PROPOSED ZAAR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION SECRETARIAT TAFAWA BALEWA, BAUCHI STATE

ABSTRACT

A secretariat is the office complex where the administrative bureaucrats of the state government function; it houses all the ministries of the state and some government agencies. Secretariat buildings, once seen primarily as a symbol of state power, must now be adaptable over time, flexible in use, easy to maintain, accessibly located and ecologically sound. They must also provide users with an effective and enjoyable environment. Technology, globalization and demographics are revolutionizing the way offices in a secretariat building are used. This project therefore will focus on achieving the above stated issues in the design of the secretariat complex for ZAAR Development Association to be sited in Tafawa Balewa LGA, Bauchi State. Industrialized, to amortize a process capable of simplifying the design and reaching a high level of quality (end use), Flexible, to accommodate functional changes over time and in the space without destroying partitions or/and exterior walls; the end result would be, the flexibility to accommodate continual change needs which was “built in” to the building design from the outset and to be respected in subsequent alterations, a truly sustainable office environment which focuses not just on a building’s fabric and systems, but increasingly on the accommodation needs of its occupiers and the evolutional requirements of their roles, successive users adapting the building to their specific’ needs, and the First Impressions ideology of improving the appearance of our public spaces by designing a building with an aesthetically appealing outlook befitting the state.