Background
Aradeon, David Olatunde was born on November 7, 1933 in Lagos, Nigeria. Son of Jonathan Okhiure and Dorcas Ebuade (Asikoko) Aradeon.
architect university professor
Aradeon, David Olatunde was born on November 7, 1933 in Lagos, Nigeria. Son of Jonathan Okhiure and Dorcas Ebuade (Asikoko) Aradeon.
Bachelor of Architecture, Columbia University, 1966.
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.
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, 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 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, the auditorium of the University of Portuguese Harcourt and the National Cultural Complex in Abuja (2003). Aradeon lives and works in Lagos.
Chairman Build With Earth, Nigeria, 1996.
Married Susan Brockway, June 18, 1966. Children: Eric Dewole, Mark Olajide, Lisa Osena.