Michael Olutusen Onafowokan

Michael Olutusen Onafowokan (1912-1991)  masanin gine-ginen Najeriya ne wanda aka dauka a matsayin mai gabatarwa na gine-gine a Najeriya da Commonwealth Africa.  Ya kasance daya daga cikin masu gabatarwa na Tropical Modernism wani zamanin ƙirar gine-gine wanda ya ɗauki la'akari da yanayin yanayi na yankin kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya rage ko amfani da yanayin yanayi ta hanyar amfani da abubuwan ƙira, salo da ra'ayoyi.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Michael Olutusen Onafowokan a Ikorodu, Jihar Legas Najeriya inda ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Methodist Ita-Elewa Ikorodu da Makarantar Firimare ta St. Peters Faji-Ajele Street Lagos .  Don karatun sakandare, ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Methodist Boys a Legas. Ya wuce jarrabawar Junior Cambridge a 1932, bayan haka ya halarci makarantar fasaha ta Sashen Ayyuka na Jama'a kuma ya sami difloma a Injiniyanci a 1938. 

Michael Olutusen Onafowokan ya fara aiki bayan horo a Sashen Ayyukan Jama'a. Da ke ƙasa akwai taƙaitaccen hanyar aikinsa.

 Ma'aikatar Ayyuka ta Jama'a 
1937–1946Ya kuma yi aiki a larduna daban-daban a Najeriya da wasu sassan Afirka ta Yamma a wannan lokacin.Sashen Zane da Bincike na Adadin - 1937-1939 

Ƙananan Ma'aikatan Fasaha - 1937-1942 

Sashe na Ayyuka da Gine-gine - 1939-19461939–1946

Darussan dare na jami'a a Legas - 1942-1945 

ya wuce jarrabawar karatun Jami'ar London a 1946 An fara shi a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal London 1946
An canja shi zuwa Jami'ar Glasgow Caledonian a 1947 Bachelor of Science in Architecture - 1952 Post Graduate Diploma in Town Planning - 1953
Ya koma Najeriya a 1953 kuma ya fara aiki a tsohuwar yankin Yamma, a shekara ta 1954 yana aiki tare da Ma'aikatar Lands da Housing a Ibadan sannan daga baya a Ma'aikatu ta Sufuri. Ya yi ritaya a ranar 1 ga Disamba 1968 a matsayin Babban Masanin Gine-gine na Yankin. Daga baya ya shiga aikin kansa da sunan Onafowokan Cityscape Group .  Kamfanin gine-gine har yanzu yana nan a zamanin yau a matsayin Onafowokan Cityscape Limited sama da shekaru 30 bayan mutuwarsa. OCL kuma kamfani ne na tsara gari .

 Falsafar gine-gine da salon 
Ya yi aiki a kan ayyukan kuma salon sa ya dace da amfani da sararin samaniya a cikin ƙirar sa da kuma cikakken haɗin ginin tare da abubuwan muhalli, salon ƙirar sa ya fi yawa.  [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span>]

Ya goyi bayan falsafar gine-gine na Tropical Modernism a Najeriya,  tabbatar da cewa masu amfani da gine-gine ba su da tasiri ga yanayi, asibitoci kamar Asibitin Koyarwa na Jami'ar Jihar Legas,  Ikilisiyar Patriarch Bolaji Methodist wacce aka tsara a 1969 sune manyan misalai na falsafar ƙirar gine-gine ta zamani a Najeriya. 

 Ayyuka da ayyukan 
Wasu ayyukan da Onafowakan Michael Olutusen ya yi sun hada da:

 Gidan Cocoa (1964) .
 Ikklisiyoyin Methodist - Ita-Elewa, Aiyepe, Ogbomosho, Otapete, Agbeni. Tsakanin (1963-1985) .
 Asibitin Koyarwa na Jami'ar Jihar Legas (1972) 
 Grace Nursery da Makarantar Firamare Gbagada (1974) 
 Ikorodu Town Hall (1971-1983) .
 Kungiyar Oriwu Citrus (1987) 
 Kwalejin Gwamnati Legas (1976) 
 Legas - Hanyar Ikorodu (1942-1952) 
 Makarantar Sakandaren Yara ta Methodist, Legas (1969-1985) 
 Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta Tarayya (1975) 

 Gidan wasan kwaikwayo 
Wadannan hotuna ne na ayyukan Michael Olutusen Onafowokan wasu an sake gyara su kuma wasu har yanzu suna cikin siffofin asali suna kula da bangon da abubuwa iri ɗaya lokacin da aka fara tsara su.
alt=|left|thumb|Hoton Ikilisiyar Methodist Ita-Elewa a Ikorodu Legas Najeriya, wanda Arc. Onafowokan Michael Olutusen ya tsara a cikin shekara ta 1961
alt=Government College Lagos at Eric Moore Road Surulere designed by Onafowokan Michael Olutusen 1974|left|thumb|Gidan aji na Kwalejin Gwamnatin Legas ta hanyar Eric Moore Surulere, Jihar Lados, wanda Onafowokan Michael Olutusen ya tsara a cikin shekara ta 1974
alt=|left|thumb|Tarihin Arc. Onafowokan Michael Olutusen yana nuna ra'ayi na Ikorodu Townhall

 Kyaututtuka 
Ofishin Order of the Niger (OON) 1982 
Kyautar Godiya MBHS Ibadan (1988)  

Kyautar NIA ta Post Humous (2010)  

Kyautar Godiya IDRDG (2011) 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutane daga Jihar Legas