PREVALENT RATES OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA:

PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES TO ARCHITECTS.

¹Kolawole A.R.; ²Oladunjoye K.G.K. & ³Adeyemi-Doro O.B.A.

Department of Architecture,

The Polytechnic Ibadan, Main Campus Ibadan.

Email: ¹kolawole­_rasaq@yahoo.co.uk, ²koladunjoye60@yahoo.com, ³adeyemidoro@yahoo.com;

ABSTRACT

Emergency management is the consequence of natural and man-made disaster, to which collapse disaster has started gaining awareness in Nigeria. Building collapse response needs rapid decisions within a short duration, the initial response being an obligation for all; government, individual, Non-governmental agencies, professional organisations and Nigeria communities at large. The paper examines the prevalence of collapse building – disaster, preparedness, response and sustainable reconstruction. It discussed this in the framework of architectural and planning modus operandi. The main objective of this paper is to examine roles of stakeholders particularly the architects as they assist to find lasting solution towards combating the upsurge trend of collapse structures in Southwest Nigeria, while contributing through architectural planning, design and construction development strategies to help mitigate rate of building collapse. Since, building collapse is now becoming prominent form of disaster on its own. The paper takes into consideration design and construction stages of building in course of search for the problem, while it integrate areas of architectural spatial design techniques aimed at mitigating effect of collapses on infrastructures. To achieve the aim of this study, which is to examine roles of stakeholders particularly the architects in collapse building with a view to proffering solution to identified causes. In order to achieve the objectives of the research secondary data were gathered for the study and are obtained from dailies, reports and other similar research documents that records causalities.