Posts Tagged ‘Architecture-Thesis-2012’
April 28, 2014
AUTHOR: EZEKUTE ARINZE IFEANYI
DEPARTMENT: ARCHITECTURE
AFFILIATION: NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA
Performing arts centre is a place of entertainment, where actors perform live music, dance, drama, etc. to an audience on stage. A major research consideration is on blending Igbo cultural symbolism with contemporary architecture. The research was necessitated because of the increasing absence of cultural undertone/considerations and its symbols in our national architectural designs, thereby speaking less of the people’s culture and values. This research seeks to integrate cultural symbols and forms with modern day architectural character of performing arts centres, in order to produce an indigenous performing arts centre that speaks well of Igbo race. Analysis of Igbo culture and its development forms the background for the research, and then deriving its basic symbols and their basic building forms from the ancient times. The final outcome will be obvious; a performing arts center that is indigenous and also reflects the culture of Igbo people.
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Tags:19th Century Theatre, Acoustic Consideration, Acoustic Engineering, Administrative Section, Aisle, Amphitheatre, Architecture-Thesis-2012, Arena Stage, Audible Distance, Awka Soil, Awka-Historical Background, Back Stage Lounge, Black Box -Studio, Cable Net Glazing, Cafeteria, Colosseum, Concept, Concept Formulation, Construction Materials, Contemporary Architecture, Costume Shop, Culture, Culture Traits, Downward System-Ventilation, Dressing Rooms, Entrance Porch, Exhibition Space, Façade Concept., Fixed Partition, Found Space, Glass Barrel Vault, Globe Theatre-London, Greek Theatre, Igbo Cultural Symbols, Igbo House, Igbo Masquerade, Igbo People, Igbo Social System, Ikenga Features, Ivory, Land Use/Regulation, Landmass, Mask, Massing Concept, Medieval Theatre, Middle Ages, Mini Library, National Gallery, National Theatre, Noise, Nzu-Chalk, Oba Akenzu Cultural Centre, Ofor, Oji-Kola Nut, Open Thrust Stage, Orchestral Pit, Partition Walls, Perelman Theatre, Performing Area, Performing Arts, Performing Arts Development-Africa, Performing Arts Elements, Performing Arts Theatre Classification, Performing Arts-Igbo Land, Performing Arts-Nigeria, Philarmonic Concert Hall-Berlin, Preclassical Antiquity, Projecting Rooms, Proscenium, Removable Partition, Renaissance Theatre, Reverberation Adjustment, Roman Theatre, Rome, Rosy Art Theatre, Scene Workshop, Site Accessibility, Site Climatic Studies, Site Developmental Potential, Site Selection Criteria, Solar Radiation, Spectator Conditions, Stage Production Stages, Suspended Acoustic Tiles, Sydney Opera House-Australia, Symbolism, Theatre Auditoriums, Theatre Control Room, Theatre Epidaurus, Theatre Lighting, Theatre Ventilation, Theatre-Entrance, Theatre-Functional Analysis, Upward System-Ventilation, Vegetation-Awka, Verizon Hall, Western Theatre, Wooden Gong
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April 28, 2014
AUTHOR: NWABUEZE TOCHUKWU M.
DEPARTMENT: ARCHITECTURE
AFFILIATION: NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA
Housing is one of the basic human needs, apart from food and clothing. The increasing number of postgraduate students in tertiary institutions, Nnamdi Azikiwe University in particular, has raised accommodation problems. Establishment of off-campus private hostels was initially perceived as a solution but property owners have taken advantage of the high demand to increase rents. Students and parents are reeling under this financial burden. This has equally become a University management concern. Subsequently, the current trend of fire in hostel buildings has become a concern in our society today. There has been a lot of incidence of fire in hostels, where student has lost their lives and valuable properties. These issues need to be reconciled with the building codes, fire safety design and cost constraints of the project. Consequently, this dissertation tends to identify the problems and attitudes associated with fire in hostel buildings and proffer solution through design approach that will help to prevent ignition of fire, limit spread, minimize damage and maximize life safety of the occupants and for the firefighters.
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Tags:Accident, Accommodation, Acoustics, Alarm System, Anambra State Map., Apartment, Architecture-Thesis-2012, Arson, Automatic Detectors, Automatic Sprinkler, Awka-Population, Babcock University Postgraduate Hostel, Carpeting, Cavities, Combustibility, Compartmentation, Concept Evolution., Concept Formulation, Dining, Door Fastenings, Electrical Fires, Emergency Lighting, Escape Corridors, Escape Over Flat Routes, Escape Route Design Principles, Escape Stairways, External Escape Routes, Fire Alarms, Fire Behaviour Principles, Fire Causes, Fire Detection, Fire Development Stages, Fire Door Markings, Fire Doors, Fire Prevention, Fire Protection Appliances, fire resistance, Fire Safety Design Theory, Fire Safety Instructions, Fire Spreading Power, Fire Triangle, Fire-Classes, Fire-Types, Flammability, Foam Installation, Fully Developed Fire Behaviour, General Hostel Planning Principles, Group Bathroom, Hand Fire Appliances, Horizontal Escape Routes, Hose Reels, Hostel Management/Maintenance Agreement, Hostel New Generation Universities, Hostel Private Sector Participation, Hostel Room Area Requirements, Hostel Room Economy, Hostel Room Interior Environment, Housing, Hydrant Systems, Hydrocarbons, Kitchen, Land Lease Reversion Period, Laundries, Lifts, Material-Burning Behaviour, Nkurumah Postgraduate Hostel, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Master Plan, Ordinary Combustibles, Piped Services, Rainforest Region-Nigeria, Recreational Spaces, Residence Hall Facilities, Roofing Materials, Room Escape, Single Rooms Configurations, Site Evaluation, Site Selection Criteria, Smoking, Solar Radiation, Special Fire Risk, Structural Fire Precautions, Student Hostel-Nickl, Student Housing-Epinay-France, Student Residence Hall, Suite, Terrazzo floor, Tertiary Institutions, Thunder Strike, Travel Distance, University Student Housing, Vertical Escape Routes, Vertical Escape Routes Protection, Wall-Ceiling Finishes, Water Drenchers, Wind Effects
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April 28, 2014
AUTHOR: UMEH TOCHUKWU FRANCIS
DEPARTMENT: ARCHITECTURE
AFFILIATION: NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA
Lagos State, the commercial nerve-center of the nation has over the years been confronted with the problem of rapid growing human and vehicular traffic congestion. This problem is largely caused by the rate of migration of people into Lagos State. Infact recent statistics has it that over 15000 people enter Lagos on a daily basis. This figure results to an estimated six million people that move around Lagos metropoly on a daily basis. This geometric increase in population of people in Lagos State as against a rather static infrastructure (road network) development has resulted to a multiplicity of transportation problems in several parts of Lagos State one of which is Amuwo-odofin. Amuwo-odofin with estimated population of over 2 million is not just affected by transportation problem but also by poor transportation induced problems such as poverty and retarded economic development. Fortunately, Amuwo-odofin as well as majority of Lagos suburbs is blessed with one viable source of economic development especially in the transportation sector; water. This thesis therefore is intended to examine the present situation of inland water transportation system in Lagos State (with special focus on Amuwo-odofin town) as it relates terminals, and there after proffer architectural design solutions to the zoning and circulation problems associated with them. Chapter one is the introduction of the topic in a broad spectrum, Chapter two goes on to explain the theoretical framework of the proposed scheme, with emphasis on its need and viability. Chapter three focuses on port terminal planning principles. Chapter four will deal on Site study which includes climatic and topographical analysis of the proposed site for the project will be treated . in chapter five, the design synthesis and concept will be treated.
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Tags:Acoustics, Administration Facilities, Amukoko Waterside, Amuwo Creek, Amuwo Odofin Waterside, Apapa Port Complex, Apapa Quays, Architecture-Thesis-2012, Asphalt, Badagry Creek Dredging, Berthing System, Bulk Queue, Bus Road Unit, Calabar Port, Cargo Handling Equipment, Cargo Operations, Cellular Plan Office, Chapter five., Circulation, CMS Pedestrian Bridge, Coastal Breakwaters, Cold Storage Building, Cold Water Supply, Commercial Car Parking Requirements, Concept Formation, Concrete Paving, Container Trans-loading, Containerization, Conveyors, Corridor Design, Design Concept, Direct Access Traffic, Drainage Pattern-Nigeria, Drive Way Layout Criteria, Entrance Design, Environmental Decisions, Environmental Impact Analysis, Fire Hydrant, Fishing, Floor finishes, Fork Lift Truck, Form, Functional Approach, Functional Relationship, Gangway, Garage Design Requirement, Gate, Gravel, Green Architecture, Hamburg Ferry/Cruise Terminal, Hot Water Supply, Inland Port, Inland Water Ways System, Integration Approach, Lagos Census Data, Lagos Ireland, Lagos Urban Map, Land Access, Land Disposal, Landscaped Office, Landscaping, Linear Concept, Linear Queues, Maintenance Facilities, Marine, Marine Ferry Ports, Maritime Access, Maritime Interface, Medical Consulting Rooms, Medical Wastes, Mobile Cranes, Mono-functional Ports, Mooring, Natural Lighting, NIWA Marina, Ocean Transportation, Open Plan Office, Palletization, Parallel Loading, Passenger Terminal, Pedestrian Circulation, Pedestrian Footway, Penthouse, Poly-functional Ports, Port Activities, Port Administration Building, Port City Relations, Port Facilities, Port Fire Fighting Systems, Port Functions, Port Habours Classification, Port Site Constraints, Port Site Integration, Port Site Scape Analysis, Port Sites, Port Terminal Design Philosophy, Port Terminal Evolution, Port Terminal Planning Principles, Port TerminalToxic Free Zone, Port Water Effects, Port Workshops, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Quay, Radial Concept, Radial Saw Tooth Loading, Right Angle Loading, Roofing Materials, Scientific/Logical Approach, Sea Port, Ships Gear, Soil Wastes, Solid Wastes, Stairs, Stockholm Ferry Port, Surface Treatment Materials, Surface Water Conditions, Tar Macadam, Terminal Administration Building-Calabar Port, Terminals, Ticket Booking, Tokyo Harumi Passenger Terminal, Tokyo Quay, Traffic Efficiency, Transit Facilities, Transit Sheds, Transport, Vehicular Circulation, Vessel Berthing, Waiting Traffic, Warehouses, Wastes, Water, Water Percentage Usage, Water Transportation Development, Water Wastes, Zoning, Zoning Laws
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April 25, 2013
AUTHOR: MBADUGHA CHINWENDU LYNDA
DEPARTMENT: ARCHITECTURE
AFFILIATION: NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA
A mortality and disease-free society has remained a challenge and aspiration of every nation. This need is by improving the health quality of citizens through the provision of quality facilities and healthcare personnel. Quality personnel are only achievable through quality education. Nigeria is also engaged in this crusade of promoting healthcare for its teeming population. At present, the problems are many, especially in the training of the required personnel. The apparent general decline in the number and quality of those in the nursing and midwifery professions, traceable to inadequate schools, is detrimental to the healthcare needs of the society. Most existing institutions lack basic infrastructural facilities and human resources. The Department of Nursing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, is no exception. The crusade for quality healthcare and education cannot be successful without the provision of quality schools for the training of personnel. Such schools must be conducive and spatially comfortable for learning purposes. It has been discovered that environmental quality is a big factor of learning and architecture plays a leading role in the creation of such environments. The design for the School of Nursing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, aims at achieving effective use of Passive Ventilation in creating this conducive learning environment. To achieve this, the study looked into the evolution and challenges of nursing profession; the passive ventilation concepts and design strategies. It undertook case studies of existing schools and came to the realization that cross and stack effect systems, with the aid of wind catcher and proper fenestration are effective tools of natural passive ventilation. These deductions were applied to this project and the result is a school design conducive and appropriate for learning.
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Tags:Architecture-Thesis-2012, Conference Room, Cross Ventilation, Lecture Theatre/Auditorium, Library, Multipurpose Demonstration Room, Nigeria Nursing Profession, Nigeria Nursing/Midwifery Council, Nightingale’s Influence, Nursing Definition, Nursing Education Programme Types, Nursing Education-Evolution/Growth, Nursing Functions, Nursing school, Nursing Services-Historical Perspectives, Nursing Traditions, Nursing-18th/19th Century, Nursing-Career Roles, Nursing-Christian Era, Nursing-Pre-Christian Era, Passive Ventilation Design Strategies, Stack Ventilation., Ventilation, Ventilation-Historical Development
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