Nairobi university: student centre

Abstract

Nairobi University Planning Office has noted the absence of a students' centre on the main campus. No study or proposals has however been forward In this project a study of physical and environmental characteristics of such a centre has been carried out as well as the nature and types of facilities it should offer. I have attempted to design the students' centre to provide a suitable forum for day to day meeting and interaction between students themselves or with their friends from outside the campus. The centre should also offer them service and recreational facilities while furthuring their social and intellectual development. To be able to study well the various communal facilities the student body might need, I have overlooked any financial constraints especially regarding the variety of facilities they might need. I have also overlooked any preferred physical development the University might have on the site I have chosen. This report further explains how the concept on which the centre design is based was arrived at, reasons for choice of a particular site as well as an evaluation of the finally preferred design.