Owuama, Chidindu Chukwuemeka and Covenant University, Theses (2021) PERFORMANCE BASED DESIGN OF MULTI-FACULTY BUILDING IN RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY PORT HARCOURT. Masters thesis, Covenant University Ota..
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Abstract
Faculty buildings have transcended form the singular function of hosting staff and students to a complex one of making sure that it adequately performs its function and at the same time satisfying the users of the building. Building performance is a general term used to describe just how well a building can satisfy the users. A multi-faculty building is a complex comprising of two or more faculties. In this study, it is going to merge the faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences into one complex structure for the Rivers State University. The Aim of this study is the design of a multi-complex faculty building for the faculty of Humanities and the faculty of Social Sciences in RSU, Focusing on buildings performance with safety and security very important variables. In order to carry out this study, the research employed quantitative and qualitative method which include questionnaire distribution to Two (2) of the three randomly selected public universities in South-East and South-South Region in Nigeria and two from international context. 160 questionnaires were distributed in the study area out of which 141 were retrieved. Bivariate and multivariate analysis were carried out by means of SPSS with computer system. The result showed that in the study context performance of faculty buildings as measured using overall quality of the buildings and their environment was 4 on a scale of 5 indicating ‘Good’; which was influenced by material quality, water, number of floors, ventilation, landscaping, number of staircases, human circulation, space adequacy, accessibility and security, out of these the following four (4) had the highest rating; material quality, number of staircases, water and human circulation. These factors need to be improved upon if performance of the building facilities is to be enhanced from present to highest level of 5 on a scale of 5 which is ‘very good’. Findings showed that performance-based design is a very important factor to consider when designing faculty or multi-faculty buildings for universities. This study further led to the proposed architectural design of the multi-faculty building facility that utilizes performance-based design strategies
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Building condition, Building quality, Faculty building, Performance-Based criteria, Public University, and User Satisfaction |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Art |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2021 13:20 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2021 13:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15409 |
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