| dc.description.abstract | The main intention of this thesis is to establish
design principles and evolve a design for Kayole
District Centre within the North Eastern part of Nairobi
city region. The design of Kayole District Centre should
be seen as an evolution of design principles which can
also be applied in designing other district centres now
that decentralization of Nairobi City Centre is imminent.
The first chapter is a discussion of one of the
major design determinants; the context within which
Kayole district centre will grow. In this chapter the
geographical placement of Kayole District Centre in
respect to other surrounding urban centres has been
analysed in an attempt to establish the catchment
population it will serve at various strategic years.
The first chapter also shows the correlation between
the catchment population arid the planned infrastructure.
In this way it has been established that the planned
infrastructure can support both Kayole District Centre
and its catchment population for various strategic years.
Chapters two and three are case studies of two
suburban centres, Westlands and Eastleigh. The
intention in these two chapters is a critical study,
in an attempt to discern the forces behind the
functional zoning movement patterns, structure, and
urban form of the two centres. Westlands and Eastleigh
have been chosen because they cater for different income
Chapter five is the design of Kayole District
groups and evolved from different urban cultures.
Thus Westlands serves a high income group and is
western in outlook. Eastleigh on the other hand
serves a low income group and was an Asian settlement
at its inception. In their nature the two case studies
constitute a spectrum of the urban reality in Nairobi
City region. The design determinants discerned in
chapters two and three have been embodied in chapter
four which is a conclusion of the case studies. In
the fourth chapter as in the design, the more sensory
determinants have been given greater emphasis.
Centre. As far as has been possible, the design
incorporates what has been learned in the case studies.
The centre is in two sectors. The main sector constitutes
a majority of commercial, residential, social
and administrative facilities. This sector is complete
in itself and is the only sector, that the design goes
into detail. The second sector to the East has some
major institutions and future extensions of commercial
and residential activities of the Centre. The institutions in this sector are so specialized that
it is beyond the scope of this thesis to design them
to any detail. Only the required amounts of land has
been set aside. Although the future commercial
and residential activities have pot been designed to
any detail, the design principles used in the design
of the first sector, to the West should apply. | en |
