IKOYI MULTI-STOREY CAR-PARK, LAGOS: AN ARCHITECTURAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE OPTIMISATION OF URBAN PRIME SPACE
IKOYI MULTI-STOREY CAR-PARK, LAGOS: AN ARCHITECTURAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE OPTIMISATION OF URBAN PRIME SPACE
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Date
1998-09
Authors
ADEDAMOLA, AFARIOGUN BASHIRUDEEN
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ABSTRACT
The use to which the Urban Land is put, is largely
determined by competition between potential users, such that,
land would be converted from one use to another if the demand
price or rent bid of one user exceeded that of another
potential or the existing ones. Thus land is used for the
highest and best use. Theoretically both an optimum use and
optimum building at a given time.
However, to treat efficiency optimum as the sole
objective of an economic system would be implicity assuming
that social benefits is directly related to effective demand:
demand backed by purchasing power. There are merit goods which
should be provided free or below cost in order that they are
available to all. Moreover, such uses, precondition and
establish a broad frame work for the profit motivated
activities.
A city can be considered as a locational arrangement of
activities or a land-use pattern: one of the prime determinant
of movement. Activity is a trip generator and will dictate the
type of transportation facilities needed to move traffic.
The attraction of both new economic activities and people
generate high traffic as a result of the intensified use of
the urban space, it also increases the demand for parking
accommodation. It become imperative to accommodate the vehicle
to prevent lost of business and property value.
The thesis attempts to achieve this through architectural
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analysis, design and proposal of a car park that will help
decongest the road and help preserve the value of the place. The
scope of the thesis will be limited to the design of the car
park complex with secondary uses incorporated to improve the
economic concern.
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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
Keywords
IKOYI,, MULTI,, STOREY,, CAR-PARK,, LAGOS,, ARCHITECTURAL,, CONTRIBUTION,, TOWARDS,, OPTIMISATION,, URBAN,, PRIME,, SPACE.