REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM KADUNA THE APPLICATION OF INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE
REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM KADUNA THE APPLICATION OF INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE
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2005-12
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NDANDOK THYENO, Christy
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Abstract
This 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 museum Kaduna using indigenous architectural
elements as an attempt at a monumental museum complex which speaks for itself as a
museum object in display not just a container of artifacts.
Therefore the researcher had to shed light on every aspect of the museum and the existing
problems in the national museum Kaduna.
Other museums such as the Gidan Makama Museum in Kano, which was not designed as
a museum, and the National Museum Jos will be considered as case study since they exist
in the country and display Nigerian traditional architecture.
The Solomon Guggenheim museum in New York and Bilbao will also be studied as they
reflect contemporary museum architecture.
The Architect when designing a museum is faced with the challenge of creating not just a
functional museum but one that stands out as an object in display with significance and
meaning.
The challenge in this thesis is to create a functional museum complex that adapts
successfully to the existing structures and at the same time in harmony with the new
structures and expressing a cultural, traditional and artistical appearance and in totality
creating spaces for alternative but supportive activities in the museum.
Due to time constraint, the researcher could not study other related facilities such as
cultural centers, trade centers e.t.c. the researcher hopes this thesis report has contributed
architecturally by proposing a possible architectural solution to major problems
experienced by most museums not only in this country, but globally.
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A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, DECEMBER 2005
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REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL,, NATIONAL MUSEUM KADUNA,, APPLICATION OF INDIGENOUS,, NIGERIAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS,, CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE