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I think I have only just realised (as of two days ago) one of the reasons I shoot the way I shoot. Without the human factor, I am very interested in the elements that make up a building. To try to piece them apart, and bring them back holistically to context, whether it's entranceways, openings, roofs, roof water drains, signage, etc. It tends to feel like these elements call out to me. In this instance, it was the strange trapezoid opening on the façade of this uncompleted church building combined with the way the partly visible stairs gives the false impression that it is a half-turn or dog-leg staircase leading into the roof's ceiling. Of course it wasn't leading into the ceiling! 😅 I made sure to confirm. Unfortunately I couldn't allay their fears enough to allow me take pictures inside. The interior was less impressive — unpainted and unrendered with plaster, just brute concrete and floors covered with fine cement dust — but it featured the typical galleries suspended on columns to either flanks of a church's nave. Ikot Efa Area, Calabar Field, along Murtala Mohammed Highway, Calabar, Cross River State. 2020. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #facade #calabar #yení #art (at Calabar Municipal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq5BAOqMFhz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Apostolic Church Nigeria. Ikot Efa Area, Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2020. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #calabar #yení #art (at Calabar Municipal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq3qL6DMbCW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It's Easter! Another time to know and ponder about the love, and significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Apostolic Church Nigeria. Ikot Efa Area, Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2020. Happy Easter! 🎉 #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #calabar #yení #art #easter (at Calabar Municipal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq1AzaXMtmE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Covid, Cities & Typologies On the 8th of March 2020, the Lagos State government banned religious gatherings of more than 50 people. On 30th March 2020, the federal government of Nigeria would announce a nationwide lockdown with immediate effect in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. 28th March 2020, Cross River State banned religious gatherings of more than 5 persons. 20th May 2020, Cross River lifts the ban on religious gatherings. As of 18th May 2020, NCDC confirmed the state had only tested seven samples, the second lowest in the country at the time. At the time, the state had no confirmed cases. 6th of June, the Lagos State government announced religious spaces could reopen for gatherings from the 19th of June, however this would become suspended, due to a rising number of cases in the state. Eventually opening on August 7th 2020, with services once a week and at a 50% capacity. Image 1-4 (Lockdown): Foursquare Gospel Church (FGC) Ìkòròdú, Lagos. May 2020. Image 5-10 (Post-lockdown): Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Calabar, Cross River State. August 2020. Typology: Religious How has the way you perceive and use space changed, pre and post Covid? #covidcitiesandtypologies #covidarchitecture #enduringspaces #covidspaces #COVID19 #everydaybuildings #documentinglagosarchitecture #architecturephotographer #architecturalphotography #calabararchitecture #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #africanarchitecture #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #calabar #lagos #yení (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNe0vO3lk1R/?igshid=1930lklbewuj

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Covid, Cities & Typologies With currently over 163,000 confirmed cases, Nigeria's first confirmed case was in Lagos on the 27th of February 2020. While Cross River was the last state to confirm a case — amidst a lot of political shenanigans — on the 6th of July 2020. Pre-Covid: 2017 Guinness Eye Centre, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Ìdí-Àràbà, Lagos. 2017. Covid: 2020 University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Etta-Agbor, Calabar. 2020. #covidcitiesandtypologies #enduringspaces #COVID19 #everydaybuildings #documentinglagosarchitecture #architecturephotographer #architecturalphotography #calabararchitecture #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #africanarchitecture #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #calabar #lagos #yení (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVQUWGFKcL/?igshid=1l3ls035wwwgo

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Covid, Cities & Typologies (Enduring Spaces) Pre-Covid: Image 1: Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos Island. 2019. Covid: Image 2: Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, Ikot Ansa, Calabar. June 2020. Typology: Religious It would have been easy to think the image of the Holy Cross Cathedral was made of a time when the engagement of Covid-19 protocols (such as social distancing) were required for religious spaces to resume activities in late 2020... By this time last year, churches in Nigeria were having a hard think on the possibility of celebrating Easter, during the first wave of the pandemic in the country and early in the nationwide lockdown. How has the pandemic changed the way you use religious spaces since the lockdown? #everydaybuildings #documentinglagosarchitecture #architecturephotographer #architecturalphotography #calabararchitecture #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #africanarchitecture #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #calabar #lagos #yení #covidcitiesandtypologies #enduringspaces #COVID19 (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNPnIgZlJvl/?igshid=3qksh35tpxe8

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Covid, Cities & Typologies. Fortunate to have experienced the nationwide Lockdown in two states that played key roles during the pandemic in Nigeria. I'll be doing some little comparisons between both cities under the purview of the coronavirus pandemic, using both old and new photographs. Pre-Covid: Image 1; Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos Island. Covid era: Image 2: Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, Calabar (ICP). Typology: Church #everydaybuildings #covidcitiesandtypologies #documentinglagosarchitecture #architecturephotographer #architecturalphotography #calabararchitecture #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #africanarchitecture #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #calabar #lagos #yení #COVID19 (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNM4tLtl1e5/?igshid=n4u6f1gdlzfp

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Covid, Cities & Typologies Pre-Covid: Image 1 & 2 Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Image 3: University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Typology: Hospital #everydaybuildings #covidcitiesandtypologies #documentinglagosarchitecture #architecturephotographer #architecturalphotography #calabararchitecture #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #africanarchitecture #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #calabar #lagos #yení #COVID19 (at Calabar South) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNCp7PAlMk-/?igshid=qacsqgujk1sz

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Cross River has surprised me a bit as a city. From shooting mid to low rises in Lagos meandering through vantage points, then to shooting loads of bungalows. And appreciating the aesthetic serenity of their 'smallness'. Ikot Ansa, Calabar, Cross River. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #calabar #yení (at Calabar Municipal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEaNkWhlhUk/?igshid=24b51ja34xef