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CONCEPT PARAGRAPH “PROGRESS I S NOT COPYI NG” DEMAS NWOKO. ANCI ENT AFRI CAN ART AND ARCHI TECTURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHARACTERI SED BY SYMBOLI SM.THE DESI GN DRAWS I NSPI RATI ON FROM THE I DEOLOGY OF CREATI NG A SYMBOLI C STRUCTURE THAT I S REMI NI SCENT OF THE HI STORY AND CULTURE OF THE COMMUNI TY I TI S SI TUATED I N,WI TH A VI EW TO CREATE A BUI LDI NG THAT I S NOT ONLY FUTURI STI C BUT TRULY AFRI CAN. PRESENT DAY LAGOS HAS BEEN DESCRI BED TO BE A MI CROSCOPI C REPRESENTATI ON OF THE COUNTRY, AS I T SERVES AS A MELTI NG POI NT FOR DI VERSE CULTURES AND TRADI TI ONS.HI STORI CALLY,LAGOS HAS BEEN OCCUPI ED

BY DI FFERENT ETHNI C GROUPS RANGI NG FROM THE EKO AWORI S TO THE EGUNS AND EVEN BRAZI LI ANS.WHAT THEN I S THE LAGOS CULTURE I F NOT THE LAGOS EXPERI ENCE OR THE LAGOS ‘ HUSTLE’WHI CH HAS BEEN DESCRI BED TO BE “ ART FLOWI NG I N I TSELF” , AND THE UNI FYI NG RESI LI ENT SPI RI T AND SOCI AL I NTERACTI ON OF LAGOSI ANS. THE PAST AND PRESENT SOCI O-CULTURAL CHARACTERI STI CS OF LAGOS STATE SUGGESTS THAT LAGOS WI LL CONTI NUE TO BE A LARGE SCALE SOCI AL ‘ HUB’ CONTAI NI NG DI FFERENT PEOPLE WI TH DI FFERENT BACKGROUNDS BUT ONE EXPERI ENCE.THE LAGOS ‘ HUSTLE’ .THE GOAL OF THE DESI GN WAS TO CREATE A SYMBOLI C STRUCTURE THAT WOULD EMBODY PRESENT CULTURE AND TRADI TI ON WHI LE BEI NG A REMI NDER OF THE PRESENT HI STORY AND FUTURE PAST TO I TS USERS. ARCHI TECTURE I S THE VERY MI RROR OF LI FE.YOU ONLY HAVE TO CAST YOUR EYES ON BUI LDI NGS TO FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST,THE SPI RI T OF A PLACE;THEY ARE THE REFLECTI ON OF SOCI ETY. -I .

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THE DESI GN OF THE FERRY TERMI NAL WAS GUI DED BY THE DESI GN PRI NCI PLE OF AFROFUTURI SM, WHI CH I S A WAY TO BRI DGE THE CULTURAL ASPECT OF THE ANCI ENT AFRI CAN TRADI TI ONS WI TH POTENTI ALS OF THE FUTURE.THE BUI LDI NG FORM CONSI STS OF A FUTURI STI C CURVED FORM THAT SPEAKS OF THE FUTURE WHI LE BEI NG REMI NI SCENT OF THE WHI TE FLOWI NG GOWN OF THE EYO MASQUERADE COSTUME-BELI EVED TO BETHE SPI RI T OFTHE ANCESTORS-A LONG STANDI NG TRADI TI ON OF THE I NDI GENES OF LAGOS I SLAND.THE DESI GN AI MED TO I NFUSE THE I NTERI OR OF THE BUI LDI NG WI TH ELEMENTS OF THE LAGOS EXPERI ENCEBY DESI GNI NG SPACESSUCH ASTHECAFÉAND NEWSPAPER STAND TO MI MI C THE TYPI CAL ‘ BUKKAS’ AND NEWSPAPER STANDS FOUND I N THE CI TY, WHI CH ARE I MPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE LAGOS EXPERI ENCE. THE BUI LDI NG I TSELF,LI KE THE SPI RI T OF LAGOSI ANS,I S RESI LI ENT.THI S WAS ACHI EVED BY CREATI NG FLEXI BLE SPACES FOR ANTI CI PATED POPULATI ON GROWTH,ANTI CI PATI NG EXTREME CLI MATI C CONDI TI ONS AND ENGI NEERI NG THE BODY TO PROTECT PEOPLE I NSI DE AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE ELEMENTS TO CREATE A SELF-SUSTAI NI NG STRUCTURE. TAKI NG CUES FROM PRESENT TECHNOLOGI CAL ADVANCEMENT I N THE USE OF LOCALLY AVAI LABLE MATERI ALS, THE BUI LDI NG I S MADE OF CONCEPTUALI SED MATERI ALSTHAT ARE PREDI CTED TO BE AVAI LABLE BY THE YEAR 2099.

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SI TE CONCEPTUALI SATI ON DUET OTHEI NADEQUACYOFTHECURRENTSI TEANDTHENEED T OI NTEGRATEMOREF UNCTI ONSI NT OTHEF ERRYTERMI NALI N THEF UTURE , THEREWASANEEDT OEXP ANDTHESI TE T OEXP ANDTHESI TEAREA,ABI TOFL ANDRECL AMATI ONWAS EMPL OYED THROUGH THE DRAI NED RECL AMATI ON METHOD WHI CH I S BEST SUI TED F OR THI S SI TEMECHANI CAL L Y REMOVI NG THE WATER BY MACHI NES AND ENCL OSI NG RECL AI MEDAREAWI THDI KES. SPECI ALCONSI DERATI ONWASGI VENT O SEI SMI CF ORCESAND SO THE BUI L DI NG WI L L BE REI NF ORCED WI TH A PI L E F OUNDATI ON

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