ARC 513: ARCHITECTURE OF

RELIGIOUS BUILDING
PAPER PRESENTATION ON:

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS IN URBAN CONTEXT

STATING AT LEAST 5 EXAMPLES FROM 3
GEOPOLITICAL ZONES IN NIGERIA.
 GROUP F
• AR/14/2715 • AR/14/2722
• AR/14/2706 • AR/14/0546
• AR/14/2721 • AR/14/2727
• AR/14/2716 • AR/14/2723
• AR/14/0515 • AR/14/3365
• AR/14/0492 • AR/14/0532
• AR/14/0527 • AR/14/3383
INTRODUCTION
• A religious building (place of worship) is a specially designed structure or
consecrated space where individuals or a group of people such as
a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious
study. A building constructed or used for this purpose is sometimes called
a house of worship.

• Temples, churches, mosques, and synagogues are examples of structures

created for worship. A monastery, particularly for Buddhists, may serve both
to house those belonging to religious orders and as a place of worship for
visitors. Natural or topographical features may also serve as places of
worship, and are considered holy or sacrosanct in some religions; the rituals
associated with the Ganges river are an example in Hinduism.
• Under International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions, religious
buildings are offered special protection, similar to the protection guaranteed
hospitals displaying the Red cross and Red crescent. These international
laws of war barn firing upon or from a religious building.

• An Urban area is a human settlement with high population density and

infrastructure of built environment.

• Urban Areas are created through urbanization and are categorized bu urban
morphology as cities, towns, conurbations, or suburbs.
 RELIGIOUS
BUILDINGS IN URBAN
CONTEXT
• Religious buildings in urban context simply refers to the location,
orientation and positions of the places of worship available in urban areas.
• The location of religious buildings is generally determined by the type of
religion, the particular practice for such a religion.
• In other context, like rural settlements, Religious buildings are located
randomly as decided by the people or the traditional rulers (in cases of
places like Nigeria).
• In urban context, major religious buildings are located at places allocated
by the urban planning and development control.
• In cases of urban areas where traditional rulers exist like Kano, Yola,
Borno, Benue, etc.; the central mosque or church (in case of Benue) for
such places are located at the centre of the city along with the Rulers
palace, A court, The prison, a market as traditionally pre-designed.
• Other religious buildings are located in other parts of the cities where
allocated by the urban planning.

• Irrespective of the settlement (Urban or Rural) there exists a smaller places

of worship of smaller congregation for small neighbourhood or streets
especially in the cases of Islamic Architecture.

• Such places of worship could be a well constructed place of worship

carrying all the symbolism and features of the Architecture of such religion,
or another function converted to serve such purpose.

• Globally religious buildings in urban areas are located at religious land uses
allocated by the urban planning and development and are usually zoned
together.
A map of London showing how mosques are zoned and allocated.
Source; google maps

A map of New York showing how churches are zoned and allocated.
Source; google maps
A map of Paris showing how churches are zoned and allocated. A map of yola showing how religious buildings are zoned and allocated
Source; google maps along with the Lamido’s palace, local government secreteriat,..
Source; google maps
A map of New Delhi showing how Buddha temples are zoned and A map of Faridabad showing how Buddha temples are zoned and
allocated. allocated.
Source; google maps Source; google maps
RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS
IN URBAN CONTEXT IN
NIGERIA
KWAMBA CENTRAL MOSQUE, NIGER. NIGERIA.
• The kwanba central most is located in SULEJA
• It is situated opposite the zazzau emirate
palace
• There Is a sharia court opposite the mosque
• The mosque is located at the center of
kwamba
KWAMBA CENTRAL MOSQUE, NIGER. NIGERIA
.

CENTRAL MOSQUE ZARIA, KADUNA STATE. NIGERIA

•The Zaria mosque is located in Zaria, opposite the emirs

palace.
•The mosque is close to the local government secretariat
•There used to be a prison close to it which was
relocated to a different site in 1903 after British
occupation
•The mosque is located in what used to be the centre of
the city.
CENTRAL MOSQUE ZARIA, KADUNA STATE. NW NIGERIA
ILORIN CENTRAL MOSQUE, ILORIN KWARA STATE NIGERIA
• The Ilorin central mosque is located in Ilorin
Kwara state
• It is approximately 0.1 miles from the Ilorin emirs
palace
• It is located in the city center
• It is characterized by a large open compound
ILORIN CENTRAL MOSQUE, ILORIN KWARA STATE NIGERIA
 NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTER ABUJA
• It is located in Abuja, the capital city. The National Church of Nigeria is an inter-denominational Abuja
Building. The church was designed in a Post-modern version of the Neo-gothic style by Nigerian
architectural firm, Darchiwork Group; located in Lagos. It built by Italian construction firm Gitto
Costruzioni Generali Nigeria Ltd.

A map of Abuja showing the location of the National Christian Center

Source; google maps
 NATIONAL MOSQUE ABUJA
The mosque is located in the capital city, Abuja and is situated on Independence Avenue, across from the
National Christian Centre. It includes a library and a conference room.

NATIONAL MOSQUE ABUJA

 HOLY TRINITY PARISH, ABUJA
• The Diocese of Abuja corresponds territorially with the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja, which is
estimated at 950,000 square kilometers in area
• parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Holy Trinity Parish, Maitama
Address:- No. 36 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
MODIBBO ADAMA MOSQUE ( YOLA CENTRAL MOSQUE )
• The mosque is located in the Emir Palace of Yola in Adamawa state

MODIBBO ADAMA MOSQUE ( YOLA CENTRAL MOSQUE )

 LCCN CATHEDRAL YOLA
• The church is located in Mohamadu Mustapher way Jimeta.North opposite the specialist
hospital

LCCN CATHEDRAL YOLA

 ST. THERESE CATHEDRAL CHURCH YOLA.
• The church is located in bishop street Yola.

ST. THERESE CATHEDRAL CHURCH YOLA.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHURCH, KANO.
BASHIR TOFA MOSQUE, KANO.
CENTRAL MOSQUE, KANO.
THANK YOU