The paper examined selected data requirements for housing provision in selected housing estates a... more The paper examined selected data requirements for housing provision in selected housing estates as applicable to house owners with the view of determining the degree of relevance to mass housing provision. The research employed a mixed method approach by collecting both quantitative and qualitative data which were analysed using descriptive analysis in SPSS. The results are presented in tables, charts and figures to illustrate the data developed. The result showed that a significant percentage of the people living in these estates are tenants and cannot afford to pay for the ownership of the houses. It also showed that the houses were not built based on any data obtained from prospective house owners hence the constant desire to make changes. The paper concludes that the housing provision as currently practised is not socially sustainable as it does not rely on data from the prospective house owners. It therefore recommends that for future housing estate developments, prospective house occupiers should be determined first in order to obtain relevant data considered necessary to be infused in the design.
There has been significant proliferation of churches in North-Central Nigeria between 1984 and 20... more There has been significant proliferation of churches in North-Central Nigeria between 1984 and 2014 with the growth of the proliferation of Pentecostal denominations. There have also been significant security threats such as bomb attacks and gun attacks on public buildings and places with high population gatherings such as motor parks, markets and churches in Northern Nigeria between 2010 and 2015, when the terrorist attacks took a religious dimension. It is gradually becoming a norm to find churches taking different active security measures to protect their members and properties during church programmes. The debate amongst architects involved in church designs is how to provide passive security in church designs, thereby making the building secured and provide a sense of security to its users. The introduction of different security measures within and around the building and premises is an attempt at passive security in existing churches. The aim of this paper is to examine the perception of the church users with the type of security system in place in their church so as to determine opportunities for architects to improve the security of the church. The research made use of both observation schedule and questionnaire to obtain data from the field. The data was analysed using SPSS and Microsoft Excel packages. The results showed that church users are not satisfied with the current security measures in their churches. The paper concluded that a passive security approach method be adopted to church designs and retrofitting. INTRODUCTION The church has undergone several definitions and interpretations often based on the denomination or the person in charge of the worshipers, that is, either by the Pastor, Bishop or Reverend. A common factor with the Christian worshipers is that they require a place to gather and worship God based on their faith. There are cases in northern part of Nigeria where the church denominations had to rent buildings for their place of worship; usually they rent large halls in hotels, civic centres and warehouses. These buildings are simply remodelled or decorated to serve the purpose of worship during the church service; the buildings cannot be tempered with structurally to provide passive security. The Christian denominations with its purpose built church usually have total control over what happens on the buildings, the church designs have been used to create some form of identity and to serve as an icon representing their believe. According to Marsh & Walter (n.d), the church should be about the people however, the building has impact on the worshiper and the owner of the ministry. This could be viewed as a reason why many churches pay significant attention on the building, be it interior or exterior. The challenge for many architects who are involved in the design of churches is that of meeting the demand of space and identity creation. In the creation of identity for a church the architects usually compete with other churches in creating a design that stands outs. The church members usually feel attached to the building hence they feel it should be grandiose, according to Christ Church Central (2013) the church building is usually considered as an asset to the church members.
The paper examined selected data requirements for housing provision in selected housing estates a... more The paper examined selected data requirements for housing provision in selected housing estates as applicable to house owners with the view of determining the degree of relevance to mass housing provision. The research employed a mixed method approach by collecting both quantitative and qualitative data which were analysed using descriptive analysis in SPSS. The results are presented in tables, charts and figures to illustrate the data developed. The result showed that a significant percentage of the people living in these estates are tenants and cannot afford to pay for the ownership of the houses. It also showed that the houses were not built based on any data obtained from prospective house owners hence the constant desire to make changes. The paper concludes that the housing provision as currently practised is not socially sustainable as it does not rely on data from the prospective house owners. It therefore recommends that for future housing estate developments, prospective house occupiers should be determined first in order to obtain relevant data considered necessary to be infused in the design.
There has been significant proliferation of churches in North-Central Nigeria between 1984 and 20... more There has been significant proliferation of churches in North-Central Nigeria between 1984 and 2014 with the growth of the proliferation of Pentecostal denominations. There have also been significant security threats such as bomb attacks and gun attacks on public buildings and places with high population gatherings such as motor parks, markets and churches in Northern Nigeria between 2010 and 2015, when the terrorist attacks took a religious dimension. It is gradually becoming a norm to find churches taking different active security measures to protect their members and properties during church programmes. The debate amongst architects involved in church designs is how to provide passive security in church designs, thereby making the building secured and provide a sense of security to its users. The introduction of different security measures within and around the building and premises is an attempt at passive security in existing churches. The aim of this paper is to examine the perception of the church users with the type of security system in place in their church so as to determine opportunities for architects to improve the security of the church. The research made use of both observation schedule and questionnaire to obtain data from the field. The data was analysed using SPSS and Microsoft Excel packages. The results showed that church users are not satisfied with the current security measures in their churches. The paper concluded that a passive security approach method be adopted to church designs and retrofitting. INTRODUCTION The church has undergone several definitions and interpretations often based on the denomination or the person in charge of the worshipers, that is, either by the Pastor, Bishop or Reverend. A common factor with the Christian worshipers is that they require a place to gather and worship God based on their faith. There are cases in northern part of Nigeria where the church denominations had to rent buildings for their place of worship; usually they rent large halls in hotels, civic centres and warehouses. These buildings are simply remodelled or decorated to serve the purpose of worship during the church service; the buildings cannot be tempered with structurally to provide passive security. The Christian denominations with its purpose built church usually have total control over what happens on the buildings, the church designs have been used to create some form of identity and to serve as an icon representing their believe. According to Marsh & Walter (n.d), the church should be about the people however, the building has impact on the worshiper and the owner of the ministry. This could be viewed as a reason why many churches pay significant attention on the building, be it interior or exterior. The challenge for many architects who are involved in the design of churches is that of meeting the demand of space and identity creation. In the creation of identity for a church the architects usually compete with other churches in creating a design that stands outs. The church members usually feel attached to the building hence they feel it should be grandiose, according to Christ Church Central (2013) the church building is usually considered as an asset to the church members.
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