FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT
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Item Exploring New Directions for the Transformation of the Built Environment in Nigeria: The Role of Building Information Modeling(IISTE, 2016) Odeyale, T. O.; Olalekan, K.; Fagbemi, K.; Abraham, S.Building Information Modelling (BIM) offers an alternative and better method of handling information for integrated project delivery approach to that of the traditional fragmented method of collaboration in the built environment. This paper is aimed at assessing the awareness and the prospects of adopting BIM in the professional Architectural practices in Nigeria using Akure as a case study. The rate of urbanisation and transformation of the built environment in the face of globalisation, calls for a new direction in the processing and handling of building information. This is particularly necessary as the current business model is inadequate for maximum productivity. The field investigation focused on determining the current business model of selected Architectural practice as well as assessing their awareness of Building Information Modelling and whether or not professionals are going to adopt it soon. The findings showed that the method of collaboration among professionals remain fragmented, the use of 3D software and even BIM software is limited to just 3D visualization and plan details. The study revealed that despite a good number of respondents already conscious of the benefit of using a BIM tool; their overall approach to project delivery remains fragmented. Awareness of the concept of BIM was a little above average among respondents but BIM implementation in professional practice is very low. It was discovered that challenges faced by respondents in the adoption of BIM is predicated on the attitudinal disposition of other professionals with whom they work and exchange building information with. These professionals do not work with BIM and coupled with inadequate knowledge of staff in the adoption of BIM workflow. The paper concluded that Building Information Modelling (BIM) has greater advantage than the existing traditional practice involving 2D drafting. BIM also has the inherent ability to foster integrated project delivery by creating a common platform for all professionals to work simultaneously on a project thereby minimising costly design and construction errorsItem Threat to sustainable environments: reappraisal of cases and causes of building failures in nigeria(Cambridge Publications and Research International, 2015) Olalekan, K.; Odeyale, T. O.; Fagbemi, K.It is a common sight recently in the developing countries especially in Nigeria to find buildings collapsing in cities and towns. Such buildings cut across several use and function (private, corporate, religious and public), exposing innocent lives to harm and unwarranted death. This paper considers the various reasons, causes and factors at the root of this menace affecting building and sustainable environment. Some of the causes were traced back to the planning and conceptual design stages before the actual construction of the building takes place. The paper argues that the problem of building collapse and disaster is not due to lack of knowledge of its causes but in ensuring that such probable factors were programmed not to happen. This with involve putting in place, appropriate precautions from the design stage to ensure the durability, sustainability and functionality of the building through careful construction process and good maintenance.Item Social and cultural construction of healthy city in subsaharan africa: a case study of urban conflicts and modernisation agenda in ondo state, Nigeria(Cambridge Publications and Research International, 2015) Odeyale, T. O; Olalekan, K.This paper examines the processes of transformation of the architecture and spatial character of a Nigerian city, in the achievement of a healthy and sustainable built environment. Objectives: It investigates the conflicts, tensions and negotiations that take place between those city dwellers embedded in the context of traditions and those pursuing a modernization agenda at a time when new infrastructures (hospitals, food markets and Automobile Markets) are being introduced in Akure. The study demonstrates that in order to understand how the built marketplace is made, unmade and reassembled, it is necessary to know how the worldviews of market users, sellers and policymakers are both culturally and socially constructed. Method Used: Interpretive anthropology and Actor Network Theory are used to explore the unwritten ritual practices, persistent traditional values, conflicts and socio-cultural transformations that underlie the physical built environment in which the health and social facilities are located. Findings: The research shows that the character of the built environment and social infrastructures within the city is not simply an outcome of national decision making, but is driven by the cultural preferences and diverging social interests of ‘actants ’ as they negotiate the process of change between tradition and modernity and make choices.Item Millennium development goals: impact of sustainability discourses, conflict and inter-governmental actions on the built environment(Cambridge Research and Publications International, 2015) Odeyale, T. O; Olalekan, K.As part of the Millennium Cities initiative, organized by Earth Institute of Columbia University USA, Akure, Nigeria was selected as one of the cities in Sub-Saharan Africa to be assisted in achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs). Other cities selected in Sub-Saharan Africa include Kisumu. (Kenya); Blantvre. (Malawi); Kumasi, (Ghana); Bamako. (Mali); Sezou, (Mali); Kaduna, (Nigeria) and Mekelle. (Ethiopia). It is necessary to point out that this initiative focuses more on inter-governmental actions than tackling the source of the developmental problem of the cities involved in the initiative. Using a mixed methodological approach, which included participant observation and structured interviews by means of convenience and snowball sampling methods administered in the study area. According to the aim of the project it is to promote investment from overseas (capitalist) companies, create employment and help in the domestic affairs of the cities involved. This paper examine the impact of the MDGs on the built environment and critique these ‘lofty ideas' which has failed to address the local, regional and cultural specificity of the location; and which has not been productive in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper concludes that the desire for an integrated city cannot beItem Architects’ role in the shaping of innovative adaptable buildings in a sustainable built environment(Cambridge Research and Publications International, 2015) Olalekan, K.; Odeyale, T. O.The drive of every sociological study is to explore the changes that are taking place in society and what direction these transformations will take in the future. It must be noted that construction and technological issues demands a sociological explanation, hence the thrust of the study. The research is aimed at opening up new perspectives on the behaviour of architects and the workings of its social institutions. To discover general social pattern that emerges from individual or group actions and interactions of designers; which underpins new technological adoption. The research methods employed include examination of practised based case studies and interview in the adoption of innovative adaptable technologies in shaping a sustainable future for the built environment. Review of literatures carried out affirm the necessity for further investigations into the underlying socio-cultural dimensions at play in the formation of sustainable built environment in Sub Saharan Africa which include the prevailing local cultures. The paper conclude that adequate decision support mechanism and information is imperative to aid architects, designers, built environment practitioners and policy makers alike.Item Actor Network, Conflict and the Commodification of Planning: Role of Traditional Food Markets in Shaping the Built Environment of Akure Metropolis, Nigeria(2015) Odeyale, T. O.; Fagbemi, K.; Olalekan, K.; Adetunji, O.This article examines the processes of transformation of the architecture and spatial character of a Nigerian city, in the planning and delivery of a sustainable built environment. It examines the inter-dependency or relationship between the traditional market space and the city which is constantly being challenged, adapted and simultaneously undermined by the city’s rapid growth and modernisation. The process of change towards modernisation led to the demolition of existing traditional market structures.to give way to ‘modern’ ones without any reference to the ritualistic or cultural significance of these markets or the interests of market users. Using methodological tools provided by combination of Actor Network theory (ANT) and interpretive anthropology in gaining insight into how various actants in the built marketplace, live and interact together to shape the city. This article traces historical changes in the surrounding urbanscape of the market, in particular the location of developments, many originating from the colonial period, of adjacent or nearby civic/commercial buildings and educational institutions and their impact on the life of the city and market over time. Findings suggest that the meanings attached to the market and its built environment has not only changed on several levels from the symbolic, sacred, religious use to commercial and mundane one, but also has taken on new sp'atial forms due to the activities of the various actors which is predicated on their worldview.