PROPOSED CENTER FOR ART AND CULTURE LAFIA

PROPOSED CENTER FOR ART AND CULTURE LAFIA

ABSTRACT

In Nigeria, relaxation and leisure is perceived more as luxury than necessity. Any other form of activity that does not generate income is believed to be waste lime. The absence of relaxation and leisure in our life style has giving birth to dangerous conditions such as high blood pressure, fatigue, cardiac arrest and other stress. Related ailment. Therefore there’s need to invest in construction and development of center for art and culture for recreation, entertainments, widening the scope of socio-cultural activities and arts performance. Architecture has been ignited in this project work to proffer solution through the design of the center for art and culture that will host social and cultural activities which will go a long way inculcating in our people the long forgotten and cherished cultural values. Tourism could also come in to view as the structure will be monument and well landscaped. For the purpose of this research every chapter has his own contribution. Chapter one (1) is centered on introduction, problem statement and definition, aims and objectives and also the importance of the study. Chapter two (2) is concerned with the literature review, Chapter three (3) deals with the case studies, these are; the chines cultural center Toronto, National art theater Lagos and also the Nigerian cultural center, millennium tower Abuja. Chapter four (4) highlights the climatic data and site analysis. Chapter five (5) dwells on the design properties and concept, materials and construction, and other services related to the project e.g mechanical and electrical services, water supply, waste or refuge disposal and maintenance.

CHAPTER ONE

1.0       INTRODUCTION

Center for art and culture has become sensational to the society in every day since it purchase entertainment or an operating theater in the heart or minds of people when elaborated people of various background coming together to perform and yet entertain and view, theater could draw our thinking ability to a large capacity crowed uniting together to see and witness various art and cultural performances such as music/concert, drama, cinema viewing, picture painting, art drawing etc. people of the society do not see the socio cultural and art tie and the effect it has or its having on the people in the society, especially in Nigerian settings where culture differ from region to region.

The center for art and culture in Nigeria could serve a hug purpose to the people in Nigeria as the facing the age long dichotomy of the Nigerian. It could serve as a place of uniting the people of Nigeria just as sport and education does a lot to units us.

Eventually, both the government and people may not have recognized, leisure, relaxation, sight seeing and entertainment, this can be achieved when there has been magnanimous attempt to land scape and slotting of recreational facilities and equally making the building structure amendment 

This is achieved by the attempt of bringing the Centre for art and culture and its surroundings tourism industry. For example Sydney Opera houses has its way of international report as it beautify the image of Australia, including structure live stature of liberty America, huffier town in France etc. in line with tourism, collection of revenue is one aspect of the government or private organization enjoys especially when staying a show of great importance to the public.

Defining Art and cultural center by combining the two words together from the dictionary I would but of center for and culture is a building or a place different customs, art, social and cultural activities etc. are displaced theater will follow as a building where plays and its like are performed or an outdoor like an amphitheater. When similar arts is also done.

The idea of building the center for art and culture in Nigeria would be of great importance especially when a society claims to be civilized, it must allots and proportion of its resources to patronage  of the arts here in Nigeria where relaxation and leisure has not become portable to earn us a reasonable living where hustling and hasting of life has incapacitated the people and so it results to such a dangerous illness such as stress, cardiac arrest, fatigues and so on. There is a great need for government and private organization to facilitate the building of recreational center’s.

Chapter one (1) is in ten (10) sections. Following the introduction is the restatement of the project. Section two (2) research motivation aim and objectives. Section (3) is the research methodology. Section (4) is the scope of the study. Section (5) deals with limitation. Section (6) deals with the importance of the study. Section (7) deals with the definition of terms. Section (8) deals with the site selection. Section (9) deals with the utilities. Section ten deals (10) with the thesis organization.    

 

1.1       RESTATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM

Every society that wishes to continue with existence must welcome unity architecture as in its respect being use fuse the people together which is the use dependent upon the performance stage in the theories such as drama, depicting most of our cultural values and performance of some novelist store made in Nigeria, music repertories which come in form of connects and mostly singing nature are as composed in incidence cloth with orchestra and local instrument.

Tourism as an avenue for boosting the image of the country has not been fully explored, people find it difficult to relax, this is due course causes fatigue  and other related illness, tourism involves not only relaxing or recreating but as well as sight seeing especially new things.

Natural or scene environmental features and man-made elements. In this project the building is a sight to behold and most of the element creates sight for both relaxation and for good viewing/mewing.

1.2       MOTIVATION

With the recent trends in the society, when culture seems to be devaluing most common practices are borrowed from the Western World. People not having respect for each other especially those from different cultural background; units in our cultural systems  in dividing due to lack of cohesion and disintegration of our values (culture) and practices has become the norm of the tourism potentials in the country are not yet exploited in Lafia the capital of Nasarawa and yet theater, since is a place for unity. All this and yet more motivated me to proposed betting center for art and culture that would host most events inside Lafia this work borders on the region of a patriot attempts to use Architecture as a tool to solve problems “Architecture as a machine” by the following desire.

To promote art and tourism in Nasarawa state.

To To unite the people of Nasarawa state through theatric performance.

promote a high cultural heritage for the people of Nasarawa state.

To provide reliable information and data on design of art and cultural center

To construct a well ventilated theatre

To desire to produce by way of design a well lighted gallery.

1.3       AIM

This project is aiming at promoting Nasarwa state tourism and projecting the unity, the socio cultural, history of Nasarawa state people. Architectural design will be the means of doing that or achieving the aim by providing a standard center for art and culture.

1.4       OBJECTIVES

To provide a functional response, flexible and well ventilated theatre to reserve and promote both objective of art and cultural heritage with information about them.

Convenient place for relaxation so as to eliminate fatigue.

A well lighted gallery

Provide a well celebrated edified for a better appreciation of a cultural and art center as a monument and also tourism attraction.

1.5       RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This thesis was conducted through the following proceedings

Documentation on Nasarawa state culture and people

Historical method

Case study of similar situation

Use of internet

1.6       SCOPE OF STUDY

The study of the scope includes

General study of theater, the structure and the problems they face in construction

Study of the other theatre performances around the work  and their construction

Study of lightens generally and how they affects theatres.

1.7       LIMITATION

When carrying out the cause of study I had limitations “Art and culture center” or “Centre for Art and Culture” is actually a broad subject, and the site visited gave information in accordance with the type of activities performance in school library has little information on the subject. Financial constraints was another major factor that disallowed an extensive movement to a through and wider research work. Notwithstanding information gathered were almost sufficient and were used to compose a suitable proposal and also writing a report for the project.

1.8       IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY

As a matter of fact, the proposal was done out of the desire to see the betterment of Nasarawa state through art and socio cultural activities which is due course could fuse Nigerians together. It is again seen that there is need to activate tourism in the state and through the proposal it could be achieved. Creating a natural monuments in the Nasarawa state becomes another major importance to the prestige of our dear nation.

More importantly, the proposal should be seen as a model and reference points among student who wish to undergo such project since it is an academic exercise.

   

1.9       DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following are term common with theater and shall consistently be sued or mention in the write up.

Patrons: This denotes regular viewers in a theater or people who patronize the theater regularly.

Stage: This is a raised platform or structure board in which the actors appears.

Proscenium: The part of the stage in the front of the curtain

1.10     Site Selection  

Location: The site is located beside state polytechnic Lafia adjacent Lavista Motel Ombi I Lafia, it is opposite DD’s Club house street and the site is about 250 x 250 with total land of 62,500m2.

Access and circulation: The topography will permit adequate vesicular and pedestrian traffics within the area. It is easily accessible from the town and it is close to state polytechnic and not far from Nasarawa state ministries and federal secretariat.

Soil And Sub Soil Conditions

Existing soil is good for excavation and site preparation for locating services and infrastructure. Sub soil possess and also brings good bearing capacity and economical construction value.

UTILITIES: Electricity, telephones and pipe borne water are essential for any building project. Electric pass through the road landing beside the land (proposed) to supply the neighboring buildings. Due to closeness of the site with important state site (government such as ministries, Federal secretariat and state polytechnic Lafia will give this site a good value.

Topography: This is beautifully characterized with few trees and such do no require heroic geotechnical engineering for construction to commence. This site slopes towards southern direction to the river and does not constitute any major constraints in construction work as it offer good drainage flow trees are scattered randomly over the site.

1.11    THESIS ORGANISATION

This thesis is in 5 chapters. Following the problem statement. Chapter one (1) is the literature review. Chapter­ (2) deals with concepts, theories, and models of cultural center premises.  Chapter three (3) focuses on the research methodology, which outlines the means of data collection and analysis. Chapter four (4) is a discussion of the research results. Chapter five (5) conclude the research with a pragmatic design approach.

CHAPTER TWO

            LITERATURE REVIEW

  2.0     INTRODUCTION

             The literature review focuses on concepts, theories and models of cultural center. This is aimed at establishing the relevant ideas that could guide the generation of an appropriate design proposal.

The chapter is in seven (7) sections following this introduction is the history of the study area. Section two (2) deals with the local natural settings. Section three (3) deals with the theatrical evolvement around the world. Section four (4) deals with the tradition and drama. Section five (5) deals with the theater of the colonial period. Section six (6) deals with the theater  of the independence period and section seven (7)  concludes the chapter.

The word “center for art and culture” has become much more senatorial since it purchase entertainment or an operating theater in the minds of people when elaborated people of various bag round coming together to perform and yet entertain, theater could make its thank about large capacity crowd coming together to see various art performance. Such as music/comment, picture printing craft, sculpture’s, drama, cinema  viewing. And so on people have not yet seen the socio-cultural tie and effect it has on people especially in Nigeria where culture differ from region to region

Center for art and culture has been broad topic which where able to be completed by many write. Like Bamiloye Oluwaseye of university of Illoron where he wrote about “culture the necessity of lulling in the Yoruba land” he talked mostly about the way of life. The people of Yoruba in that community called Adelale a place in ona-ara local government Oyo state, where people do value their culture.