NDZALAMAWORLD [ndza/la/ma]

WORK    BIO

“YOU MISS 100% OF THE SHOTS.”
Degree Project: BA Architecture

   Analogue Representation Unit

       Group Build and Solo Works      



Through model making and design, this project tells the story of an imagined craftsman who didn’t quite make history. In the first assignment of this unit, I looked to redesign well-known devices starting with a polygraph/lie detector. 

After struggling to get the printing process to work, I thought it was ironic that I’d built a lie detector that couldn’t show you if someone was lying or not. 

This inspired my character whose final works were consistently foiled by a single flaw. The next device was a live installation of a piece of musical furniture on my university campus. With a group of 3 designers and set builders, we spent two weeks constructing a chair out of repurposed materials to create a comfortable seat which would serenade you with sounds so unpleasant you’d be compelled to keep walking. The last assignment was to draw and model this inventor's home which was purpose-built to manage recurring disappointment. His home’s feature piece was a chairlift extending out of the building giving him a view across the city where he could reflect on where it all went wrong.


Role(s): 3D Modelling, Photography, Architectural Design.

A LIE DETECTOR THAT CAN’T TELL THE TRUTH - MADE FROM WHAT I COULD FIND ON THE UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP FLOOR.
LIVE MUSICAL FURNITURE INSTALLATION FOR PUBLIC USE ON UNIVERSITY PIAZZA - ALSO MADE FROM DISUSED ITEMS.
A1 1:50 SCALE HAND DRAWING FOR THE INVENTOR’S HOME.
1:100 TECHNICAL MODEL OF THE DWELLING UNDER CONSTRUCTION