759.
- ^ "ART, SOUL, POLITICS". Cornell University. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Aradeon, David (1981). "Space and House Form: Teaching Cultural Significance to Nigerian Students". Journal of Architectural Education. 35 (1). Association of Collegiate schools of Architecture: 25–27. doi:10.2307/1424578. JSTOR 1424578.
- ^ "David Aradeon". Berlin: Ifa Galleries. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "City views of Lagos. ifa Gallery Berlin (27 August-17 October 2004) and ifa Gallery Stuttgart (November 26, 2004 - January 9, 2005). Curated by Akin Akinbiyi and David Aradeon. catalog". Federal Center for Political Education, Berlin: the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations. 2004. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
- ^ "Citation for Prof. David O. Aradeon" (PDF). Nigerian National Merit Award. September 12, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "David Aradeon, interview at Documenta 12". 12 June 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "David Aradeon; Movement of Forms. Antecedents of Afro-Brazilian Spaces;Installation 2007". Documenta Kassel. 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "National Council of Arts and Culture". Nigeria. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
- ^ "David Aradeon obituary". 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
External links
edit- "Citation for Prof. David O. Aradeon on the occasion of the award of the Nigerian National Order of Merit 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2007.