TITLE: INFLUENCE OF FLEXIBLE DESIGN IN

PROMOTING STUDENT CENTRE UTILIZATION

DESIGN CONCEPT
BACKGROUND FROM RESEARCH THESIS
THE MAIN CONCERN OF STUDENT CENTRES
IN KENYA HAS BEEN THAT THEY ARE
DESIGNED MAJORLY AS COMMERCIAL
HUBS WHERE AREAS SUCH AS DINING AND
OTHER MINOR SERVICES ARE OFFERED.
ATTENTION TO THE GROWING AND THE CHANGING NEEDS
OF HIGHER LEARNING STUDENTS SUCH AS INTIMATE
STUDYING,GROUP DISCUSSIONS,CLUB ACTIVITIES AND
OTHER CO-CULLICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE RARELY A PRIME
CONCERN WHILE DESIGNING STUDENT CENTRES.
CONCEPT FORMULATION
WHEN THE STUDENT NEEDS ARE NEGLECTED,THEY TEND TO
DETACH THEMSELVES FROM THE INSTITUTION AND SLOWLY
LOSE INTEREST IN STUDYING WHICH RESULTS IN LOW
LEVELS OF ATTRITION DUE TO OVERWHELMING EDUCATION.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: UNTANGLING PLANNING CONSIDERATION

THE STUDENTS ARE CAUGHT UP IN A SPACES ARE ARRANGED WITH REGARDS TO THE NOISE LEVEL
CONTINUOS LOOP WHERE THEY ATTEND THEY PRODUCE AND THE LEVEL OF PRIVACY WITH THE PUBLIC.
CLASSES AND ONCE DONE GO TO THEIR
ACCOMODATION UNITS REJECTING
INTERACTION AND INNOVATION DUE TO THE
LACK OF THEIR DESIRED CO- CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES.

TANGLED IS THE BUILDING WHERE

PERMANENT PARITITIONS RESTRICT THE
FUNCTION OF SPACE.

THE DESIGN ATTEMPTS TO SET FREE THE

MIND OF THE USER BY PROVIDING SPACES
THAT CAN BE USED FOR MULTIPLE
FUNCTIONS AND WITH DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATIONS CREATING UNLIMITED
EXPLORATION

FORM DEVELOPMENT

Introduction of another element into the cycle Adjusting of the faimiliar elements to
to break the loop accomodate the new element

ESMAIL SIDIK MOHAMED ABS211-0317/2017 PROJECT: JKUAT STUDENT CENTRE SEPT 2023