tomi seyi laja
laja.tomi@gmail.com
Berlin, Germany

(
b. 1996, Ibadan) is a Nigerian American architect, researcher, writer, and artist currently based in Berlin, by way of Chicago. Working with sculpture, drawing, and essays, her practice prioritizes poetics to explore spatial themes on form, environment, agency, and sensuality. She works on personal and commissioned projects worldwide.

Currently, she works as a freelance architect and consultant with commercial and institutional clients. Previous work and collaborations include Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM, Chicago and NYC), Park Books (Zurich), OMA/AMO (Rotterdam), the Graham Foundation (Chicago), The Funambulist (Paris), and Scapegoat: Architecture, Landscape, Political Economy (Berlin/Toronto), amongst others, with technical design, project management, research, programming, editorial, and strategy. Her writing has been published by MIT Press (Storefront Art & Architecture / Amanda Williams Studio), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Art Papers, Yale Paprika!, and DISC: Media, Technology, Environments. Awards, fellowships, and residencies include Fulbright Germany, Luminary Arts, and Design Akademie Saaleck.