APPRAISAL OF SPATIAL FLEXIBILITY PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF SKILL/ VOCATIONAL CENTRES

AMIEOFORI, Awajiowa Micah

Department of Architecture

Rivers State University, Npkolu, Oruworukwo, Port Harcourt

Email: Micah101.ma@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

In recent times, the growth of spaces to accommodate diverse functions and still maintain viability to accommodate future needs is one of the major challenges in architectural design. However, the flexibility to define architecture in some words is difficult. This is partly due to the opinion that each space has the potential of flexibility. The flexbility can be created by designing in spatial layout or choosing space users. The users of a space can use the space they have for their intended functionThe need to use spaces for multiple functions has ensured that flexible spaces in skill acquisition centers are designed such that the spaces can easily be varied into smaller discrete and scalable size. Spatial flexibility is a term. Therefore, this paper brings into a limelight through secondary data analysis, the related article, and reviews the principles and necessity of keeping a space flexible and still attain it functions optimally.

Keywords, Spatial, Flexibility, Skill Acquisition, Adaptability.