David Olatunde Aradeon (November 7, 1933 – September 30, 2024) was a Nigerian architect, urban planner and curator.

Career

David Aradeon was born in

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, and commenced his Architectural education in 1959 at

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. After his graduation in 1966, he worked for three different architectural firms in

and then returned to Nigeria. In 1968, he was awarded a three-year Ford Fellowship to study the human settlements in western and

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. At the

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, he was a lecturer in the Department of Architecture, where he was appointed Professor in 1979. Aradeon founded the Sankore Institute for African Environment and Development in Lagos, which he still headed. He co-founded the non-profit organization ''Build with Earth'' for the promotion of Building with earth. In 1977, he curated the African Architectural Technology Exhibition for the Festival of African Cultures in Lagos. He was curator of the exhibition "Views of Lagos" and at the ifa galleries in

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2004–2005

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has been shown. In 2007, his research focused on Movement of Forms, Antecedents of Afro-Brazilian Spaces. Aradeon was licensed as an Architect in Nigeria. In addition to his academic work as a lecturer, he was also the founding partner of the architectural firm; Studio 4 Associates shown at Documenta 12 in Kassel He designed, among other projects, residential buildings in

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and Lagos, the elementary school buildings for the

Women Society, the entire Campus of the

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(1988), the showrooms and offices of the National Council of Arts and Culture in Iganmu, Lagos, the auditorium of the

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and the National Cultural Complex in Abuja (2003). Aradeon lived and worked in Lagos. Aradeon died on September 30, 2024, at the age of 90.

Selected publications

* * * Zusammen mit Siyanbola Tomori und Ajato Gandonu: Medium and small size settlement in development strategy, Porto Novo region, Nigeria. ''Towards alternative settlement strategies: the role of small and intermediate centers in the development process.'' Heritage Publishers, New York 1980.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aradeon, David 1933 births 2024 deaths Architects from Lagos Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni Academic staff of the University of Lagos Urban designers Nigerian expatriates in the United States Nigerian curators Nigerian urban planners Architecture educators 20th-century Nigerian architects 21st-century Nigerian architects Recipients of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award

Career

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