Research
Research was split into 2 parts: the first looking into traditional Igbo architecture to see what aspects could be relevant to the design; and the second looking into relevant precedents of low cost housing schemes, to glean principles that could be learnt in terms of plan organisation, settlement pattern and construction
Proposal
Principles learnt from the research into Igbo traditional architecture and relevant low cost housing schemes were brought together into the specifics of the site and the context of Umuahia