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    • The architects realized an appealing

    2018-10-22

    The architects realized an appealing building design while taking into consideration the findings of the climate specific development and evaluation of an cannabinoid receptor efficient building energy concept. The section drawing of the planned house, depicted in Figure 7, shows the layer of insulation, which encloses the core volume of the house with air-conditioning. The deep balconies provide permanent shading to the south facing windows. This allows also that large window areas may be oriented toward east or west, in case the master plan of the island demands for it. The advanced cooling and ventilation concept provides best comfort and is invisible for the occupants.
    Conclusion
    Introduction It has been established that the failure of many public and private housing projects in most developing countries is the non-inclusion or lack of consideration for relevant inputs emanating from the end-users or occupants of residential developments. Often, the design of a new residential development has been patterned along designers’ idea and perception (Jiboye, 2011). Also, the designers and all those responsible for such development devote considerable effort to anticipating how future residents will look like rather than considering its suitability towards ensuring a level of satisfaction to its occupants. Given that every facility occupies a unique place in meeting the set design aspirations, completed residential buildings should not only be fit for the purpose of the users, but also be able to perform their functions in such ways as to ensure relative residents’ satisfaction (Liu, 1999). The current and future prospects in the housing sector depend on the extent to which owners/occupiers are satisfied with the built facilities; consumer’s satisfaction is not only a matter related to the hand-out of a freshly completed building, but a life-cycle issue which has to be taken into account right from the initial investment phase. It thus becomes imperative that developers understand and establish what the consumers’ want in terms of their real and perceived needs, and only then could such expectations be met (Liu, 1999; Ilesanmi, 2010).
    Theoretical issues Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) as defined by Baird (2001) is “a generic term for a variety of general programs and procedures as well as specific techniques for the evaluation of existing buildings and facilities”. It involves systematic evaluation of opinions about buildings in use, from the perspective of the people who use them. It assesses how well buildings match users\' needs, and identifies ways to improve building design, performance and fitness for purpose (Watson, 2003).
    Study area: Oniru estate, Lagos, Nigeria Oniru estate emerged as a residential location of choice over a decade ago as a result of the expansion of Victoria Island. The estate used to be part of the isolated beach areas of Victoria Island’s exit towards Lekki-Epe expressway, situated approximately on Latitude 6° 391N and Longitude 3° 461E. The entire Oniru estate land which today covers a land mass of 732acres after several acquisitions from both the state and federal governments is under the authority of His Royal Majesty Oba Idowu Oniru.
    Data collection A field survey was carried out using questionnaires to elicit information from the residents in Oniru estate. The questionnaire provided information on the following subjects: demographic characteristics of respondents, residential satisfaction, and dwellings’ physical characteristics. Residents’ satisfaction level was assessed on a 3-item rating scale indicated as (1) dissatisfied, (2) neutral, and (3) satisfied; meanwhile, the evaluation of dwellings’ physical characteristics and residential environment was done using a 10 performance criteria (see Ilesanmi, 2010). These include functional issues of housing type, accessibility, car parking provision, adequacy and efficiency of services, building density, landscape and children playing spaces, aesthetic issues of visual quality and spatial configuration, technical issues of structural soundness, behavioral issues of privacy and level of security, and sense of community. These performance variables were scored in terms of whether they were evidenced in good state (three points), in fair state (two points), or in poor state (one point). The summation gave the value of the total physical characteristics (TPC).