JISC Design Competition 2020 Book

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
First Place
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JINKAI INITIATIVE SHELTER
Shelter is a number one priority in communities
devastated for safety and wellbeing. It is a basic architectural
structure of building that provides protection from the
environment; therefore, this entity is identified with
a real place, where the people live. Culture, tradition,
geography and history are essential components of the
vernacular architecture. The traditional design is to take
human activities as given, without constraints, and to
create an environment which maximally supports them.
Environmental concerns play an important role within
design, thereby shifting our focus so as to support human
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endeavours while using the minimum number of resources
throughout the life of the building, to achieve a goal by finding best-fit formal solutions to both user activities
and environmental changes. All materials and techniques are indigenous to the specific location. They are
materials and techniques that have been passed down from generation to generation. Mud is used for the
construction of walls using the technology of compressed earth bricks, other materials such as thatch, bamboo,
reed will be gathered nearby. Compressed earth bricks will be made mostly from the slightly moistened local
soils of that particular area, which will be compressed with a mechanical hydraulic press or manual lever press.
Small amount of cement binder may be added to stabilize the compressed earth brick. Wood is one of the
most used natural building materials, and it has a number of valuable properties such as low heat conductivity,
small bulk density, relatively high strength. Therefore, timber can be used most economically without wasting
any of the derivative of it. Wood can be shaped to any desired form for easy interpretation of ideas. Bamboo
as a building material has high compressive strength and low weight making it one of the most used building
materials. Bamboo can be transformed into any desired shape, it can be used for roofing, walls, streetlights,
handrail, and ground lights. Thatch uses renewable, local materials requiring minimal or zero artificial energy
input in production and costing less than most other types of roofing, at the end of their useful life, thatching
materials can be mixed with a fine aggregate and water to produce mortar, used as adhesive to bind and fill
the gaps between adjacent bricks. Biogas is the mixture of gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter
in the absence of oxygen (anaerobically), primarily consisting of methane gas, carbon dioxide. Biogas can be
agricultural waste, manure, sewage, green waste or food waste. It is primarily composed of methane gas, carbon
dioxide, and trace amounts of nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Biogas is burned to generate heat or
used in combustion engines to produce electricity. Ruga ranch aimed to create reserved communities associated
with the cattle business without having to move around in search of grazing land for their cows. These can also
resolve the conflict between nomadic herdsmen and sedentary farmers, the collection of waste will be in large
quality.
JINKAI Initiative Shelter Competition
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