“A Memory of Walls”

This body of work serves as a visual eulogy for the architectural anchors of a University. Through lens focused on archaic patterns and skeletal lines, this collection explores the transition of university structures from functional monuments to artifacts

This body of work serves as a visual eulogy for the architectural anchors of the University of the Lagos belonging to the post-colonial and Late Modernist structures built from the 1960s through the 1980s. Through a lens focused on archaic patterns and skeletal lines, this collection explores the transition of university structures from functional monuments to living artifacts. It isn't about the grand history found in textbooks, but rather the history you can touch. The rough textures, the sun-bleached bricks, and the sturdy lines that haven't moved an inch in decades.

I’ve always been drawn to the idea that things don’t have to be new in order to be beautiful. There’s a specific kind of splendour in a wall that has seen several years of seasons… it loses its brightness but gains a soul.

By stripping away the distractions of modern campus life, these photos show that even as a design begins to fade, its character only grows stronger. It is a celebration of what remains when the newness wears off.