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The Role of Colour Perception in Visual Sustainability: a Survey of Senate Building Facades in Selected Universities in Southwest, Nigeria

Oludare, F. D. and Adeboye, A. B. and Ezema, I. C. (2021) The Role of Colour Perception in Visual Sustainability: a Survey of Senate Building Facades in Selected Universities in Southwest, Nigeria. In: 4th International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development, 2021, Online.

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Abstract

Colour perception is essential in the appreciation of the physical world. The inclusion of colour in the consideration of sustainable development of buildings is an important environmental and social factor which calls for distinguishing different colours for diverse building typology. This paper was aimed at identifying public colour preference for senate building facade in selected universities in southwest Nigeria, with a view to establish distinct colour scheme for office buildings. A survey research design was adopted with the stratified random sampling technique used in selecting respondents. Primary data were obtained through the administration of questionnaire to 577 users from ten selected universities. Photographs of 10 selected university senate building façade were attached to the questionnaire to serve as bases for assessing the buildings. Data was analysed using frequencies, percentages and mean ranking. The study revealed that façade colour is an important architectural element for visual sustainability and lighter shades of different colours were observed to be most preferred by the respondents in the study area. The study recommended the need for equipping the design professionals on the fundamentals of colour choices as an architectural design element for building façade attractiveness.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Colour Perception, Visual sustainability, Users Perception, Senate Building, Visual Quality
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Art
Depositing User: Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2021 10:06
Last Modified: 23 Jun 2021 10:06
URI: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/14880

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