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James George is a thinker, researcher, teacher, and architect. He studied architecture at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria before going on to become Head of Design at Design Union, Nigeria.

Currently, he is the Head of Design of HTL where his immediate focus is on Innovative Sustainable Solutions and Future African Cities. He is a nominee for the prestigious Rolex Mentor & Protege Arts Initiative.

His current interests revolve around the multi-layering of city space and how the infrastructure of the city can be invaded and interrupted with architecture. His ongoing series of lectures-: Towards A New Core will deal with the creation of a tabula rasa in his native Africa that can serve as a springboard for the creation of a new African architecture.

We sat with him for an hour to talk about everything from his upbringing, education at ABU, Zaria and practicing Architecture in Nigeria. 

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The Come-up Series is a collaboration between Studio 400 Podcast and The N.A.R.P. (Please check them out on Instagram - @_n.a.r.p). On the Come-Up Series, we'd be sitting with some of our favourite architects to talk about life and their career journeys.

In the concluding part of our conversation with Seun Oduwole, he tells us about his experiences with clients, learning outside the classroom and what he looks out for when hiring.

Seun Oduwole Principal of SI.SA (Studio Imagine. Simply Architecture), an office operating on the premise that architecture can be a catalyst for urban regeneration.

Introducing the Come-up Series.

The Come-up Series is a collaboration between Studio 400 Podcast and The N.A.R.P. (Please check them out on Instagram - @_n.a.r.p). On the Come-Up Series, we'd be sitting with some of our favourite architects to talk about life and their career journeys. 

Our first guest is Seun Oduwole Principal of SI.SA (Studio Imagine. Simply Architecture), an office operating on the premise that architecture can be a catalyst for urban regeneration.
We had a very insightful conversation with him about his design ideologies, career journey and education. 

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For the past few weeks, Nigerians all over the world have been calling for an end to police brutality. These protests have gone on to mark the beginning of a call for good governance and accountability across the board. 
On this podcast episode, I examine all these happenings through the lens of architecture and urban design. 

I sat with my friends from undergraduate school to discuss what going abroad for our masters was like after spending about 16+ years within the Nigerian Education System. We spoke about the culture shock, missing home, racism and how the application process was like. 
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The conversation with Damilare, Laolu and Paul was so long and insightful that we couldn't stick to a single 30-minute episode. So, here is the concluding part of our discussion on Nigerian Architecture. 
We had so much fun learning and bantering each other and we hope you enjoy listening to it too. If you have any questions, please feel free to send a message to @studio400.pod on Instagram. Thank you for listening and sharing!

On this episode, I spoke to Damilare, Paul, Laolu and I sat to discuss what Nigerian architecture looks like if we have one or what it should be if we were interested in creating an identity.
This was a really insightful discussion and many references both local and international were mentioned. If you have any questions about what we spoke about, please send a message to @studio400.pod on Instagram and we'd be happy to help

This is the concluding part of Dear Architecture Student. If you've not listened to the previous episode, it might help if you start from there. 
Here, we continued the conversation Timeyin, Ini and Soji about undergraduate education and we spoke about the bias of lecturers and how students were also part of the problem. We also spoke and laughed about some lessons we learned in those less than ideal circumstances. 
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In this episode, I had a chat with Timeyin, Soji and Ini. We spoke about our experiences in  Architecture School in Nigeria and how it affected us for better or for worse. 

In this episode, I sat with Dotun Ade to have a conversation on the currents state of housing in Nigeria and different solutions both conventional and unconventional. We also discussed the role of the professional bodies and legislature in helping to close the gap. Please listen and enjoy!