Intbau Nigeria held the first conference on INTBAU in Africa in the historic province of Kano, together with an official opening ceremony. The results are now available on the INTBAU website http://www.intbau.org/ and can be downloaded here.
Intbau Nigeria held the first conference on INTBAU in Africa in the historic province of Kano, together with an official opening ceremony. The results of the conference are now available.
Traditional architecture still stands today and is relevant because it has always addressed sustainability. It is that of necessity in most cases where local craftsmanship and building materials are vital and where Spaces always mirror the true and practical lifestyles of their inhabitants. The relevance of good traditional building is that it not only allows us to celebrate our past technological achievements but also to study and understand the primary mechanisms which guarded the design of the particular building. For example we can learn from traditional buildings why certain materials were used (usually because they were readily available locally), the science of the materials, the context of the site and the nature of the inhabitants. We can also learn the value of living and working in a community and the importance of a healthy built environment.
The conference brought together national and international practitioners, educators, students from Nigeria, the US, the UK, France and Malaysia of the built environment in the quest for sustainable answers to the deterioration of Rural and Urban Spaces world wide. The aim of the conference was to seek solutions from our traditional architecture, building and urbanism, in order to come up with better and cheaper ways of providing good standard sustainable buildings and spaces for our rural areas and cities. The conference mainly addressed the Africa situation aiming to assist in the process of eradicating slums and poor housing.
Visit the INTBAU website for more information:
http://www.intbau.org/nigeriaconference2008outcome.htm
