ABSTRACT
The growing trend in the entertainment industry in recent times has shown high level
of developments and is evident from the developments seen in the music industry and
Nollywood. However, recent research into theatres in Nigeria have shown poor facilities and
dilapidated state of the centre for the arts, which has given rise to situations where
users are uncomfortable thereby, making them express their discomfort by running
side commentaries during productions and reduction in user loyalty to the existing arts
centres. To this end, the research seeks to evaluate the effect of built form principles on the
user experience in performing arts centres. Thus, a qualitative method of research that
involves the use of review from relevant literature, questionnaires, interviews and
case studies are used to evaluate the users experience in performing art centres.
The results from the study reveals the impact of built form principles on user
experience through a sequential flow of adjourning spaces and thus, reveals the user
experience points in performing arts centres to be arrival experience points, social/
shared experience points and theatrical experience points.
Finally, a framework was developed from the obtained results to aid future designs
and informed decisions for the design of performing arts centres which was
demonstrated in the design of a performing arts centre Jos.
The growing trend in the entertainment industry in recent times has shown high level
of developments and is evident from the developments seen in the music industry and
Nollywood. However, recent research into theatres in Nigeria have shown poor facilities and
dilapidated state of the centre for the arts, which has given rise to situations where
users are uncomfortable thereby, making them express their discomfort by running
side commentaries during productions and reduction in user loyalty to the existing arts
centres. To this end, the research seeks to evaluate the effect of built form principles on the
user experience in performing arts centres. Thus, a qualitative method of research that
involves the use of review from relevant literature, questionnaires, interviews and
case studies are used to evaluate the users experience in performing art centres.
The results from the study reveals the impact of built form principles on user
experience through a sequential flow of adjourning spaces and thus, reveals the user
experience points in performing arts centres to be arrival experience points, social/
shared experience points and theatrical experience points.
Finally, a framework was developed from the obtained results to aid future designs
and informed decisions for the design of performing arts centres which was
demonstrated in the design of a performing arts centre Jos.
