PAPER PRESENTATION
BY
400 LEVEL STUDENTS, ARCHITECTURAL DEPARTMENT FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY YOLA
COURSE AR 403
QUESTION NO 2 CHOOSING FILM: INTERSTATE ARCHITECTS
GROUP NO 16
GROUP NAMES AND REG NO
DOMINIC OWOICHO AKOR (02/0201) BARIGO EZEKIEL ANDEKIN (02/0199) LAZARUS SUNDAY MIDALA (02/0192)
MARCH 2007 1
INTRODUCTION This paper presentation comprises the above mentioned named
which have a task To analysis and evaluate (Find out) the architectural works of the above chosen firm as the question implies.
However, below is their historical background and works.
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INTERSTATE ARCHITECT LTD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Interstate Architect Ltd has its origin in an Architectural practice established by the William Harvey Watkins in Bristol, England in
1900. The firm was involved in the design of domestic, commercial and health building in the south-west of England. A London office was established in 1936 to deal with the over expending volume of work particularly in the field of housing in London.
In 1938 the firm of W.H Watkins won an open competition for the design of the proposed new St. Georges hospital to be rebuilt at the Hyde
Park corner, London. The design of which was prepared by Alexander
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Stuart Gray. Subsequently in May 1939 Alexander Gray became a partner and the name of the firm was changed to W.H. Watkins Gray and Partner.
In 1952 the then Nigerian Government invited the firm of W.H
Watkins Gray and partners to design a Teaching Hospital for Nigeria in
Ibadan. An office was then set up in Lagos. Work extended to such extent that a new independent partnership was created and was called W.H.
Watkins Gray Nigeria.
In 1972, young Nigerian’s were invited to join the partnership and before the Enterprise Promotion Decree, the firm already had Nigerian participation. It was then decided, in view of the intensions of the
Enterprise Promotion Decree, that the name be changed to Interstate
Architects to emphasize its willingness to comply with aspiration of the decree and become a broad based firm in all the states in the country, embracing all ethnic cultures.
Interstate Architects found that a partnership was too restrictive to achieve its ambition, which were to involve young talent in the firm to make them responsible for the success of the firm and be rewarded accordingly. On the 13th day of August 1987, the firm was incorporated
into the Limited Liability Company and became known as Interstate
Architects Ltd.
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PROJECTS:
Interstate Architects Ltd was specialized in the health care project
and has made a major contribution on the countries health care program. It
has provided drawings and specification for primary health centre and
comprehensive health centres, as well as also the brief for the teaching
hospital for all the states. The company has been appointed as Consultant
Architect to Central Bank of Nigeria. Banking and security designs has
also been associated with the company and have been retained by many
commercial banks in the design of their buildings. The company has also
been appointed as the Consultant Architect to the Federal Radio
Cooperation Of Nigeria and a number of state television cooperations.
In the commercial sector, the company has carried out projects for
many national and multi-national clients, which include Lever Brothers
Nigeria Plc; UAC Nigeria Plc; May & Baker Nigeria Plc; Bata Shoe,
Starling Products Nigeria Plc, etc.
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Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Headquarters, FCT Abuja The main building
consists of four towers of
office accommodation, each
thirteen storey high
arranged around a central PIX 2.1: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Headquarters, FCT Abuja
atrium. In order to achieve the strict security arrangements essential for the
building, circulation was restricted to only two pedestrian entrances at
ground level; one being for staff and the other for the public. The central
atrium acts as a communication core in which are located two banks of lifts
and the emergency staircases. Each bank of lift, services a pair of office
accommodation towers. Inter-communication between the two zones of the
building is ensured through links accessible from within the office spaces
only. The office floors have been designed to provide flexibility such that
the spaces can either be used as open plan offices or partitioned to suite the
Bank’s requirements.
The conference auditorium is designed to accommodate up to 500
people for national and international conferences with backup facilities.
These facilities include simultaneous translation from six translation
booths, press and television coverage accommodation, press gallery for
fifty (50) persons; telex; telephone and fax facilities are also provided.
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The foyer is designed as a multi-purpose area; acting not only as the
main reception area, but also as the principal meeting room outside the
auditorium where delegates can discuss issues in-between formal sessions.
Smaller conference or syndicate committee rooms are also available.
The building’s footprint covers an area of 8,500 Square metres while the gross floor area is 96,761.2 Square metres.
Banker’s House The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Victoria Island, Lagos The design of the project was
commenced in 1985 and the
construction was completed in
1988.
The building was designed as a
six-storey structure built in the
center of Victoria Island zoned
for the establishment of Professional Institutes in Nigeria. It houses the
Secretariat of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
During the discussions related to the brief it was agreed that the foundations should be designed to carry three extra floors.
The structure was designed in reinforced concrete, slabs, beams and
columns on pile foundation.
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The floor area was 2,964 square meters let-able and did not include
circulation i.e. toilets, staircases, lifts and plant rooms.
Car parking was provided at ground floor level under the building
and the surrounding area. When entering the building through the main
entrance the reception Foyer area was located centrally. The members’
lounge and restaurant opened off this circulation point. Rising to the first
floor by a broad staircase, members and the public had access to two
Auditoria, one large and one small, and the Library.
The second, third, fourth and fifth floors are office accommodation.
Each floor having its own air handling air-conditioning units and being separately metered.
University College Hospital, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The project commenced in 1952 and was completed in 1958.
The University College Hospital is The Teaching Hospital for the
University College of Ibadan. It was designed as a 500 (five hundred) bed hospital with the appropriate treatment and diagnostic facilities. There is a large Out-Patients Department, which has, as well as Consultative Clinics, a General Out-Patients Unit which deals with up to five hundred patients a
day.
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PIX 2.3: University College Hospital, Ibadan
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State,
Nigeria. A 500 (five hundred) Bed Teaching Hospital and reference
Hospital is planned to provide facilities for a number of the Northern
States of Nigeria. Sighted on a large flat site adjoining the University, the
hospital building consists of a number of low-rise interconnected blocks
with clearly defined communication routes.
The ability to expand departments and to extend the overall complex
has been built in to the initial design, which is linear in form.
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PIX 2.4: Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria
Jos University Teaching Hospital
Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria. When completed will be the reference hospital for Plateau State. Patients will be referred to it from other hospitals and clinics throughout the State both for inpatients and outpatient treatment. The initial size of the hospital will be
320 beds. The hospital is designed to expand to a 1000 beds Teaching
Hospital at the appropriate time in future.
PIX 2.5: Jos University Teaching Hospital
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DILAPIDATION AND REHABILITATION REPORT FOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, MAIDUGURI BRANCH
INTRODUCTION The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Maiduguri branch was designed by Watkin Gray Woodgate (Nigeria); now Interstate Architects Limited and was commissioned on the 8th day of July, 1976 by the then military
administrator of Borno state Group Captain A.U. Aminu.
Over the years, the structure had undergone various stages of
development (expansion, partitioning etc) as well as dilapidation.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Before the civil war, each of the four regional capitals had a branch
of the Central Bank of Nigeria, with Lagos as the Headquarters. At the
creation of 12 states, the Federal Government of Nigeria decided to
establish a branch in each state capital. Maiduguri being the capital of then
North-eastern state was in the line to host a branch, which was
commissioned in 1976.
SCOPE
The project scope is rehabilitation i.e. complete upgrading and
replacement of dilapidated and substandard structural, electrical as well as
mechanical component of the building.
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The report is also aimed at highlighting and analyzing the various
steps taken in carrying out the condition survey of the subject project for
record, rehabilitation and to persuade the client to extend the culture of
organized maintenance to the Maiduguri branch of the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN).
PROJECT LIMITATIONS
Although Messrs Interstate Architects Ltd were able to retrieve from
there archives the drawing of the Maiduguri 1976 - commissioned Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) structure, other consultants who had been part of
the construction (structural, mechanical and electrical engineers), were no
longer in existence in Nigeria, being alien firms in which case, much of the
data presented in the report had to be based on the condition survey.
PROJECT DATA
Project: Rehabilitation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
Maiduguri Branch
Client: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Architects: Interstate Architect Limited
Structural Engineers: Jil engineering Limited
Quantity Surveyors: Prime and Bell Associate
Electrical Engineers: Ambas Engineers and Consulting Limited
Mechanical Engineers: Amal Engineering and services Limited
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LOCATION
The Bank is located along Kirika Sama road opposite the Ramat
Square in Maiduguri. It is bounded on the left by African International
Bank (AIB); on the right on United Bank of Africa (UBA) and behind the
Borno Investment Company’s property (already acquired by the CBN)
DESCRIPTION
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Maiduguri branch is a two story building comprising of a ground floor, mezzanine floor, first floor as well as basement floor. The structure if finished externally with blue and
white mosaic tiles. The building also has an extension towards the back
which was built and commissioned in 1986. Other structure on the site
includes the Development Finance block which also houses the Research
office; two potakabins used as library; a dinning room; a police post; a
security post; fire upgrade station; a water treatment plant; a generator
house; a mosque; open and covered car parks for staff and visitors.
BUILDING COMPONENTS
Walls, Columns, Beans and Slab
Basement walls are reinforced concrete walls. On the upper floors; walls were made of concrete blocks and there were also internal partition walls made of glass and gypsum boards in aluminium frames. The column,
12 beam a slabs also of reinforced concrete. Mosaic tile finishes were used on the external facade; stair walls and toilet walls.
Floors
Basement floor is finished in granolithic, the banking hall area is finished in paladiana; the offices and lobbies are finished with vitrified tiles while the toilet and stair case area are finished with insitu-cast terrazzo. The pneumatic room and boxing room floor off the CPO
(Currency Processing Office) is in PVC floor tiles. The MICR (Magnetic
Ink Character Recognition) work station as well as the operating floor of the CPO had raised floors.
Doors and Windows
The main entrance doors are aluminium framed glass doors. This variety of doors could also be found within the Banking hall; the MICR office; the IT office (Information Technology office) and stair lobbies.
Aluminium frame glass and Gipson board doors are found in partitioned offices such as the Currency office, Branch Support office, the Clearing house, IT office as well as the CPO. Wooden framed doors with wired glass at the top and aluminium louvers vent at the bottom are mostly used as the main entrance doors to some offices such as the Senior Manager
Currency Office; BC’s office (Branch Controller); BC’s mandate office;
Branch Support office; Clearing House etc. There are also grille gates
found at the entrance of the C.P.O and the basement. Rollers shutters doors 13 are used at the loading and unloading days in the yard. All windows are
made of glass in the steel casement. See fig 3.4
Roof and Ceiling
The main structure has an aluminium roof covering on steel trusses and z. purlin sections. The lower roof of the main structure; the new coin strong rooms, all had flat roofs (slabs). See fig 3.5. Suspended mineral fibre ceiling are used in the entire structure. Fig 3.2
CONCLUSION
The inter-state architect firm has a numerous and significant structures scattered all over the country. The most significant is the Central
Bank headquarter in Abuja which is designed in an international style. It is a high trop building that involves high cost of maintenance usually a glass box structures. The use of prefabricated wall and high tech materials make the building look more expensive, and also significant are the teaching hospital in UNIJOS, ABU and Ibandan. However, there are more regional and less costly than the CBN building. It was basically designed in a regional way with some factors put into consideration like the climate and the environment notwithstanding, some of the materials used still involves high cost of maintenance.
However, in a general way, the inter-state architect designed mostly in an international style and a high trop buildings. 14