Environmental Design

NATIONAL PARKS HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA: MINIMIZING THE PROBLEMS OF CIRCULATION IN AN OFFICE SPACE

ABSTRACTNigerian National Parks was established in order to have a unified National Park system in the Country. The Organisation has its headquarters in Abuja which should be coordinating the programs of the Organisation The headquarters building requires a good planning because it will function ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 6672 words | 📚 5 chapters

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NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COMPLEX ABUJA AN ATTEMPT TOWARDS EXPRESSING REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE

ABSTRACTNigerian cultural heritage in the field of architecture is becoming too difficult to preserve due to the arrival of modern technology and international style. Corporate building in Nigerian urban centre have embraced today's broader AESTHETICS with little or no regional expression. With t...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 8681 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PATTERN AND URBAN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT CONTROL VIOLATIONS

A CASE STUDY OF WUSE DISTRICT F.C.C ABUJA

ABSTRACTThis thesis examines the pattern and urban management challenges of Development Control Violations in Wuse District of Federal Capital city of Abuja. Its primary scope is on the level of compliance to Development Control standards for residential plots in the study area with reference to ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 7488 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SCREEN PRINTING TECHNIQUES IN POTTERY DECORAT

ABSTRACTThe study is concerned with highlighting and i initiating the techniques of screen printing in pottery decoration among the Studio Potters in Nigeria. There are 83 pages, 8 tables and 13 plates. Three major purposes were outlined for the study: 1. To identify the procedures involved in sc...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 9882 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RAYFTELD RESORT HOTEL JOS MAXIMISING SITE POTENTIALS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

ABSTRACTRayfield Resort Hotel Jos: Maximising site Potentials in Architectural design. In this thesis 1 have sought to elaborate the high potentials and value of tourism in the state of Plateau and provision has been made for a well designed resort hotel at rayfield. If Nigeria is to partake in t...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 7725 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PLAY SCULPTURE: FORM DEVELOPMENT DERIVED FROM AFRICAN FOLKLORE

ABSTRACTThe most commonly found play structures in Nigeria are too monotonous and stereotyped, with little or nothing new to challenge the child. There is a need for the development of new and varied types of sculptural, play forms that will both challenge the child's imagination as well as enhan...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 7011 words | 📚 5 chapters

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REDEVELOPMENT OF LUGARD HALL, KADUNA: PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTWithin Northern Nigeria, history surrounds the common man. One of such perceptions can be found in the environment and visual appreciation through the architecture from the colonial era. One cannot help but get a feeling of nostalgia, on seeing some of the old building forms. Due to the i...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 12044 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PLANNING OF URBAN MARKETS: A STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MARKETS IN KANO METROPOLIS AND PLANNING PROPOSALS

ABSTRACTThe issue of market planning is not that of structural detereoration alone, neither is it that of sole locational insuitability. Rather it is a hydra-headed problem that can only be comprehended through an indepth study of all existing markets collectively. This unvails the short comings ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 10789 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SENATE BUILDING HERITAGE UNIVERSITY KADUNA

ABSTRACTSolar Radiation incidant on a building causes great discomfort especially here in the tropic, due to the transmission of the solar energy in form of heat through the external walls and openings by the process of conduction. As a result of the Above, Architects employed means of controllin...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 12699 words | 📚 5 chapters

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VOCATIONAL CENTRE FOR MUSLIM WOMEN ABUJA (Creating the appropriate environment for the Ideal Muslim Woman)

ABSTRACTAfter decades of neglect, there is now a global awareness of the crucial role that women can play in sustainable development. Unfortunately most of the development programmes that have been planned and implemented do not seem to have taken the peculiar needs of the Muslim woman into consi...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 11781 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PROPERTIES OF RICE STRAW FIBREBOARD BOUND WITH RECYCLED LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LDPE)

ABSTRACTThe environmental impact of deforestation and the non biodegradability of synthetic polymer as a major product of household waste, necessitate the need to look into agricultural residue and low density polyethylene (LDPE) as an alternative source of raw material for the production of fibr...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 12206 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PROPOSED HEALTH RESORT, GURARA FALLS UTILIZATION OF BIOPHILIC DESIGN ATTRIBUTES TO CREATE HEALING ENVIRONMENTS

ABSTRACTFor thousands of years, man lived majority of his life outside of walls and depended on the natural environment to sustain life. In today's culture, man spends about 80% of his life indoors, blocking out the natural world. Also, we as individuals have more demanded of each of us to meet e...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 10513 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RIVER PORT TERMINAL FOR BARO (Integrating Forms and Spaces with the Immediate Port Environment)

ABSTRACTEfforts to develop river transportation by the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have a long history. One of such efforts was the commissioning of the Netherlands Engineering Consultants (NEDECO) on August 21 1954 to study the conditions in the River Niger and Benue. The objec...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 90 pages | 🧠 6668 words | 📚 5 chapters

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LEATHER PROCESSING INDUSTRY (TANNERY) ZARIA

ABSTRACTThis scheme is purely academic exercise but with practical aims. The theme is on LEATHER PROCESSING INDUSTRY (TANNERY), ZARIA It is a common awareness that one catalyst that can bring faster rate of economic growth to any nation is the application of modern Science and Thechnology. The ai...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 6895 words | 📚 5 chapters

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, SAMINAKA (EXPRESSION OF CULTURE ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN KADUNA STATE)

ABSTRACTLack of facilities of Kaduna State Local Government Secretariats is a common thing which should be a concern and it demands urgent attention. It's uncommon to have all the six departments of Local Government Secretariat at close proximity. To have people of common interest having offices ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 10994 words | 📚 5 chapters

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