The search For African Identity For Corporate Buildings COMMODITY EXCHANGE MARKET, ABUJA
The search For African Identity For Corporate Buildings COMMODITY EXCHANGE MARKET, ABUJA
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1989-08
Authors
OYELEKE, TAIWO BABAJIDE.
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African c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e in the f i e l d of
a r c h i t e c t u r e is becoming too d i f f i c u l t to conserve
e s p e c i a l l y with the a r r i v a l of modern t e c h n o l o g y.
C o r p o r a t e b u i l d i n g s in African urban c e n t r e have
embraced t o d a y ' s broader AESTHETICS w i t h l i t t l e or
no r e g i o n a l e x p r e s s i o n . With the c u r r e n t d r i v e for
n a t i o n a l i sm in African c o u n t r i e s , the r o l e of the
a r c h i t e c t should be an e x p l o r a t i o n i n t o the r i ch
a r c h i t e c t u r a l h i s t o r y of our s o c i e t i e s in the search
for r e g i o n a l i d e n t i t y which can be f u r t h e r developed
with t o d a y ' s t e c h n o l o g y . It i s b e l i e v e d t h a t t h i s is
w i t h i n the a r c h i t e c t s sphere of i n f l u e n c e and success
would mean i d e n t i f y i n g with the average user of the
designed s p a c e.
A commodity exchange market for the African Trade
community has been chosen to p r a c t i c a l i s e the p r o p o s a l,
MOTIVATION;
The c h o i c e for the commodity exchange market as the
p r o p o s a l p r o j e c t for t h i s t h e s i s is not a r b i t r a r y . With
t h e c u r r e n t d i f f i c u l t i e s facing African economies, a
forum where commodity d e a l e r s can exchange p a p e r s,
i n f o r m a t i o n and i d e a s they e n s u r i n g the movement of
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A t h e s i s submitted to the P o s t - G r a d u a te
School, Ahmadu Bello U n i v e r s i t y , Zaria in P a r t i a l
F u l f i l m e n t of the r e q u i r e m e n t s for the award of
Master of s c i e n c e (M.Sc) A r c h i t e c t u r e Degree.
Department of A r c h i t e c t u r e,
F a c u l t y of Environmental Design,
Ahmadu Bello U n i v e r s i t y,
Z a r i a , Nigeria.
August, 1989.