Fatima Dauda Lawal
Fatima Dauda Lawal is an Interior Design and Environment Architectures student at Ravensbourne University London whose work examines adaptive reuse, temporal architecture and community-centred spatial design. Her Final Major Project is a re-imagining of the former Palace Cinema in Kentish Town as a public space for two uses operating over a 24-hour cycle as a community cinema by day, and as a café for night workers after hours. Her work addresses how architecture may respond to the changing urban rhythms, while retaining cultural memory and tradition through material contrast and flexible spatial interventions.
Night Cafe Interior Render – Interior render showing the transformation of the cinema space into a night workers’ café through atmospheric lighting and adaptive spatial design.
Exploded Axonometric Diagram – An exploded axonometric illustrating the relationship between the retained historic structure and proposed adaptive spatial interventions.
Sectional Facade Study – Sectional study illustrating the integration of the historic facade with the proposed adaptive architectural intervention.
Day-to-Night Transformation – Day-to-night facade transformation illustrating the project’s dual programme and temporal architectural strategy.