Urban Public Housing in Northern Nigeria: The Search for Indigeneity and Cultural Practices in Design

ISBN-13: 9783319820491 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 161 str.

Abubakar Danladi Isah

Opis

This book provides readers with two major practical insights. Firstly, on the basis of statistical inquiry it identifies the significance of socio-cultural elements that encourage user-instigated transformation. Secondly, it employs layout pattern analysis to distinguish transformation patterns, hence revealing an unbroken cultural link between residents and their roots. The book also sheds new light on the transformation of public housing in the context of culture-sensitive communities in Northern Nigeria.The research work is directed towards developing culture-responsive public housing design frameworks that are rooted in the current users' experiences. As a result, a broad portrait of prime design emerges from said experiences. In order to accomplish this goal, the study takes into account both phenomenological and interpretive dimensions. In the process, the cultural factors behind residents' transformations are uncovered.

Spis treści

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Foreword.- Chapter 1.- 1.1 General idea about the book.- 1.2 Purpose and coverage of the research.- 1.3 Civilization and the indigenous culture demands in space uses.- 1.4 Public housing concept in Nigeria, conflict in user and providers’ views.- 1.4.1 Cultural context of northern part of Nigeria.- 1.4.2 Seeking to regulate indiscriminate housing transformation.- 1.4.3 Culture content desired by public housing users in design.- Building evidence based design in public housing transformation.- Post-occupancy assessment of public housing neighbourhood.- 1.5 Summary.- References.- Chapter 2: The dimension of public housing in Nigeria.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Optimising user activity-space relations through control levels.- 2.3 Historical outlook of the environmental setting of northern region of Nigeria.- 2.4 Impact of Language Distribution in Nigerian regional relations.- 2.5 Public housing situation in Nigeria.- 2.6 Urban migrants and housing impulse in Nigeria.- 2.7 Persistent dissatisfaction of public housing residents with provisions.- 2.8 Summary.- Reference.- Chapter 3: Culture and Space as an integral phenomenon of housing transformation.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Culture and co-creation of human spaces.- 3.3 Spatial morphological tendencies in public housings.-3.4 Adaptation of culture in urban building configuration.- 3.5 Housing transformation in culture sensitive societies.- 3.6 Outline of transformation threshold essentials.- 3.6.1 Sustainable housing transformation and sustainable technologies.- 3.6.2 Transformation as a cultural desire of habitation.- 3.6.3 Shortfall of transformation coverage by building regulations.- 3.7 Public housing transformation.- 3.8 Reflecting culture and housing theories in housing transformation.-       3.8.1 Etic and Emic theory of cross-cultural research.- 3.8.2 Man-Environment Relation (MER) design theory.- 3.8.3 Explanatory Theory of Environment-Behaviour Relation (EBR).- 3.8.4 User Centred Theory (UCT).- 3.8.5 Evidence Based Design (EBD).- 3.9 Summary.- Reference.- Chapter 4: Search for cultural attributes appropriate for design ideals.- 4.1 Connecting with users’ experience.- 4.2 Characterising users’ perception.- 4.3 Ethnography: the search for cultural determinants and patterns.- 4.3.1 Hausa ethnic group.- 4.3.2 Fulani ethnic group.- 4.3.3 Kanuri ethnic group.- 4.3.4 Nupe ethnic group.- 4.3.5 Tiv ethnic group.-4.3.6 Gbagyi ethnic group.- 4.4 Life at the root, identifying the core space use values.- 4.5 Sustainable indigenous socio-cultural attributes.- 4.5.1 Accessibility.- <4.5.2 Visitors’ reception.- 4.5.3 Outdoor relaxation.- 4.5.4 Household distribution.- 4.5.5 Social events and domestic chores.- 4.5.6 Cooking.- 4.6 Dwelling Layout Patterns.- 4.7 Spatial indigeneity at the root space use.- 4.8 Summary.- References.- Chapter 5: Search for Public housing inhabitants’ link with the root.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Public housing survey.- 5.2.1 Derivation of measurement concept.- 5.3 Core socio-demographic attributes.- 5.3.1 Family Structure.-5.3.2 Residency Duration.- 5.3.3 Age of Household Head.- 5.3.4 Frequency in Transformation Occurrence.- 5.3.5 Occupants Residency Cycle.- 5.3.6 Occupancy Cycle in relation to the Types of Changes made.- 5.4 Determining the link with the root through psychometric process.-            5.4.1 Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) .- 5.4.1.1 EFA of Socio-Cultural Factors.- 5.4.1.2 EFA of Socio-Economic Factors.- 5.4.1.3 EFA of Socio-Physical Environmental Factors.- 5.4.2 CFA and Second-Order SEM for the hypothesised composites.- 5.4.2.1 SEM of Tangible Socio-Cultural Factors.- 5.4.2.2 SEM of Intangible Socio-Cultural Factors.- 5.4.2.3 SEM of Socio-Economic Factors.- 5.4.2.4 SEM of Socio-Physical Factors.-5.5 Conclusion.- Reference.- Chapter 6: Search for design patterns and design indices in transformed housing units.-6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Transformed layout configurations.- 6.3 Effect of built environment control levels.- 6.4 Basic transformation types among inhabitants.- 6.5 Architectural patterns of transformation.- 6.5.1 Conversion of spaces for other functions.- 6.5.2 Extension of Spaces.- 6.5.3 Addition of Spaces.- 6.5.4 Re-configuration of Spaces.- 6.6 Conclusion.- References.- Chapter 7: Cultural determinants and spatial patterns of design framework units.-7.1 Introduction: recapitulating the research stance.- 7.2 Establishing the implicit findings.-7.3 Searching for the implicit meaning.- 7.3.1 Inferences on cultural determinants in the formation of design guidelines.-7.3.2 Inferences on spatial pattern in the formation of design guideline.- 7.4 The implicit domains.-7.4.1 Functionality Character.- 7.4.2 Ordering of Spaces.- 7.4.3 Territorial Control.- 7.4.4 Transformation Practice.- 7.4.5 Social System.- 7.4.6 Spatial Patterns.- 7.4.7 Space Formation.- 7.5 Re-adaptation of cultural attributes; public housing design framework.- 7.5.1 Culture Responsive Design.- 7.5.2 Emerging Urban Architectural Character.- 7.6 Conclusion.- Chapter 8: Rethinking sustainable public housing design in cultured communities.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Inhabitants’ adaptation with the transformed pattern replicating the root.- 8.3 Indigenous participation in sustainable public housing planning.- 8.4 Rethinking public housing design concept.- 8.4.1 Ideals for Policy and Design Implications.- 8.5 Conclusion.- Appendix.- Glossary.- Summary.

O autorze

Abubakar Danladi Isah is a professor at the Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology in Minna, Nigeria, where he teaches courses on architectural design, building climatology, architectural graphics, and geometry.