| dc.description.abstract | Acultural centre is an institution in which
people can practice. Preserve and enhance their
culture. In the Kenya context, it will also be the
place in which Kenya will rediscover and redefine
their culture. Such a centre will have properly
organised activity spaces which will allow free
integration of all the peoples of our nation as they
take part in the expressive and creative activities
of man: song and dance; poetry and drama; painting
and sculpture; constumes and traditional dishes.
The object of this thesis has been to organize the
activity zones and to integrate all the sections
within them. The location of these facilities, the
building form and materials used and the treatment
of surroundings should provide a local natural, feeling;
drawing the people into and through the centre.
The achievement of the above has not been easy but
a good ,attempt has been made on the performing arts
section:- music, dance and drama - which is dealt with
in the following project. The siting of these
facilities in the park has been exciting, calling for
more careful solutions to the surroundings and
external finishes.
The project also require( a lot of experimenting with
space relationship and application of technology which
was a great and useful inj8ctiou at this level to the
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