DRUG ADDICTS THERAPEUTIC CENTRE ABUJA: "ARCHITECTURE AS A REHABILITATIVE TOOL"
DRUG ADDICTS THERAPEUTIC CENTRE ABUJA: "ARCHITECTURE AS A REHABILITATIVE TOOL"
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1997-09
Authors
OLATUNDE, MODUPE CINDY
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Abstract
Drugs have been existing as neighbours to the human society
from the time of creation, and man has been consuming them in a
controlled way. Abuse came into being when man became reckless
with the use of drugs and started taking them for the fun of it.
During our generation we are now witnessing the psychological
and physical damage of the ecological disturbance of the man-drug
co-existence - A.I.Ds, Deaths, Broken homes and violent behaviour,
to name a few consequences.
In order to control drug abuse, man must be discouraged from
taking up the habit. All the factors that expose people to drugs
must be dealt with. This is not just the job of counsellors,
religious teachers and agencies that deal with human behaviour.
Everyone must join in to prevent drug usage and to save the addicted.
This is where Architecture comes in.
Architecture is not an art, it is a natural function. It
grows on the soil like animals and plants. It is a function of the
social order. It serves as a medium between man and the environment
he finds himself. As such, it can be used to minister to a drug
addict. Site selection is a very important aspect in proposing for
a centre that will deal with trying to rehabilitate drug addicts.
A wrong site choice could hinder successful results. Therefore, the
site selected at Abuja already possesses a lot of therapeutic
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properties - a river for a soothing effect, lots of land for free
unhindered movement and undulated slopes for easy manoeuring, and
privacy.
In view of these potentials, more natural landscaping was
also introduced on the site in the building shapes of all the
structures on the site. This is due to the fact that the more we
study nature's form-world, the more clearly it becomes evident how
rich in inventiveness, nuances and shiftings nature's form-language
is. And the more deeply we learn to replize, in nature's realm,
expressiveness is "basic".
It is my belief that by the completion of the thesis project,
the efforts of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and
philantrophic organizations towards developing standard care for
the rehabilitation of drug abusers in Nigeria would have been further propagated.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA.
SEPTEMBER 1997
Keywords
DRUG, ADDICTS, THERAPEUTIC, ABUJA:, ARCHITECTURE, REHABILITATIVE TOOL"