KWARA PARLIAMENT COMPLEX ILORIN (DESIGN PROPOSAL TOWARDS MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
KWARA PARLIAMENT COMPLEX ILORIN (DESIGN PROPOSAL TOWARDS MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
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1999-09
Authors
MOYO, UTHMAN T.O
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A group of people that live together in one defined geographical area, feel belonging
and often share a common language as well as and a history of triumph and disasters, is
called a nation. Such group of people are organised to maintain laws and orders, provide
defence against attack by other nations and preserve the territorial integrity of the nation.
The organ through which the laws and demands of a nation are prepared, promulgated, put
into effect and interpreted is known as the government. There are three arms in the
democratic system of government. These are the Executive, that sees to the smooth running
of governance, the legislature, which formulates the laws and orders of the nation and the
Judiciary which adjucates on the laws and orders so formulated.
Architecture portrays a delight of paramount gravity in its bid to articulate shapes and
forms to serve the heeds of humanity. However, as spontaneous as its products may be in
catching the attention of its observers, the response to appreciate or reject a building depends
primarily on the physical state of its product - the built environment. Undoubtedly, the
consequential repulsive feeling of people towards a building structure of paramount
importance, is better imagined; so also is the psychological effects on the integrity and
prosperity of the people.
This is due largely to poor maintenance. The major causative factors of maintenance
problems in public buildings, range from tiny design details, services, poor construction
materials to poor workmanship. However, evidence has shown that it is at the design stage
that the burden of maintenance problems could be made for better of for worse. Since a
great percentage rectification and replacement of deteriorating elements with respect to
services areas of buildings, i.e toilets, stairs and etc. continued to constitute maintenance
burden, the idea therein is to bring out a synthesised design that would invariably address
such areas, among others, towards reducing the maintenance problems.
This thesis intends to propose a modern parliament complex that would provide a very
conducive atmosphere for the proper functioning of the parliament as well as stand the tests
and rigours of time.
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BEING A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE POST-GRADUATE
SCHOOL OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE
IN ARCHITECTURE
BY
MOYO UTHMAN T.O
OF
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA - NIGERIA.
SEPTEMBER 1999
Keywords
KWARA PARLIAMENT COMPLEX ILORIN,, PROPOSAL,, MAINTENANCE,, ALLEVIATION,, NIGERIAN,, PUBLIC BUILDINGS