NATIONAL PARKS HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA: MINIMIZING THE PROBLEMS OF CIRCULATION IN AN OFFICE SPACE

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1994-04
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UMAR, MOHAMMED AMINU
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Nigerian National Parks was established in order to have a unified National Park system in the Country. The Organisation has its headquarters in Abuja which should be coordinating the programs of the Organisation The headquarters building requires a good planning because it will function as a centre for collection, processing and storage of information relevant to the six (6) newly established national parks in the country and consequent issue of instruction for the organization. The design of an office, is a challenging process involving the organization of various spatial zones consisting of intricately related functional spaces to work together in architectural unity. It should as well as responding to the special requirements like adequate circulation, and articulate services network. One of the major problems affecting the efficient functioning of the office building is circulation. The aim of this thesis is to conduct a research on the problems of circulation in an office space and provide some architectural solutions to it. The study is limited to pedestrain circulation as it affects space requirements and spatial organization of the building structure. The objective is to provide an efficient office building for National Park Headquarters, Abuja, for the success of recently established unified national parks system in the country. vi
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A thesis presentation to the Post-Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree of:
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NATIONAL, PARKS, HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA:, MINIMIZING, PROBLEMS, CIRCULATION, OFFICE SPACE
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