Scholarly works in Department of Architecture

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    Marketing the Tourism Potentials of Owo Community for the Development of Ondo State, Nigeria
    (2012) Olugbamila, O. B.; Omole, F. K.; Omosulu, S. B.; Soyinka, O. A.; Odeyale, T. O.; Olufayo, O.; Akinrinmade, O.
    The aim of this study is to identify the tourism potentials in Owo Community and their contribution to the socioeconomic development of the people. The study made use of purposive sampling method. Systematic random sampling was used to administer questionnaires at interval of 10lh respondents targeted at house hold heads. The results show that the level of patronage of tourism potentials in Owo is relatively high as revealed by the data collected. The impacts of tourism potentials in the study area included boosting of income, employment and business. The study concludes that tourism potentials in Owo community has high patronage and has positive impact on people’s socio-economic lives, but there are many challenges facing the sector in the study area. Some of which are lack of accommodation, lack of awareness, inadequate water supply, lack of support by both Local and State governments for both Igogo and Ero festivals. The study recommends proper funding of Owo Museum by the federal government as well as appropriate packaging and marketing of Igogo and Ero festivals to meet international standards among other recommendations.
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    Sustainable Architecture and Food Production: Impact of Modernity on the Traditional Urban Form.
    (CSAAR Press, 2010) Odeyale, T. O.; Sodagar, B.; Temple, N.
    Architecture in any period has often been a reflection of the sociological, cultural, economic and technological aspects of its development. Though it has been argued that Africa has no recorded history in the written form, but evidences persist of the rich culture of the different tribes that makes up the constituent of its inhabitants. This paper examines some of these socio-cultural factors that impinge on the historical traditional forms and architectural system in sub-Saharan Africa, by considering the pattern of food production and consumption. It also examines in particular existing relationship between architecture and food consumption that affect the sustainable built form found in southwest Nigeria. The paper is thus an endeavor to discuss the connections, interrelationships and benefits of these concepts in the evolving modem sociocultural views on Africa. The paper report a recent field survey carried out in the study area, based on quantitative and qualitative methodology. Sizeable numbers of questionnaire are administered to the target population, using stratified random sampling method in order to elicit primary data with 76 percent response rate from the respondent. The survey and interview conducted highlights a number of observations and conclusion of the relationship between food production activities and its role in city development or formation.