REDEVELOPMENT OF LUGARD HALL, KADUNA: PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BY
REDEVELOPMENT OF LUGARD HALL, KADUNA: PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BY
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1998-10
Authors
JOSEPH DECHI, Pemwa Ruth
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ABSTRACT
Within 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 importance of such structures and the significant roles they played in our
history, they should be immortalised through preservation.
The preservation of the legacy of colonial architecture is currently gaining widespread
publicity and attention in Nigeria. This may largely be as a result of the poor economic
structure of the state with direct adverse effects on the increasing cost of building materials,
the cultural factor with the view of returning to the past and psychological effects on the
local populace. Whichever way, the merits are far more enormous.
This is therefore a study of the importance of preserving one of the historic
monuments which housed the Northern Regional I louse of Assembly. A closer look at
Lugard Hall building, located in Kaduna metropolis is taken in this dissertation through an
attempt at restoring the old House of Chiefs, renovation and maintenance work to the office
blocks built in the second phase and lastly, extension blocks to house the parliamentarians.
These extension blocks form the main part of this design with each containing three
floors which house the thirty-four parliamentarians from the twenty three constituencies of
Kaduna state. Auxiliary offices for the supporting staff assigned to each member as well as
for services such as cafeterias, shops, the library, telephone and PABX operations etc. are
contained within these east and west extensions The total area of both extensions covers
approximately forty percent of the existing site
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A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHITECTURE, FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTERS IN SCIENCE DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE
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REDEVELOPMENT,, LUGARD HALL KADUNA,, PRESERVING THE LEGACY,, COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE,, NORTHERN NIGERIA