Prof. Rexford Assasie Oppong

oppong Rexford Assasie Oppong is an Associate Professor of Architecture in the Department of Architecture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Architecture from the premier Liverpool School of Architecture - University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom (2007-2011); Masters in Urban Planning and Management from the La Sapienza-University of Rome (2003-2004) as well as BSc (Design) (1991-1994) and Postgraduate Diploma (architecture) (1996-1998) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.

Rexford is a researcher, academic and architect with interest in Human Settlements Planning. He is a registered member of the Ghana Institute of Architects (Standing Register No: ARC S. 0561) and has acted as a consultant to a number of organisations and institutions in urban/rural Ghana in the areas of architecture and building construction.

Rexford Oppong is a Presbyterian and a full member of the Christ Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, KNUST. He enjoys being a Presbyterian and tries to respect Presbyterian traditions. He has planned, designed, supervised and completed a number of projects including over 50 private residential buildings, about 25 bank buildings and interiors as well as the Presbytery architectural projects of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

He has won many scholarships and awards/prizes. He co-won (with Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa) the Appraisal Institute Prize for the best paper delivery award at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors/International Real Estate Society sponsored Conference, held at Livingstone, Zambia in 2007. He is Honorary Research Fellow of Liverpool School of Architecture of the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Rexford Assasie Oppong hails from Oyoko near Koforidua in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He attended Pope John Secondary School and Junior Seminary, Effiduase-Koforidua (1983-1988) and Sunyani Secondary School, Sunyani (1988-1990) for his Ordinary and Advanced Levels education respectively. He actively participated in students’ politics at the secondary and tertiary levels of his education.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Associate, Ghana Institute of Architects – AGIA

TEACHING AREAS

Architectural History and Appreciation
Architectural Design
Urban Design, Housing, and Landscape Architecture
Settlement Planning and Design

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Taste in Architecture
Architectural History and Appreciation
Urban Design, Housing, and Landscape Architecture

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Oppong, R. A. & Solomon-Ayeh, B. (2013) “Empirical Examination of Architectural Taste and Building Material Preferences”. Journal of Building and Road Research, Vol. 14, No.1.
Oppong, R. A. & Yeboah, E. (2013) “Empirical Examinations of Conflicts and Contradictions in Architecture, Land and Suburban Sprawl: The Case of Tamale, Ghana”. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp.92-104
Solomon-Ayeh, B., Oppong, R. A. & Okoko, E. (2013) “Street Trading in the Urban Informal Sector and Its Implications for Policy: The Case of Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana”. West African Journal of Building and Road Research, Vol.1 (1) appeared: March, 2014.
Oppong, R. A. & Badu, E. (2012) “Building Material Preferences in Warm-Humid and Hot-Dry Climates in Ghana”. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp 24-37.
Oppong, R. A. & Brown, A. (2012) “Teardowns, Upgrading and an Emerging Paradigm of Building Property Finance in Kumasi, Ghana”. Journal of African Real Estate Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 24-57.
Oppong, R. A. & Badu, E. (2012) “The Evaluation of Stabilised-Earth (Tek) Block for Housing Provision and Construction in Ghana”. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp 104-118.
Oppong R. A. & Adarkwa, K. K. (2008) “The Paradox of Landlessness Housing Transformation and Development at Abakam Fishing Village in Ghana”. Journal of African Real Estate Research, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 41 – 47.
Adarkwa, K. K. & R. A. Oppong (2007) “Poverty Reduction Through the Creation of Livable Housing Environment – Case Study of Habitat for Humanity International’s Housing Units in Rural Ghana”. Journal of Property Management, Vol.25, No. 1, pp.7-26.

Selected Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

Oppong, R.A. (2013) “Recombinants: Theoretical Propositions to Practical Dispositions for Resolving Conflicts in African Metropolis and Periphery”. Published in peer reviewed Proceedings of Design, Development and Research International Conference, themed: Design Complexities for Development, JULY 18 - 20, 2013, Kumasi, Ghana, pp. 133-154, ISBN: 978-9988-1-8513-8, http://www.ddr2013.com.gh
Oppong, R. A. & Wellington, H. N. A. (2012) “Architecture of Oppression: the use of the Dungeons in the Forts and Castles in Ghana”. Published in peer reviewed Proceedings of the Shadows of Empire – A Study of European Colonial Forts and Castles International Conference, AUGSUT, 1- 2, 2012, Accra, Ghana, pp. 1-14, H-Net Clio-online, 2012, http://hsozkult.geschichte.huberlin.de/tagungsberichte/id=4455.
Oppong, R. A. & Dunster, D. (2008) “An Overview of Kinship, Land, and Architecture in Urban Ghana”. Published in peer reviewed Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD), pp. 29-35, ISBN: 978-0-9551771-5-6[Print], www.worldsustainable.org/docs/PROCEEDINGS.pdf.
Oppong, R. A. & Dunster, D. (2008) “Habitus: a theory for the search of a responsive Green Urban architecture in Ghana”. Published in ARCOM Doctoral Research International Workshop Reviewed Proceedings on Advancing Theory Development in Construction Project Management Research, University of Wolverhampton, UK, March 2008, pp. 14-18, www.arcom.ac.uk/workshops%5C2008-Wolverhampton.pdf.
Oppong, R. A. & P. Amoah (2007) “Atrophied Human Settlements and Appropriate Housing Development: Lessons from Sefwi Asawinso, Ghana”. Reviewed Proceedings of the International Conference held by The Commonwealth Association of Surveyors and Land Economists (CASLE) and the Institute of Surveyors of Uganda (ISU) in Seeta- Mokun, Uganda, November 16-17, 2007, pp. 45-71, http://www.casleconferences.co.uk/ugandaconfreport.html.
Oppong, R. A. & A. Danso (2007) “An Exploration into Necessity Housing and Sustainable Ecological Sanitation in a Peri-Urban Settlement (Mamponteng) – Ghana”. Reviewed Proceedings of the International Conference held by The Commonwealth Association of Surveyors and Land Economists (CASLE) and the Institute of Surveyors of Uganda (ISU) in Seeta- Mokun, Uganda, Nov 16-17 November, 2007, pp. 84-99, http://www.casleconferences.co.uk/ugandaconfreport.html

Selected Book Chapter

Adarkwa, K. K. & Oppong, R. A. (2014) “Volta Region” in: Human Settlements and Service Delivery in Ghana, Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa (ed.), University Printing Press, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi pp.194-213.

Selected Projects

Design/Supervision of Private residence for Dr. Raphael & Dr. (Mrs.) Irena Kumah-Ametepey at Santasi-Kumasi, Ghana (2000-2010).
Design and construction of Branch Office Complex for Bosomtwe Rural Bank, at Edwenase-Kumasi, Ashanti Ghana (2013-2014).
Design/Supervision of the construction of Ultra modern Manse for the Christ Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana -KNUST at Asokore-Mampong in Kumasi, Ghana (2012/13).
Design and construction of Head Office Building for Otuaseakan Rural Bank, at Kofiase – Ashanti Ghana (2010-2011).
Design and construction of Branch Office Building for Asante Akyem Rural Bank Limited at Ayeduase- KNUST Kumasi - Ghana (2007-2011).
Proposed Peniel Conference Centre [comprising 10,000-capacity Retreat/Prayer park; 400-capacity Restaurant; 200+ roomed-Guest House; 6,000-capacity Multipurpose Auditorium and 200+ parking lots] at Ayakomaso-Sunyani for the Brong Ahafo Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (2012).
Proposed Church Complex for the Christ Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana -KNUST at Asokore-Mampong in Kumasi, Ghana (2013).

CONTACTS

Rexford Assasie Oppong (AGIA)

Department of Architecture

College of Art and Built Environment

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kumasi-Ghana

Mobile phone: +233 20 812 6621

E-mail: assasie2003@yahoo.co.uk