CULTURE AND DESIGN DECISION URBAN HOUSING: an appraisal of the niger bridge-head housing estate onitsha
Keywords:
CULTURE, DESIGN DECISION URBAN HOUSING, estate onitshaSynopsis
Research has established conclusively that user satisfaction in housing is culture-conditioned. lt has also been overwhelmingly demonstrated that the participation of the real users of housing in the conceptual design phase of housing programmes is perhaps the only strategy that can guarantee ultimate success for such programmes in terms of their being capable o_Lsatisfying the real needs of housing consumers. However, recent trends in designer-user relationships indicate a growing alienation of the designer from the users of hous ing, with the result that the .culture-conditioned housing needs of these users are often ill-comprehended and thus' in the design of housing schemes. improperly adèlressed This study investigates, against the given background, some theoretical and practical imperatives in the quest for a functionally and socio-culturally satisfying housing, using one urba.n housing estate as case study. Employing the social survey research methodology, the study articulates user needs and preferences in housing within the study area and uncovers new attitudes which can
form the basis of new hypothesis. lt identifies the implications of research findings for future housing policy and for further research and proposes strategies for achieving greater success in governments' urban housing development efforts.
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
References
Abiodun, J.O., "Housing Problems in Nigerian Cities" in Town Planning Review, Vol. 47 No. 4, October 1976, p. 43.
Achebe, Chinua, Morning Yet on Creation Day: Essays. Heinemann Ltd., Ibadan, 1975.
Acquaye, E., "A Teleological Review of the Housing Problems in Developing Countries" in Onibokun, A. G. (ed.), Housing in Nigeria. N ISER, Ibadan, 1985.
Ademuwagun, Z .A., An Investigation of the Relationship Between. ) Yoruba Culture and Formai Education in Nigeria. Unpublished Ed. D. Dissertation, Boston University, 1965.
Adeniyi, E.O., Hoùsing in Nigeria1s National Development. NISER, Ibadan, 1972.
Aedile, M., "A Choice in Housing" in The Journal of the lristitute of Housing Managers Vol. 8, No. 3, September 1972, p.3
Agbola, Tunde, "Human Response to the Physical Environment" in Olowu, A.A. (ed.), Readings in Environmental Psychology. ( Forthcomi ng 1990) •
Agbola, Tunde, "The Nature of Housing Subsidies in Nigeria" in Journal of NITP, Vol. 6 and 7, 1986, p.86.
Agbola, Tunde, "The Participation of the Rural_ Poor in Rural Development: A Theoretical Construct": in The Nigerian Journal of Economie and Social Studies (NJESS). (Forthcoming 1990).
Aldous, Tony, Battle for Environment. Fontana Publishers, Glasgow_, 1972.
Alexander, Chris, Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1966.
AI-Hathloul, S.A., "Design Principles for Housing Development in Arab Muslim Cities" in Housing Problems in Developing Countries (Proceedings of IAHS International Conference). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1978.
Allison, Lincoln, Environmental Planning: A Political and Philosophical Analysis. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, 1975.
Aminu, F.A., The Socio-Cultural and Economie Basis for Housing Preference in Ibadan, Nigeria. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1977.
Barbour, K.M. et al, Nigeria in Maps. Hodder and Stroughton, London, 1982.
Bayer, Glennh, Housing and Society. The Macmillan Company;· New_ York, 1966.
Bell, Gwen et al, Urban Environments and Human Behaviour - An Annotated Bibliography. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross Inc., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1973.
Blowers, A.T., 11Council Housing: The Social Implications of Layout and design in an Urban F.ringe Estate" in· Town Planning Review, Vol. 40 1970, p.80.
Broadbent, G., Design in Architecture.. John Wiley and Sons New York, 1975.
Burke, E.M., "Citizen Participation Strategies" in Journal of the Amrican I nstitute of Planners, September 1968, p. 287.
Chubb, L.T., Ibo Land Tenure. Ibadan Unviersity Press, Ibadan, 1971.
Cooper-Marcus, C., "User Needs Research in Housing" in Davis, Sam (ed.), The Form of Housing. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1977.
Gyuse, T. T.1., 11Culture and the Built Environment11 in Journal of Tropical Architecture. Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1980, p.61.
Hietbrink, R. H. et al, 11Housing and Problems of Rapid Growth -The Boomtown Phenomenon11 in Housing Problems in Developing Countries (Proceedings of IAHS International Conference). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1978.
Hirschon, R. et al, "Society, Culture and Spatial Organisation11 in Ekistics. Vol. 30, September 1970, p. 82.
Hoinville, G., 11Evaluating Community Preferences11 in Environment and Planning. Vol. 3, No. 1, 1971, p. 33.
Hornsby-Odoi, E., 11Housing Needs and Preferences in Ghana11 in Proceedings of the Second
International Conference on Housing. NISER, Ibadan, 1975.
Ohiaegbunem, E. I., An Assessment of the Habitability of the Public Housing Estates in Benin
City. Unpublished MURP Dissertation, University of ibadan, 1984.
Okpala, D.C.I., Residential Mobility in Nigerian Cities: An Exploratory Study. NISER, Ibadan,,
Onibokun, A.G., A Cross Cultural Approach to Social Issues in Housing and Residential
Environment. N ISER, Ibadan, 1976.
Onibokun, A.G. A Comparative Analysis of the Relative Habitability of Public Housing Projects in
South Western Ontario. Upublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Waterloo, 1971.
Onibokun, A.G., 11Housing.. Needs and Respon?es: A Planner's Viewpoints11 in Onibo un., A. G.
(ed.), Housing in Nigeria (A Book of Readings). N ISER, Ibadan, 1985.
Pahl, R. E., Patterns of Urban Life. Longmans, London, 1970. Pateman, Carole, Participation and
Democratic Theory. Oxford Press, ·cambridge, 1976.
Perin, Constance, "Concepts and Methods for. Studying Envi.ronments in Use" in Architectural
Record. Vol. 8, 1972, p. 165.
Perin, Constance, With Man in Minci - An lnterdisciplinary Prospectus for Environmental Design. M.IT Press, Cambridge, Massachussetts, 1971.
Rapoport, Amos, House Forms and Culture. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall,. 1969.
Sanoff, Henry. Methods of Architectural Programming. Dowden, Hutchinson · and Ross Inc.,
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1977.
Scott, James, 11Testing a Housing. Design Preference: A Pilot Study11 in Architectural. Association
Quarterly. Vol. 2, January 1979,p. 23.
