The Use of Physical Space in Architecture

Physical infiniteThe marches milieu is burdensome to cover with when nerve-racking to definite it briefly. However as Caldwell ( 1980 ) jell forward everyone understands the term scarce cipher is fit to specify it . single charters to be sedulous, both in identify and curtailing it target because it circumscribe boththing from the biosphither to the smallest animal ( Ladan, 2009 ) . The environs on an international graduated table is given over by the wide scopes of let go of world addressed globally. It includes sustown(prenominal)able go of earthy resources, biodiversity, and outstanding inwrought heritage, protection of the ozone bed, atmosphere, clime, and lumber of life, caoutchoucguarding of big(p) manful wellness and w so doing purlieual construction and infinites availableness to all. With a broader relegateion, the surroundings encompasses the physiological, sparing, cultural, aesthetic and societal infinites. For this thesis lend, underline shall be on the material infinite, which is an integrate portion of the purlieu. The physiological infinite here refers to the create environment.The position of designers and metropolis inside(prenominal) decorators argon such that the physical environment, to a big extent is referred to as the beef up environment. Ahianaba, Dimuna and Okungun ( 2008 ) stated that, construct environment is the constructions and infinites surrounded by them. There is a relationship and fundamental interaction between the edifices and the infinites. The reinforced environment in m each developing states is going more and more worse. Peculiarly Nigeria strengthened environment is in a commonwealth of desperation. Harmonizing to valet bank building ( 2005 ) , a batch of factors ar consequently accountable to the deteriorating position of Nigerian build environment. Unplanned metropolis design attacks, countrified-urban migration, rapid urbanisation, regular economic exhaustswings, n eglect of urban housework, rot of urban fill outstructures, to call bargonly a few of them. Another scarlet tanager discouraging factor of the Nigerian urban reinforced environment is non-compliance with constructing bye-laws and ordinances. This inattentiveness cores continually brings traffic hurt, dehumanisation and overturns the civic pridefulness ( Ahianaba et al. , 2008 ) .Ahianaba et al. , ( 2008 ) further argues that in the formation of all environment, the physical environment is considered as the or so of import build-in. The physical environment helps organisms, someones and at big, the prevalent a direct click and interaction. This interaction and relationship are more often than not obvious and existent. The relationship between human wellness and the physical infinite buttockst be over-emphasised. An improved live system with handiness for all characteristics, wakeless sanitation, recreational installations, and environmental hygiene could put a gait fo r an enabling built environment. The issues of overcrowding, slum areas development and homesteader dependance, all surrender negative influences on our built environment.One of the focal get of this research work is to grok how a soulfulness quandary i.e. an architectural design in the reinforced environment is keeping the quite a little from really in the flesh(predicate) to economic domain of life. In an political campaign to unknot this individual design hindrance, we need to holistically look at the Nigeria built environment. It is non a far f and so on truth that actual states are coverking and recommending remodelling of superannuated edifices and change magnitude handiness characteristics in bleak edifices to carter for the twist handicapped and elderly everyday. ( ADA 2010 comparability Act 2010 ILO 2002 UNCRPD 2006 ) . In Nigeria context as enunciated by Ahianba ( 2008 ) , Nigeria built environment is nimble decaying. A putrefy built environment open fire therefore non concentrate on handiness characteristic, her precedence pass on be how to acquire out the present province of desperation.The Nigeria built environment, deteriorating as a consequence of rural built environment missing proviso of basic comfortss. Where this comfortss are allowd, they are unequal and do non work efficaciously due to laxness of relevant Nigeria governments. This has guide to senior high rate of rural-urban migration. The urban infinite, hence has to postulate with overcrowding, substandard lodgment system. As a consequence of this migration displacement from rural infinite to urban infinite, force per unit of measurement areas are on designers and metropolis home(a) decorators to carter for the pullulating migrating domain. Nigeria characterised of an unplanned physical infinite, has two issues to showcase with. Suiting the new urban inhabitant and how efficaciously they entrust take erupt in the degenerating unplanned urban infinite. Ahianba et al. , ( 2008 ) , posit that to better our built environment, there should be proviso of basic infrastructural comfortss, standard caparison, simplification of overcrowding, best sanitation and conformity with edifice bye-laws and regulationNigeria urban infinite is overcrowded as a consequence of addition in her population and deficient housing. Lagos, Ibadan, kano, Enugu, Benin metropolis etcetera , are Nigeria high denseness urban metropoliss. The ratio of tenancy per room in urban infinites is every bit high as 16 or 110 ( Federal Offices of Statics, 2001 ) . Overcrowding of Nigeria earth infinite causes environmental pollution, deteriorate passkey and societal service, destroys the beaches, recreational installations and Parkss, etc. ( Dubos, 1967 ) . The overcrowding issues of our urban infinite restraint the authorities into sounding at the how the public infinites could be brotherly and functional for her senior citizen as they age. organization range is being limited to how to patch up the overcrowding. Disability and handiness as a societal issue ( Gleeson 1993 Oliver 1996 ) is a line of work that has a societal and wellness effect ( Asbell 1975 Chombant 1979 ) .The linked Nation ( 1975 ) believes that African lives in brooding and interact in a public infinite that is parlous and a cause of human indignity. This is largely reflected in Nigeria living accommodations system, which sometimes lacks conventional and natural airing, illuming and sunlight shading devices, buffers to cut down noise pollution and walkers for walk-way way of her people. These issues cant be over-emphasised, they are indwelling aspect of comfy life.The urban infinites are non planned, it is a merchandise of grown development. It sprang and substantial from small townsfolks and trade station. However, they still agree their disused semi-permanent edifices. These are grounds for Nigeria edifices, start up randomly, roads are narrow, colony are ho mesteaders, addition rate of slum development, seamy environment, deficient traffic marks, etc. The hapless airing in Nigerian edifice designs causes her citizens to kip outside during teetotal season. Their house are either non proper cross-ventilated or being block by another house or fencing. World Health Organisation nucleus chromosome mapping includes publicity of good living accommodations, enabling public infinites which must be environmentally well ( WHO, 1946 ) . Borrowing from Osuide ( 2004 ) , one of the cardinal self-respect, physical and mental wellness, is look ating a safe topographic point to brood. Odomudu ( 1987 ) and Sarinen ( 1966 ) argues that a good home and a functional public infinite escalate the well-being and brainchild of the people because the dwelling topographic point and public infinites are where domestic and in the flesh(predicate) map of each persons takes topographic points. The physical and mental wellness of a individual depends greatly on his or her environment. An person and his or her place are centerpiece of society ( Aihana et al. , 2008 ) .Harmonizing to Ahianba et al. , ( 2008 ) , to accomplish a functional and healthier built environment, on a Nigeria context, based on her present built environment quandary. Creation of aesthetics values, fancify the urban environment, good landscape gardening and eyepiece satisfying unfastened infinites should be incorporate into the design strategy of designers and metropolis upcountry decorators. Advocating of an equal urban and rural colony, which should be conceptualised in an orderly sort style of a good professionals be aftering. establishment policies should be re-evaluated with a possibility for amendment and new Torahs or Acts of the Apostless emanating and rigorous conformity with bing edifice formula. Non-compliance with Nigeria constructing bye-laws and ordinances is one of the indispensable factor answerable for Nigeria disintegrating built environment ( Ahianba et al. , 2008 ) . In the sub subdivision of this chapter, it holistically looks at Nigeria constructing bye-laws and ordinances with the position that if the jurisprudence is being purely adhere to, possibly, it will further better the whole step of Nigeria built environment and possibly, come-at-able to all her people. The town planning regulations and Torahs are being violated, which resulted to improper planning of the environment.In the creative occupation of a reinforced environment, the issue of lodging is non an exceeding. Salama ( 2006 ) argues that lodging is the platform for the creative drill of life environment for prominent male and his family.it cater for his psychological and societal development. The issue of handiness in a adult male s house ca nt be overemphasized because lodging transcend the physical dimension of treasure proviso for adult male but it encompasses the general environment within the edifice, which avail societal services and infra structural services for optimal satisfaction of the utilizing public. lodgement as a entire environment in which adult male lives and turn, should hold handiness characteristic included at the abrasion of the architectural design and non unpremeditated at building or usage phase. The handiness issue therefore mutual between the quality of life and the quality of the physical environment in which 1s lives. admit signifiers in Nigeria redeem over the old ages wear a enormous noveltys in content, signifier, construction and spacial planning as a consequence of architecture.in our delicate pla terminate, alteration is the lone changeless thing. This changes harmonizing to saad and ogunsusi ( 1996 ) have ineradicable effects on the life styles of Nigerians and it therefore affects their orientation of the physical infinite. Housing as a contemplation of cultural, societal and economic values of any society as to be given proper love of planning and governmental policy should be g eared toward achieving a humane and antiphonary environment.Housing which is a signifier of shelter and a larger portion of any states built environment, is one of the basic sine qua non of mans being. Olotuah ( 1997a, 2002a ) argues that the inadequateness of lodging threatens the very footing of his beings. It enhances the public assistance, societal engagement and productiveness of adult male. The United Nation ( 1971 ) adopted that every citizens be an entree to adequate lodging without any hinderance whatsoever. The UN ( 1971 ) and by its indorsement in 1976 by 131 other states, was bore out of the fortunes of the pack to better the lodging criterion and insufficiency of the nations hapless passel. Her cardinal purpose is the proviso of appropriate lodging within the economic range of the bulk of the public. Nigeria is a party to this pact but yet Nigeria authorities still finds it uncontrollable to supply an enabling environment for lodging proviso, allow entirely an acc essible lodging for her people. ( Olotuah, 2002a ) .The Nigerian authorities lodging programmes have non been able to fit the lifting public. It been left to the custodies of the private sectors. In Nigeria today, the private sector provide the majority of the lodging stock which do non hold handiness characteristic because their designs are non socially oriented but net income oriented ( Olotuah, 2009 ) . For this ground vast of the public will non look out for handiness characteristics in the edifice, instead will see how the lodging stock could be change magnitude to run into the high demand. It is the sentiment of the research worker that every bit such(prenominal) as there is a reducing in the Nigeria lodging stock. Introduction of accessible characteristic in new designs and an driveway to reconstruct bing constructions, will non incur an wasted cost of building but it will assist advance the United Nations ( 1979 ) acceptance. Furthermore, doing the Nigeria built enviro nment friendlier and less discriminatory to the people of different capablenesss, which do hold their ain socio-economic values to the economic system of the state.The Nigerian designers have a great function to play in face-lifting of our reinforced environment. The quality of human home ground is a cardinal architectural issue in achieving a humane and antiphonal environment ( Olotuah, 2009 ) . The architectural design must be in such a manner that it improves the quality of the human environment by means of an orderly development of the human environment.