Review of Courtyard House in Nigeria: definitions, history, evolution, typology, and functions

Markus, B

doi:10.4314/stech.v5i2.8

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“…The turning point in the morphology of indigenous architecture was the extroversion of the Yoruba buildings to face the street and the village court rather than the internal courtyard of the family compound (Markus, 2016;Jolaoso & Bello, 2019). The extroversion of the buildings arrived at the same time with the organisation of the urban setting along European styled streets.…”

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Thresholds of Architectural Morphology of Yoruba Buildings in Southwest Nigeria till the Millenia

Adenaike,

Opoko

2024

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The literary materials on Yoruba architecture that are more common are descriptive. They dwell mostly on the massing of units, individual configurations within buildings and cultural patterns in ornamentation. The direct links between the living spaces and their socio-cultural implications are emphasized to explain the origin of the forms. The morphological chronology in the building patterns is regarded as vernacularisation processes especially from the traditional patterns to the vernacular traditions. There are hardly any publications of Yoruba architectural buildings beyond the later vernacular patterns like the Afro-Brazilian style. While these volumes of literature are mostly limited to the traditional and vernacular styles, the ethno-acculturation of more contemporary and foreign building patterns like the "international" and the "postmodern" styles into the body of indigenous architectural building patterns of the Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria are not being investigated and published. The culture of a people is preserved in their architecture. If the culture of the Yoruba is preserved in their buildings, the cross-pollination of the Yoruba culture with different inputs from foreign cultures should be evident in the new indigenous buildings that are evolving up till the end of the twentieth century. This chapter material has organized the different lines of thought in the morphology of indigenous architectural building patterns of the Yoruba into a continuum that extends beyond the limits of the current body of literature on the topic. It attempts to decipher the new forms and elements of the buildings of later Yoruba indigenous architecture up till the turn of the twentieth century. The emphasis is on the definition of newer building patterns that can be termed as "indigenous" to the Yoruba culture in Southwest Nigeria. Having increased the ambit of the Yoruba architecture concerning the building patterns beyond the exposition of the previous publications, the current surcease on the morphology of Yoruba architecture in print can be broken to open up more research and publications on contemporary thresholds of the indigenous Yoruba architecture. The chapter is concluded with a guide on the identity of buildings of indigenous architecture of the Yoruba even within the morass of foreign building patterns that crowd the Yoruba towns in Southwest Nigeria.

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Section: Figure 5 a Relic Of The Early Vernacular Stylementioning

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Thresholds of Architectural Morphology of Yoruba Buildings in Southwest Nigeria till the Millenia

Adenaike,

Opoko

2024

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“…Studies of existing courtyard configurations all across Nigeria identified a variety of compositions that could be categorized as vernacular, colonial, post-colonial and modern (Table 1). This concept of architecture is seen in various building types (Table 2), ranging from residential buildings to administrative, institutional, health, educational, and multi-functional buildings [22] .…”

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The Effect of Courtyard Geometry on Airflow Regimes for Ventilation in Tropical Nigerian Environment

Akubue,

Adesina

2023

j. of archit. environ. & struct. eng. res.

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Effective natural ventilation is subject to the ambient wind flow, as well as the conditions of the micro-climate and the geometry of the built structures in the environment. Architects and designers adopt the courtyard concepts for designs in hot tropical climates owing to its unique geometrical characteristics that enable the improvement of airflow required for natural ventilation. This paper presents a review of the airflow regimes within an urban settlement as well as flow regions cultivated when winds interface with courtyard buildings. The impacts of these winds are further studied against different courtyard configurations using schematic analysis based on the H/W ratios, to predict the natural ventilation potentials of various courtyard building types.

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“…But, the social and functional benefits of the courtyard, for instance, seclusion and security, lighting and air circulation within the courtyard and the building, seems to be of greater significance than the problem of microclimate performance, as revealed by Markus (2016c), and other scholars such as Muhaisen and Gadi (2006a), Muhaisen and Gadi (2006b). They argued that the courtyard microclimatic performance should be more paramount than its social benefits.…”

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Microclimatic Performance of Courtyards in Residential Buildings in Kafanchan-Nigeria

2017

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Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the courtyard microclimate to the building and the need for a comparative study on their typology in other to ascertain the best alternative. Also emphasizing that the architect choice of the courtyard typology to be adopted in his architectural design schemes should be based on performance rather than his mere intuitive choice. Therefore, an investigational study of two different courtyard forms with the same perimeter, and material finished -the fully enclosed internal central courtyard and the semi-enclosed courtyard has been carried out in two existing residential buildings, in the city of Kafanchan-Nigeria. The main purpose of the study is to compare their climatic performances in other to ascertain the best option. The study employed the experimental methodology. Three Hobo Weather Data Loggers (HWDL) were used to collect data in the courtyards, and the third one was positioned in the outdoor area as a benchmark. Only two climatic variables, namely air temperature, and relative humidity were examined as these variables have not been investigated in a single research on the courtyard in Nigeria. The results showed a definite difference in the microclimatic conditions of the two courtyards. The fully enclosed internal courtyard is seen to have a better air temperature difference of 1oc to 3oc at the time intervals, and the relative humidity difference of 1% to 6%. In conclusion, the fully enclosed internal courtyard has demonstrated a more favorable microclimatic performance than the semi-enclosed, and future simulation studies towards its optimization are recommended.

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Review of Courtyard House in Nigeria: definitions, history, evolution, typology, and functions

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Thresholds of Architectural Morphology of Yoruba Buildings in Southwest Nigeria till the Millenia

Thresholds of Architectural Morphology of Yoruba Buildings in Southwest Nigeria till the Millenia

The Effect of Courtyard Geometry on Airflow Regimes for Ventilation in Tropical Nigerian Environment

Microclimatic Performance of Courtyards in Residential Buildings in Kafanchan-Nigeria

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