Flamboyant, saturated and richly textured images showcasing ‘the emergence of a local architectural language that reflects the people’s ownership of their environment’ take third place in the Eye Line 2025 Student category
“I’m just enjoying the glorious immersivity of this set of images,” said judging panel chair Jan-Carlos Kucharek of Quadri Oyetunde’s three architectural visualisations highlighting indigenous Nigerian Yoruba culture and the rich, vibrant traditions of its Egungun Festival, creating “an architectural realm where the culture is not merely reflected but is woven into every structure and space”.
Even though there were many examples of high student skill levels in evidence in this year’s entries, the singular nature of the intent here – and its execution – was not lost on the judges.
Samantha Hardingham commented that “the saturated nature of the colour in this set of images is so difficult to do and so easy to get wrong”.
With brightly coloured textiles used as an expression of ancestral flamboyance, wealth and cultural pride, Oyetunde literally went to town, his all-encompassing fabric-store architecture serving “as a means of cultural amplification”.
Koldo Lus Arana acknowledged a “great development of texture as well as colour in the images”.
The design of the urban realm “is to showcase the emergence of a local architectural language that reflects the people’s ownership of their environment”, wrote Oyetunde, an MArch student at the University of Greenwich, London.
Judge Mary Duggan agreed: “The colours and the fabric patterns help create a world from this strong, visual amalgamation of ideas.”