PASE, OLUBUKUNOLA CHIBUZOR and Covenant University, Theses (2018) PROPOSED DRUG REHABILITATION CENTRE OKOLOBIRI, BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA:ADOPTING THERAPEUTIC ARCHITECTURE FOR PATIENTS’ RECOVERY. Masters thesis, COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
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Abstract
Drug abuse has become an issue of concern not only in Nigeria but in the world at large. The aim of this study is to design a drug rehabilitation centre for Bayelsa state by adopting the concept of therapeutic architecture with a view to creating a healing environment for its users. Information from existing literature and case studies were used to examine the effect of therapeutic architecture on patients’ recovery and the unique problems in the design of drug rehabilitation centres. The study was able to identify safety, security and serenity as the major considerations in the design of a drug rehabilitation centre. However, the researcher identified that the components of therapeutic architecture were grievously lacking in the Nigerian case studies. From the findings, in order to address this issue of concern, the concept of therapeutic architecture was adopted in the design of a drug rehabilitation centre in a bid to improve patients’ recovery. This was evident in the buildings floor plan, landscape design, site zoning, interior design and spatial analysis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2020 15:58 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2020 15:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/13087 |
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