Unilag Senate Building

Location

Lagos, Nigeria

Category

Signature

Towering above other buildings in the university campus, the 14 storey edifice designed in 1980 was completed in 1985. It is a combination of executive offices for the Vice Chancellor and Registrar, a new Senate chamber and general offices for the university administration.

The building is covered with heavy, deep, shading reducing the need for air-conditioning. Its mosaic clad louvres designed to be made of pre-cast concrete in 3 storey high panels were, in fact, constructed with in-situ sprayed render on steel mesh, on reinforcing bars.

The Unilag Senate Building demonstrated the importance of fire stopping of service ducts between floors as an electrical fire, fifteen years after completion, was completely contained within the duot and prevented from spreading.