Environmental Design

REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM KADUNA THE APPLICATION OF INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE

ABSTRACTThis thesis report is an attempt to encourage the application of traditional architectural elements in contemporary museum architecture and also to uplift the solemn atmosphere which exist around several museums today that make them unpopular and boring. The redevelopment of the national ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 6805 words | 📚 5 chapters

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UPGRADING OF GIDAN SARKI, FANISAU, KANO EVOLUTION OF ARCHITECTURE IN KANO PALACES

ABSTRACTA Palace is a large grand house where a ruling King or Queen officially lives. Hausa Palaces were planned solely as residence and quarters for administration and various social ceremonies. Kano Emirate has the unique feature of possessing ample palaces , apart from the primary residence o...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 12075 words | 📚 5 chapters

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TRANSFORMATION IN HAUSA TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE

ABSTRACTHousing has to satisfy both the initial human shelter need and the additional needs as they arise. Such additional needs may be as a result of changes in the original need; changes in economic status, socio-cultural needs, spatial needs or just the addition of new needs, as well as the av...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 81 pages | 🧠 11164 words | 📚 5 chapters

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NIGER DELTA COMPLEX, ARCHITECTURAL RESP0NSE TO CHANGING SOCIO-CULTURAL DEMANDS

ABSTRACTThe Niger Delta is amongst least well served in the Country. Successive governments have exploited the natural wealth of the Delta but put very little back in terms of infrastructure and service. Over recent years, the natural environment has been seriously damaged by mineral extraction a...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 7377 words | 📚 5 chapters

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NIGERIAN CURATORSHIP AND THE EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART WORKS

ABSTRACTThe work of this thesis contributes to debates about cultural representation as it relates to the exhibition of contemporary African art works. The central themes of enquiry are the qualification and quality of Nigerian curatorship, and what contributions Nigerian curators are making in t...

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📄 84 pages | 🧠 11357 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FUNCTIONAL MONUMENTALITY: AN ARCHITECTURAL STUDY "COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER AND DATA TECHNOLOGIES

ABSTRACTThe starting point of this thesis is not the monument, rather the monumentality is the end product of the synthesis of an idea, an on-rushing phenomenon and an impulse to express human aspirations on a worthy scale - a functional monumental is that attempts to graft our technological know...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 9860 words | 📚 5 chapters

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NIGER STATE CERAMIC PROJECTS

A CASE STUDY OF ULEJA

ABSTRACTMassive construction of dwellings is one of both the federal and Niger State Governments priorities and its being promoted positively. With the siting of the new federal capital ABUJA at the door steps of Niger State and the availability of ceramic raw materials within the State especiall...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 90 pages | 🧠 7114 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECT OF STORAGE ENVIRONMENT ON GRAINS LONGEVITY

A CASE STUDY OF GRAINS STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE - LOKOJA.

ABSTRACTConsiderable amount of grains arc lost annually in the country. The losses are attributed to lack of or poor storage facilities. In most part of Nigeria, farmers store their grains in traditional storage structures. However, about 30% - 40% of grains stored in these structures are often l...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 9796 words | 📚 5 chapters

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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES OF SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus L.) AS INFLUENCED BY PLANT DENSITY AND SOWING DATE

ABSTRACTInvestigation was carried out at Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria, during the 1986 cropping season to study the effects of four plant populations (30,000; 60,000; 120,000 and 240,000 plants/ha), three sowing dates (July 2, 16 and 30) and two varieties (isaanka and Funtua) on growth characters, yiel...

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📄 87 pages | 🧠 8413 words | 📚 5 chapters

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HOST-PLANT RESISTANCE AND RESPONSE TO SELECTION IN SORGHUM TO HEAD BUGS

ABSTRACTThree resistant sorghum cultivars used as males were crossed to three susceptible sorghum cultivars used as females in a factorial mating system. The resultant nine F, hybrids were advanced to F2 generation and screened for resistance by artificially infesting each sorghum panicle with 10...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 10150 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EMPIRICAL DETERMINATION OF LABOUR OUTPUTS FOR BLOCK LAYING IN F.C.T

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA AND NASARAWA STATE

ABSTRACTThe source and nature of output constants used for preparation of construction estimates should be accurate and reliable for the client to have confidence on the prepared estimates. This research is focused on using time study approach to empirically determine the outputs of block laying ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 8298 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODELLING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DURATIONS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTFollowing widespread acceptance by researchers that the effects of qualitative/managerial construction time-influencing factors need to be considered in project scope-based construction time predicting models, several multivariate models combining project scope and qualitative/managerial ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 12412 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE USE OF RICE STRAW IN THE PRODUCTION OF COMPRESSED STRAW SLABS

ABSTRACTThe properties of compressed straw slabs were investigated. The aim of the study is to determine the physical and mechanical properties of the compressed straw slabs (CSS) produced using rice straw. The study consists of extensive literature review of available relevant literature and lab...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 11369 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE SUITABILITY OF HUSKSCRETE BLOCKS AS CONSTRUCTION UNITS

ABSTRACTWith the aim of developing construction units from the waste materials from agriculture, a study was made on how suitable Rice husks could be as an aggregate in Building blocks making. As far as possible the properties of Rice husks as an aggregate were found. It has specific gravity of 1...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 12975 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KANO COMPREHENSIVE TOURISM MASTERPLAN, NIGERIA.

ABSTRACTTourism developments plans are prepared to ensure orderly growth and development of the tourism industry .When the implementation outcomes of such plans are defined, the conventional approach is usually based on the 'ex-post evaluation'. It is done long after the implementation of the pla...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 11725 words | 📚 5 chapters

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