Site Report To the Ark Legacy Project Slated for 25th April,2023 Given By

Azuma- Obinna Somsi 200l Architecture.

The project is sited Sited on about 1,000 hectares of land at the old Faith Academy compound
within the premises of the current church building, Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria. The concept for
the Ark Legacy Project is Noah’s Ark is to be a palace-like structure intended for worship.
It consists of the main building (bowl) and the Mission Towers (twin towers). The main bowl
spans a width of 318m and is 72 m in height. It also has a radius of 1km. This is to be the
world’s largest column-less span of an auditorium. The building is also said to have a rotating
altar. It is an 8-floor building and the twin tower is 12 floors and both have a basement
included. The total capacity of the Ark Legacy Project is 106,000.It is designed such that all
services required to maintain the building are present.
Arc. Segun was our guide.
The roof of the “bowl” is an inverted dome with roof gutters placed 4m to the adjacent one.
One technique employed in the project was placing an atrium above the elevator in the twin
towers. The roofing system employed in the twin tower is a flat concrete roof that will be
installed by a team of specialists from China. The twin towers also have a helicopter pad for
the chancellor’s use.
The team is working hard to ensure the building is LEED Platinum certified. As a result,
Solar capturing devices were placed on the North-East side of the buildings that will generate
at least 1 megawatt of energy that would be used to cater to the energy needs of the project.
In addition, the bowl has collapsible doors (85 m by 10m) which can be opened to achieve
maximum ventilation. Also, greywater systems will be employed so that water is recycled.
Initially presumed to be flat land, it was discovered through traditional surveying methods
that the land had a 4-5m sloped. This worked in the project’s favor as it was to create
additional parking (300 vehicles) and used for overflow control (40,000 people). Cross-like
ramps were placed on some of the sides of the building which aid the exit/entry into the
building. The total number of toilets is 1200 spread across 4 wings suited to accommodate the
building’s large capacity. Shear walls cover/encase some of the toilets and parts of the
elevation.
They will be placed on columns as they do not assist in bearing the load of The Ark. Since it
is a heavy structure, the columns used on the ark are 900 mm in diameter and have a depth of
28m in the ground to fully support the structure’s weight. Some of the building materials
have been specified, for example, the reinforcement used is made in 8-32 mm diameter.
During a downpour, the concrete strength is tested again because the water ratio has
increased.
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