EXPLORING REGENERATIVE ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF OGUTA BLUE LAKE RESORT HOTEL, IMO
EXPLORING REGENERATIVE ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF OGUTA BLUE LAKE RESORT HOTEL, IMO
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2014-11
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OBIOHA, Lucky Uzorchukwu
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The effects of climate change and earth degradation in Nigeria is evident in flooding,
damage to infrastructure around ecotones, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity. The built
environment being the site for cultural and economic activities contributes greatly to
environmental degradation, thus a key area to frontier sustainable development. The
problem of Human-nature divide resulting from fragmentation of Human actions and
intention to nature is blamed for unsustainable development, while increasing tourism
activities poses threat to thriving of the ecosystem since it takes advantage of virgin
environments. Understanding the negative impacts of man’s activities entails reducing and
reversing these impacts. Regenerative architecture is thriving among building science
principles, attempting to solve rather than mitigate problems, while adding a positive
impact to our degrading environment. Hotels and resort facilities now, acclaim green
qualities, presenting a platform where regenerative architecture can be explored. The study
is aimed at evolving a framework conforming to the principles of regenerative architecture
for the design of sustainable resort hotels in South-east Nigeria; the objectives included
identifying these principles, their level of reflection in the study area, peculiar features to
the study area and limitations of its adoption in design of resort hotels and finally produce a
design proposal. Literatures in the field of study are reviewed to develop the basic idea
governing the proposed framework. The research methodology adopted is the case study
approach to research; three foreign cases were sampled internationally which served as
examples of regenerative architecture covered in literature review, while three local cases
were purposively sampled in South-Eastern Nigeria representing the platform for the
research. Qualitative data was primarily obtained via visual surveys, observations, and
interviews, and presented in checklists developed for the research; while secondary data
was obtained from documentations. Data analysis was by descriptive and context analysis
summarized in tables and charts. The findings of the study includes that regenerative
architecture is still at infancy in South-Eastern Nigeria; tropical elements -rain fall,
sunshine, and the native green lush are natural endowments of the region but have not been
fully utilized in resort hotel designs; a framework is developed conforming to the
principles, while limitation to success identified is the issue of luxury in the industry. A
design proposal for Oguta Lake is developed, and the study finally recommends that
bringing people to closer positive contact with nature will force them to consciously
improve on it, also power and water needs within resort facilities can be met using tropical
elements: while areas for further study includes exploring the principles in other regions of
the country, and studying the performance of structures adopting regenerative architecture
principles.
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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
NOVEMBER, 2014
Keywords
EXPLORING,, REGENERATIVE,, ARCHITECTURE,, PRINCIPLES,, DESIGN,, OGUTA,, BLUE,, LAKE,, RESORT,, HOTEL,, IMO.