Oluyemisi Awoniyi presented a climate-focused architecture portfolio at the Lagos Architecture exhibition, emphasizing low-carbon housing, passive cooling, and energy efficiency over flashy renders. Her work includes the Pocket Living Home, a budget-friendly, replicable model for tropical housing that uses local materials and passive strategies to reduce energy demand. Other projects like the Ikota multi-residential development and the Orchid Road hotel in Ibeju-Lekki show how shading, natural ventilation, and thermal buffering can cut operational carbon without sacrificing comfort. Awoniyi has delivered real institutional projects in Nigeria, including the Ogun State Judiciary Complex and Centenary Hall. She now works in the UK at the National Energy Foundation, managing retrofit and energy efficiency programs. Her portfolio demonstrates that climate responsibility in architecture is not about dramatic renders but about buildings that perform well, use less energy, and last longer. For anyone tracking low-carbon building design in tropical climates, her work is worth a look.
