Elsie Owusu

**Elsie Owusu** OBE RIBA FRSA yɛ Britania dansini a wɔwoo no wɔ Ghana, ɔyɛ asɔremma a ɔhyehyɛɛ no na ɔyɛ Society of Black Architects no guamtrani a ɔdi kan. Wonim nso sɛ ɔne no dii anim wɔ United Kingdom Asɛnnibea Kunini a wɔresiesie no mu wɔ afe 2009 mu na ɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ Green Park tube station . Ɔyɛ Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Council muni a wɔapaw no fi afe 2014, ne London School of Architecture no guamtrani abadiakyiri .

## Nhomasua ne adwumayɛ
Wɔwoo Elsie Owusu wɔ Ghana na wɔ November 1962 mu no, ɔne n’awofoɔ tu kɔɔ UK, baabi a na n’agya yɛ ɔmanpanyin wɔ London. Ɔkɔɔ Streatham ne Clapham ntoaso sukuu wɔ London.

Ɔayɛ adwuma sɛ ɔdansifoɔ firi afe 1986, ɔhyehyɛɛ n’ankasa adansiɛ adwumayɛbea, Elsie Owusu Architects (EOA), a ɔda so ara yɛ ne sukuu panyin. EOA ne mfoniniyɛfo Sir Peter Blake ayɛ adwuma wɔ ofie a ahoɔden nnim, 60 Aden Grove, a wɔboaboaa ano wɔ nnansa mu no ho. Sɛ́ ɔdansifo panyin ma saa adwuma yi no, EOA nso ayɛ afie ne adan akɛse ho nhyehyɛe ama Ujima Adan Fekuw no. Mprempren EOA ne Symbiotica ne NS Design Consultants reyɛ adwuma abom wɔ UK/Nigerian mfoniniyɛfo Yinka Shonibare atrae ho .

Ɔne Fielden+Mawson yɛɛ ɔhokafo mfe 10,  faako a na ɔne no yɛ ɔdansifo panyin ma UK Asɛnnibea Kunini no ne nhyehyɛe kɛse kuw a wɔyɛ ma London Green Park Station . Owusu ne Fielden+Mawson yɛɛ adwuma bom nso hwɛɛ Lammas Center for St. Bernard’s Hospital no dabere so.  Sɛ́ obi a ɔyɛ nneɛma a wɔkora so ho ɔdansifo no, wayɛ adwuma nso wɔ ɔmanfo kar ne nneɛma a wɔbɛsan asiesie mu wɔ Ghana ne Nigeria. Ɔyɛ UK adwumakuw JustGhana a ɛhyɛ sikasɛm, nkɔso a ɛtra hɔ daa ne asetra mu nkitahodi a ɛma denhyɛ ho nkuran wɔ Ghana no kwankyerɛfo, ne ArchQuestra, "wɔhyehyɛɛ sɛ wɔde Britania adansi, adwinni ne mfiridwuma mu nneɛma a eye sen biara bɛma de aboa sikasɛm a ɛrenya nkɔso no kwankyerɛfo". Wɔ afe 2015 mu no na ɔyɛ nnipa 12 a wɔbɔɔ wɔn din sɛ "RIBA nhwɛsoɔ" de boaa nnipa a wɔka ho ne nnipa ahodoɔ no mu baako.

Wayɛ ahyehyɛde ahorow a Arts Council England, National Trust of England, ne UK Supreme Court Arts Trust ka ho no baguafo, na wayɛ Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) ne Architectural Bagua no sohwɛfo Fekuw .

Wɔ afe 2017 mu, de hyɛ Stephen Lawrence, a na ɔwɔ anidasoɔ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ ɔdansifoɔ a wɔkumm no mfeɛ aduonu nnum no, Owusu hyɛɛ aseɛ, ne Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, RIBA+25 ɔsatuo a ɛbɛma nneɛma ahodoɔ akɔ soro wɔ adansiɛ mu, adwuma bi a no, *Architects' Journal* bɔɔ amanneɛ wɔ afe 2015 mu sɛ "ɛyɛ wɔn a wɔnni ahodoɔ pii wɔ UK no mu baako, a wɔakyerɛ adansifoɔ ɔha mu nkyekyɛmu 94 ase sɛ wɔyɛ aborɔfoɔ", na RIBA adansifoɔ 27,000 a wɔagye wɔn atom no mu 4,000 pɛ na wɔyɛ mmaa. Wɔ "+25" nhyehyɛe no akyi, a enyaa mmoa fii mfɛfo adwumayɛfo te sɛ David Adjaye, Alison Brooks ne Richard Rogers hɔ no, na Owusu nkutoo nyɛ RIBA sodikuw no muni a ɔnyɛ aborɔfo bio na mmom na ɔyɛ 12 no mu biako.

Wɔ afe 2017 mu no wɔde Owusu too gua sɛ obi a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ RIBA titenani, a adansifoɔ bɛboro aduɔson a wɔagye wɔn atom a Sir David Adjaye OBE, Owen Luder CBE, Deborah Saunt ne Yasmin Shariff ka ho na wɔpaw no, na Baroness Doreen Lawrence na ɔpenee so. Owusu aka nsɛm a ɛfa ahyehyɛdeɛ mu mmusua mu nyiyim ne ɔbarima ne ɔbaa mu nyiyim ho asɛm wɔ adansiɛ adwuma no mu.

## Abasobɔde ahorow
Wɔpaw no sɛ Afrika Adwumayɛfo Ɔbea a Ɔsen Biara wɔ afe 2014.

Wɔpaw no sɛ OBE wɔ Ɔhemmaa no 2003 Awoda Nidi din mu, na waka sɛ: "Ɛde m'ahantan kɛse sɛ me nsɛm a mede too gua wɔ me OBE ho no yɛ sɛ Society of Black Architects no guamtrani." Meyɛ ɔdansifo a meyɛ ɔsatu. Saa na meyɛ. Ɛyɛ m'abrabɔ a ɛfa adansi ho no fa." Wɔapaw no nso sɛ Royal Society of Arts no muni .

Owusu nyaa Recognition Award wɔ afe 2017 Women4Africa no mu.

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