INTEGRATING ISLAMIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT CRITERIA IN TOILET DESIGN OF PUBLIC PROTOTYPE HOUSING: A CASE FOR GORIBA ROAD HOUSING ESTATE, KATSINA-NIGERIA

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4.0 CONCLUSIONS

 

Through the case study of Goruba road housing estate it has been presented here that there are various options and choices open to professionals in the built environment to achieve a design that is compliant with Islamic principles and values. It has been shown that integrating these values in toilet designs does not compromise the global toilet design criteria, rather if anything it makes it better, and will strengthen the Ibadah activities of the inhabitants. And since a house in Islam means ‘a place to rest, relax body and mind, enjoy legitimate worldly delights, worship, teach, learn and propagate the message o f Islam (Spahic 2004), The various units of house should perform functions each contributing to the whole to achieve the above objective.

 

5.0 RECOMMENDATION

In view of the above findings, the following recommendations are therefore offered:

  1. Governments at all levels especially those that have accepted the Sharia as their legal system should as a matter of importance initiate processes and policies towards the development of Islamic compliant housing projects and programs.
  2. Governments at all levels especially those that have accepted the Sharia as their legal system should encourage and promote the practice of Islamic compliant architectural and planning designs; this will further enhance and elevate the status of inhabitants of these housing estates spiritually, as it will strengthen the Ibadah activities of the inhabitants.
  3. Muslim professionals in the built environment should continue to research and update their Islamic knowledge concerning alternative design approaches that conforms to Muslim users.

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Articles from the Internet

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