DEVELOPING INDIGENOUS SPATIAL CONTEXT IN THE DESIGN OF CENTRE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE JOS, NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Good architecture is experienced when it is tailored to fit the context of root users, however, globalization has posed a great challenge to this cause. This is reflected in the thirst for Euro-American space design in cultural facilities in Nigeria which gave birth to the design of the National art theatre to imitate the Varna Palace of Sports and Culture, Bulgaria. Over the years architectural researches on traditional culture of Nigeria have largely focused on large language groups like the three ethnic groups- Igbos, Yorubas and the Hausas and less attention on smaller language groups. It is in this light that this paper examines the people of Plateau state. Three ethnic groups were sampled to represent the three geo-political zones in the state North, Central and South, namely, Berom, Ngas and the Taroks respectively. The sampling criteria used was the cultures' population in the zone, historical background, influence and also their presence in the number of Local Government Areas...