Sionfougo Soro
Sionfougo is the Creative Director at Totem Architects, where he oversees all design activities. He graduated as an architect and urban planner from the École Africaine des Métiers de l’Architecture et de l’Urbanisme in Lomé in 2010, with his final-year project winning the prize for Best Architectural Project. That same year, Sionfougo joined Archibo Design, an interior design firm, as a design architect. He was then promoted to Creative Director, leading a talented team of young, passionate architects and interior designers. At Archibo Design, Sionfougo has worked on a variety of projects in Côte d’Ivoire and West Africa, one of the most significant of which was the refurbishment of the Presidential Palace in Bamako, Mali.
In 2015, Sionfougo co-founded Totem Architects with Ahmed Sangaré. A member of the Côte d’Ivoire Order of Architects, Sionfougo is particularly interested in building information modelling and visualisation technologies and their impact on architecture and related professions.