USE OF BUILDING FORMS AS ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT IN THE DESIGN OF AN IDOMA CULTURAL CENTRE, OTUKPO
USE OF BUILDING FORMS AS ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT IN THE DESIGN OF AN IDOMA CULTURAL CENTRE, OTUKPO
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2014-08
Authors
ENOKELA, Ogwuche Benjamin
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Abstract
Acoustic is an important factor in theatre that had not been given extensive concern during
architectural design under building form, eventually Architects during the conceptual
design stage had barely paid attention to building form that affect the acoustic environment
inside theatre halls. Eventually the importance of a dead sound became more important
given the use of building forms to minimize sound reverberation in it.
For the building form acoustic. A computer model employing the ray tracing theory was
employed to investigate the three configurations, different acoustic treatments were tested
relatively to the building forms disposition of each design finally, basic recommendation
and design guidelines were presented that a hexagonal building form is best for a music
theatre. Since the making of architecture occurs in a social construct, architecture must be
viewed within the context of complicated issues surrounding class, race, nationality
and gender. Every culture generates and maintains systems of meaningful forms –
symbols, rituals, and places of collective importance – that are reflected in its buildings
and collective spaces.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD
OF A
MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN
ARCHITECTURE, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE,
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
AUGUST, 2014
Keywords
USE, BUILDING,, FORMS,, ACOUSTICAL,, TREATMENT,, DESIGN,, IDOMA,, CULTURAL,, CENTRE,, OTUKPO.