IJERE, MARYAGATHA CHIBUZOR (2025) NARRATIVE AND ARCHITECTURAL STORIES: USING DESIGN TO COMMUNICATE CULTURE IN CULTURAL REPOSITORIES. Other thesis, GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY, ENUGU..
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Abstract
Architecture is more than shelter, it can tell stories, hold memories, and safeguard culture across generations. This study explores how narrative and storytelling can be woven into the design of cultural centers, with a focus on sustaining and communicating the rich heritage of the Igbo people.To uncover how space can become a language, the research combined historical study, ethnographic insight, and design experimentation. Igbo traditions, symbols, and oral histories were examined not as static references but as living tools, translated through sketches, models, and spatial scenarios. Case studies of cultural centers provided comparative ground, while community engagement offered voices that shaped and challenged design choices. From this process, the Okpu Eze (King’s Crown) and Ogene (Metal Gong) emerged as key inspirations, their meanings of leadership, unity, and communal voice guiding architectural gestures. Flexible gathering spaces and immersive spatial sequences were tested to see how they might host rituals, performances, and informal encounters—transforming the building itself into a vessel for shared narratives. The result is a framework for cultural centers that do more than contain artifacts: they become storytellers, inviting visitors into experiences that strengthen identity and keep heritage alive in the present.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Uchenna Eneogwe |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2026 10:40 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2026 10:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5722 |
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