Abimbola
Asojo
Education
University of East London, London
M.Sc. Master of Science in Architecture:
Computing and Design 9.95
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria M.Sc. Master of Science
in Architecture, 1992 12.92 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
B.Sc. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 1990 9.90
Academic Experience
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Associate Professor, Interior
Design College of Architecture 7.03-present
The University of Oklahoma,Norman,
OK
Assistant Professor of Interior
Design College of Architecture, 1997-2003
Professional Experience
US Lighting Consultant, New York, NY/ Lighting Designer 06.02-08.02
Stage Planning & Design Houston, Texas/Architect 1996-1997
Doris Gibbs P.E., Houston, Texas/Architect 1996 -1997
MEC Engineering, Baytown, Texas/ Architect 6.96 - 11.96
AT Onajide Associates, Lagos, Nigeria/ Architect 1992 - 1994
Selected Projects
Al Manshar Commercial Complex, Kuwait City, Kuwait (lighting design)
Boley Museum of African-American Culture, Boley, OK (programming, schematic
design, design development),Medicine Shoppe, Norman, OK (interior architecture);
Light Club, Houston, TX (interior architecture, 3D Modeling); Safe Plaza
Fitness Center, Houston, TX (programming, design development); Hillard
Ranch Estate, Houston, TX (interior architecture, design development);
Palais Royal, Houston, TX (interior architecture); Stage, Keokuk, Iowa
(interior architecture), Bealls, Forthworth, TX (interior architecture);
Thomason Interiors, Baytown, TX (programming, design development); Chevron
Marketing, Houston, TX (programming, design development); Shell Petroleum,
Lagos, Nigeria (housing development); A.T. Onajide (programming, design
development, construction document supervision); S. Edu, Lagos, Nigeria
(programming, design development); T. Asojo, Ibadan, Nigeria (design
development); Mr Banjoko, Lagos, Nigeria (housing development); Pete
Rios, Baytown, TX (Foundation Design); TMA, Houston, TX (Low income
development, Project Row houses); Assisted Living Center Houston, TX
(programming, design development).
Selected Research and Creative Activity
Asojo, Abimbola "Preserving the Past and Designing the Future: A Tale
of Two Communities" 2003 Interior Design Educators Council Conference
Proceedings, March 2003, San Diego, CA, p 87-88. Asojo, Abimbola O."Diverse
Design" in Interior & Sources Magazine, May 2002, p.112-114.
Asojo, Abimbola O. "A Model for
Integrating Culture-Based Issues in Creative Thinking and Problem Solving"
Journal of Interior Design, Vol.27:2, Fall 2001, p. 46-58
Asojo, Abimbola O. "Connecting Paradigms for Culture-based Issues in
Interior Design Studios " 2001 Interior Design Educators Council Conference
Proceedings, March 2001, Chicago, IL, p 41-43.
Asojo, Abimbola O. "Digital Trends: Visualizing, Designing, and Communicating
in Architecture" Representation 2000 Journal of Design Communication,
p. 32-43.
Asojo, Abimbola O. "The Evolution of Form: Exploring Algorithms as Form
Determinants in Design" 89th Annual Meeting Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture Conference, March 2001, Baltimore, p 163-170.
Asojo, Abimbola and Harris, Betty, "Preserving Cultural Legacies in
Affordable Housing: Case Studies from South Africa and Nigeria" International
Association for the Study of Traditional Environments Conference/Working
Paper Series, Preservation, Transformation, and the Making of Place,
Berkeley, CA: University of California, 2000, Vol. 125, 57-71.
Asojo, Abimbola O., "Building Bridges: Culture Based Design Issues in
Creative Thinking and Problem Solving" Environmental Design Research
Association 2000 Conference Proceedings, San Francisco, California,
p.169.
Asojo, Abimbola O. "An Operational Philosophy for Housing Disabled Children
in Third World Countries: Nigerian Case Studies" Designing in the 21st
Century Conference II Proceedings, June 2000, Providence, Rhode Island
http://www.adaptenv.org/21century/proceedings.asp.
________, "A Design Algorithm After Le Corbusier" 1999 Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture Technology Conference Proceedings,
Montreal Canada June 1999 Chapter 2. p.140-144.
________ , " The Next Millennium- Designing in the Digital World - The
Impact of Digital Multi-media on the Interior Design Studio" 1999 Interior
Design Educators Council Conference Proceedings, Clearwater, Florida,
p. 104-105.
Leigh, Katharine E. and Asojo, Abimbola. "A Spiritual Celebration of
Cultural Heritage". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Berkeley,
CA: University of California, Vol X, No. 11, Spring 1999, p.19-31.
Leigh, Katharine E. and Asojo, Abimbola. "A Spiritual Celebration of
Cultural Heritage". International Association for the Study of Traditional
Environments/Working Paper Series, Tradition as Process and Practice
No. 110/1, Berkeley, CA: University of California, December 1998.
Asojo Abimbola O. and Asojo Theresa T. "Reestablishing Traditions in
the Architecture of Sacred Spaces: A Case Study of African and African
American Sacred Spaces", 25th Annual Third World Conference proceedings,
Chicago, Illinois, March 1999 p. 49-65.
Asojo, Abimbola O "Culture and Design: A Culture Based Museum Design
Project, Proceedings of the 9th Oklahoma Conference of Art Historians,
February 1999 p. 23-32.
________, "Generative Modeling - After Le Corbusier". Representation:
Journal of the Design Communication Association. Vol. 8, p. 93, January
1998.
Research Areas
Computer Aided Design and Drafting Systems, Algorithms in Design, Computer
Programming
African Architecture and Non Western Archetypes
Selected Awards and Honors
2002 Nuckolls Fund 2002 Grant Edison Price Fellowship.
2002 President's Distinguished
Faculty Mentoring Program Award, Fall 2002 for UNIV. 1210 Class 2002
Focus Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2001 Illuminating Engineering
Society of North America (IESNA) Summer Workshop for Teachers of Lighting,
Durham, New Hampshire Award.
2000 Interior Design Educators Southwest Regional Conference Best Paper/
Presentation Award. 1999 The University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture,
Outstanding Faculty Performance in Research/Creative Activity.
1999 OU Junior Faculty Research Program Recipient.
1990 Ondo State Government, Nigeria Award for Best Student in Architecture.
E Mail: aasojo@ou.edu