Case Study / Residential

UDO Residence

Residential · exterior-only
LocationMagodo Phase 2, Lagos
StatusHistoric completed record
HSD scopeArchitectural design
UDO Residence
01 / Project narrative

The brief

A 4-bedroom duplex with basement and BQ on a 500 sqm site, designed around a difficult front-to-back level difference.

The challenge

Rather than treating the site fall as a constraint, the design used the level change to introduce a basement level while preserving the main residential programme above.

The response

The planning strategy turns the site’s vertical difference into usable building volume. Historic project imagery documents construction and the completed residence; current publication is restricted to exterior views.

The result

A site-responsive residential scheme in which level change becomes part of the architectural strategy.

02 / HSD thinking

The thinking behind the project

The project shows how topography can become programme. Instead of spending the design effort fighting the site, the level difference is used to create useful volume and a more responsive section.

Project record
LocationMagodo Phase 2, Lagos
SiteApprox. 500 sqm
Type4-bedroom duplex with basement & BQ
HSD roleArchitectural Design
Key challengeFront-to-back site level difference
Publication note

Residential · exterior-only

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