Abstract analytical study of a hand crank artifact, rendered in white line and grain against a dark grid — the visual origin of The Obsidian Rig.

A Multidisciplinary Practice rooted in Situated Knowledge.

Samuel Boakye is an architect and researcher whose practice explores the intersections of culture, ecology, and material knowledge. His work examines how land, craft, and situated knowledge can inform architecture as a tool for restoration and spatial transformation. Trained at Yale and KNUST, his work moves between the scale of artifacts and that of territory.

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Night exterior rendering of The Obsidian Rig, a curved timber-screened meditation enclosure raised over water beneath a large moon, with a silhouetted figure seated at its threshold.

The Obsidian Rig

2023
Exterior rendering of Motile Heights, a high-rise residential tower with a patterned facade screen, set behind a grass lawn where a figure plays guitar in the foreground.

Motile Heights

2022
Aerial rendering of Príncipe Eco-Village at sunset, a curved line of timber-roofed buildings following the shoreline beside a white-sand beach and palm trees.

Príncipe Eco-Village

2025
Exterior rendering of an industrial materials-recovery facility with a triangulated timber lattice screen, workers in protective equipment and forklifts moving across the yard.

The Conveyor

2022