Archtectural Report-Group 38

KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND BUILDING ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN CIVIL AND BUILDING ENGINEERING
ARCHITECTURAL REPORT FOR A PROPOSED HOSTEL

FOR THE WEEKEND STUDENTS AT KYAMBOGO
UNIVERSITY, KAMPALA DISTRICT
CLIENT: KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY
AN ARCHITECTURAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY,

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN
BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
APRIL, 2022
BY
GROUP 38
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Building
Engineering
DECLARATION
We declare that the information provided in this report is entirely our effort and hard work
basing on information obtained in relation to the proposed hostel for the Weekend students of
Kyambogo University.
NAME REGISTRATION NUMBER SIGNATURE
NYANGOMA VIVIAN 19/U/ECW/17606/WKD
SEBIKYU BASHIRI 20/U/ECW/14123/WKD
HOPE MARY FLAVIA 18/U/ECW/18232/WKD
ISINGOMA RONALD 20/U/ECE/11943/PE
MUHESANGABO PHERIX 18/U/ECW/18244/WKD
TWINOMUJUNI ESTHER 19/U/ECE/17570/PE
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Architectural Report for Group Project Group 38
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APPROVAL
I hereby approve that the work in this report has been done by a group of third year students
pursuing a Bachelor’s degree of engineering in civil and building engineering during their third
year group project at Kyambogo University.
………………………………. Date: ………………………….
Arch. MICHAEL WEST

UNIVERSITY SUPERVISOR
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DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to our loving parents who made it possible for us to do this amazing
course and our siblings who inspire us to keep moving on.
May the Almighty GOD bless you all.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We are so grateful to the Almighty God for the gift of life, time, power, knowledge, wisdom,
understanding and good health throughout the compilation process of the report despite a few
challenges faced.
We also take this opportunity to thank our dear supervisor Arch. MICHAEL WEST for his
time and never-ending guidance he rendered to us till-date.
And finally, to the staff and the various people who provided us with the information that was
required during our study.
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Table of Contents
DECLARATION ii
APPROVAL iii
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vi
ABSTRACT x
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Main Objective of the Design...........................................................................................3
1.3 Specific Objectives of the Design.....................................................................................3
1.4 Scope of the Design..........................................................................................................3
1.5 Site Description.................................................................................................................3
1.6 Topography of Site............................................................................................................4
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 6
2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................6
2.2 Architectural Drawings..........................................................................................................6
2.3 Minimum Headroom.............................................................................................................6
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY 8
3.1 Architectural Designs............................................................................................................8
3.2 Data Collection......................................................................................................................8
3.3 Population Projection.............................................................................................................8
3.4 The Constituents of the building............................................................................................9
3.5 The capacity of the building................................................................................................10
3.5.1 The basement floor.......................................................................................................10
3.5.2 Ground floor.................................................................................................................10
3.5.3 First, Second, and third floor........................................................................................10
3.5.4 The roof slab terrace.....................................................................................................10
CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 11
4.1 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................11
4.2 Recommendations................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES 12
Appendices 13
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
PWD Persons with Disability
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List of Tables
Table 1.1: Halls of residence at Kyambogo University...................................................................1
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List of Figures
Fig 1.1: The Location of the Site.....................................................................................................4
Fig 1.2: The Topographic Map of the proposed site.......................................................................5
Fig 2.1: Student’s hostel at Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre in Kigali...............................6
Fig 2.1: minimum headroom for a building.....................................................................................7
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ABSTRACT
This report presents the Architectural designs for a proposed design of a hostel for the weekend
students at Kyambogo University. The lower ground floor is basically parking space and a
security and toll office; the ground, first, second and third floor have a restaurant, canteen,
washing area, students leader offices, students bedrooms and general toilets per floor. roof floor
consists of a terrace for hanging laundry. The proposed hostel is to accommodate approximately
208 students.
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Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Building Engineering
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background
Kyambogo University is made up of six faculties and two schools; Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Special Needs and
Rehabilitations, Faculty of Vocational Studies, Faculty of Education, School of Management and
Entrepreneurship, and Graduate school (Directorate of Planning and Development , 2018), and
five undergraduate halls of residence (Kyambogo University Custodians , 2018);
Table 1.1: Halls of residence at Kyambogo University
Hall name Location Affiliation Number of rooms Number of students it
can accommodate
Mandela Hall
Uganda East end Female 36 144
Nanziri Hall
Nanziri lower East end Female 36 144
Nanziri upper East end Female 36 144
Kennedy East end Female 36 144
Blue Nile East end Male 36 144
Kulubya Hall West end Male 76 298
Pearl Hall West end Female 60 304
North Hall North end Male & Female 120 191
Table 1.1: source: Custodians' report July 2018
This indicates a ratio of four students to one room, yet the facilities were initially designed for two
students per room.
A walk through survey of the halls of residence at Kyambogo University indicates a worrying
sanitary facility crisis. As a reasonable standard, (Kebirungi H, 2015) recommends a toilet ratio in
educational institutions of 1:30 for ladies and 1:60 for gentlemen, and special requirements for
persons with disabilities.
Unfortunately, private students are just attached to the halls of residence but cannot be residents in
the halls of residence. This has made many private students to struggle with accommodation in
Banda, Kireka and other places near the University.
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The up-graders, mainly, faced a challenge of getting time for lectures since they are over occupied
with work throughout the week days and some reside very far away from the University as they
could not make it every day for lectures. Weekend programme was therefore introduced to cater
for such students who can only get time on the weekend for lectures. The weekend programme is
mainly in the Faculty of Engineering and specific courses like Bachelor of Engineering in
Building and Civil Engineering (ECW), Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical engineering (BEL),
Higher Diploma in Building and Civil Engineering (HDC), Diploma in Building and Civil
Engineering (ODC), Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME), Diploma in Water Engineering
(DWE) and also Diploma in Deaf Studies (DDE) under the Faculty of Special Needs and
Rehabilitation, (Diploma/ Certificate Entry Scheme 2019/2020 Advertisement, Office of the
Academic Registrar).
The weekend programme began in 2017/2018 academic year by giving chance to those students
who had challenges with attending lectures during the course of the week days to start studying on
weekend. The number of students who changed to the programme is not clear. The programme
was officially begun by admitting students in academic year 2018/2019. However, in Mechanical
and Electrical, they only had the programme for the first academic year that is 2017/2018.
In 2019/2020 academic year, under the Diploma/ Certificate Entry Scheme, Bachelor of
Engineering in Building and Civil Engineering admitted eight (8), twelve (12) and twelve (12) in
first, second and third year respectively. Some students were admitted on appeal for Bachelor of
Engineering in Building and Civil Engineering, eight (8), ten (10) and nine (9) in first, second and
third year respectively. Under the direct entry scheme, the University for the First Time admitted
students on weekend programme. This was fifty (50) in number for Bachelor of engineering in
Building and Civil Engineering.
Diploma (Ordinary Diploma and Higher Diploma) students admitted on evening programme in
Building and Civil Engineering are given a chance to choose either to change to weekend or
remain in evening since their codes are the same. Higher Diploma Students all ended up on
weekend programme since they are Up-graders who are occupied with work.
We also have Masters Students who study on the weekend and face the same challenges as the
under graduates. The proposed re-design will therefore cater for all those who surface on the
weekend at the University.
However, the weekend students have a very big challenge since they only appear at the University
at the weekend. They have to sleep for three nights before they report on Monday at their places
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of work. Getting accommodation for those three nights is so tasking and very expensive mainly to
those who come far from Kampala. The hostels, lodges, guest houses and rentals near the
university have very many cases of theft and noise which in turn make the learning environment
un favourable.
The Uganda Vision 2040 is a blue print identifying the development paths and strategies to
operationalize Uganda’s Vision statement which is to “transform Uganda from a peasant to a
modern and prosperous country within 30 years” (Authority, 2007). (Mugizi, 2018) suggests that
there is need to support institutions of higher education such that they are able to develop the
capacities they need to be able to help the country achieve its Vision 2040.
Sustainable Development Goal 4 emphasises quality educations as one of the drivers of
development, (Assembly, 2015). In line with achieving this goal and the Vision 2040, Kyambogo
University requires a modern hostel facility for weekend students.
1.2 Main Objective of the Design
To design a sustainable, accessible and durable hostel at Kyambogo University
1.3 Specific Objectives of the Design
1) To design an artistic impression for the structure.
2) To carry out a need’s assessment analysis with respect to global students’ needs
3) To obtain thorough information about the site assets and liabilities prior to starting the
design process.
4) To obtain information about the suitability of the in-suti ground conditions of the site for
proposed structures.
5) To come up with the detailed building service drawings.
6) To carry out a sustainable design of the proposed structure
1.4 Scope of the Design
The design is expected to provide the following;
i. A site layout of the proposed hostel.

ii. A lower ground of the proposed hostel.
iii. A ground floor, first, second and third floor.
iv. A flat roof (terrace) with the void having a glass roof.
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1.5 Site Description

The proposed site is located at Kyambogo University, Nakawa Division within Kampala City. The
site is not hoarded and it is occupied by pasture grasses. The site also contains the kyambogo
water reservoir, a few trees, some aunt hills and food crops like cassava, potatoes, etc. The site is
bordered by a main reservoir in the Eastern direction, Itek road in the south direction and an
access road in the western direction. The site is also in the east of Faculty of Special Needs and
North Hall, and in the North of the Kyambogo Mosque. Figure 1.1 shows the location of the site.
Fig 1.1: The Location of the Site

1.6 Topography of Site
The ground on the proposed site is gently sloping. The ground at the site slopes from East
towards the Western direction as shown on the topographical map. Figure 1.2 shows the
topographical map
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Fig 1.2: The Topographic Map of the proposed site
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction
The design is based on the architectural appearance of hall of residence in pan Atlantic university,
Lagos Nigeria. Figure 2.1 shows the students’ hostel at Pan Atlantic University.
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Fig 2.1: Student’s hostel at architectural appearance of hall of residence in pan Atlantic university,
Lagos Nigeria
2.2 Architectural Drawings
Architects have moved on from the old methods of using cardboards and pieces of plywood to
show what they have in mind or what the client requires. This time consuming technique has since
been replaced with software such as Revit, Arch CAD, Auto CAD and many others.
Arch CAD which will be utilized for this study is a modelling software application which enables
more productive design of buildings, based on the Virtual Building approach (GRAPHISOFT,
2012).
2.3 Minimum Headroom
The minimum headroom or height clearance from floor level to the underside of any
projection including beams, direction signs, sprinkler heads, electrical fitting and others shall
be 2200mm.
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Fig 2.1: minimum headroom for a building

However, our headroom for this project is 2800mm which is sufficient for aeration and
ventilation.
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CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

3.1 Architectural Designs
The design process involved a series of procedures which include the following:
1. Desk study which involved visiting estates office to check the master plan and to collect
the information about the requirements of the hostel.
2. Reconnaissance survey was carried out on site to check out for the physical and nature of
the terrain, so as to be able to come up with a site layout which helped us ascertain the best
size and dimensions of the structure and how to position it well.(Adler, 1970)
3. Dimensioning the drawings to aid in construction and providing space for other building
services which include, lightening, protection, Heating, Ventilation, Air conditioning,
Water, drainage and plumbing, Fire detection, fighting and protection, Energy supply
systems and Lighting. (Packard, 2002)
3.2 Data Collection

The following information was considered to generate architectural plans;
1) Number of occupants of the block.
2) Aesthetics in terms of beauty of the structure.
3) Safety in terms of escape routes and fire points.
4) Economics in terms of costs thus a very economical design was obtained.
5) The cost of the building process.
6) The availability of space and dimensions of the rooms.
7) The geology of the area.
3.3 Population Projection

This is the process of determining the population change within an area or locality over a certain
period of time.
There are different forms from which population can be determined and these include the
following;
1) Arithmetic method, this form of projection is hypothesized to be constant
dp
=k
dt
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Where, k = constant determined graphically from the actual or current populations.

And p= p 0+ kt p
Where P= future population; = period of projection; k= constant; po= present population
2) Uniform percentage method
This assumes that the rate of increase is proportional to the population

dp 1
=k p, where k1= a constant
dt
By integrating and separating variable
Ln p = lnpo + k1dt
ln p−ln po
Where k1 = and p = poe k ' dt
Dt
Where P = future population; k1 = constant; Dt = time interval.
3) Logarithmic/logistic method
This form of projection hypotheses of the logistic growth and it can be tested by plotting
recorded data on a logistic paper on which it will appear as a straight line if the hypothesis
is valid.
P = psat/ 1+e a+ bDt
Where p= future population; Psat = saturation population of the community; a and
b =constants; Psat, a and b can be determined from the three successive census populations
Psat= 2p0 p1 p2- p12(p1 + p2) / p0 p2 – p12
Psat− po 1 po ( p sat − p1)
a = ln ( ) b = ln
po n p1 ( psat − p 0)
Where n is the time interval between the successive censuses, ∆ t beyond the base year
corresponding to the population, p0
3.4 The Constituents of the building
1) Lower ground floor was basically designed to serve as the parking area with adequate
drive way space of 4.3m average, stair cases (2 in number) and two lifts as a means of
access to upper floors.
2) Security rooms for security officers
3) Office space for hostel wardens
4) General wash room and toilets areas
5) The hostel rooms have been distributed from ground floor up to third floor.
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6) The lift spans from the ground floor to the third floor to aid the PWD manoeuvre.
7) Stairs span from the ground floor to the roof slab.
8) Kitchen, rest area and the restaurant.
9) Lifts to ease access of the subsequent floors in terms of time.
3.5 The capacity of the building

The structure is designed to cater for 208 students’ accommodation.
3.5.1 The lower Ground floor
This is to be used as a parking area for vehicles, motor cycles & bicycles and for the Persons with
Disability (PWDs). The Drive way is having an average width of 3.5m both for the outlet and inlet
sides. The stare cases (2 in number) run from the basement to the third flow, Lifts (2 in number)
move from the basement to the third flow. The car parking can accommodate 34 cars, the motor
cycle parking can accommodate 19 motor cycles, bicycle parking can accommodate 15 bicycles
and there are 4 parking slots for PWDs. General Toilets and Urinals for females and males
including those for PWDs are provided. There are security offices at the entrance of the basement
floor.
3.5.2 Ground floor
This has a power & security house, stationery area, printer area, kitchen & restaurant with a rest
room, general toilets for the males, females & PWDs, a lift is provided for the PWDs, Bedrooms
& occupied by two students each and other bedrooms are 26 in number occupied by 2 students
each. This gives a total of 52 students.
3.5.3 First, Second, and third floor
These consist of offices for wardens, a void passing through to the roof to provide light through
the glass roof, Balcones are included on those bed rooms that are exposed to the external and there
are 26 bedrooms on each floor, this gives a total of 208 students.
3.5.4 The roof slab terrace
This is to be used as a hanging area, placing tanks for cold water supply, the void was covered
with glass to allow light to enter in the lower levels or floors.
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CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1 Conclusion
The design concept meets the design challenge and hence is feasible for execution.
Group 38 believes once its realized, accommodation constraints and challenges for weekend
students will be obtained because of its being self-sustaining.
4.2 Recommendations
1) More time and better supervision in terms of directing and mentoring students should be
rendered to group projects early enough so that students can finish their respective projects
in time.
2) Partial projects can be done always to equip students with all the basics needed in entire
group projects.
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REFERENCES
1) Adler, D. (1970). Metric Handbook Planning and Design data Second edition
2) Ann, R, & Jonathan, H. (2008). Architect’s pocket Book third Edition
3) Ernst, & Peter, N. (N.D). Architect’s Data third edition
4) Packard, Q. (2002). Architect’s’ handbook. Blackwell
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APPENDICES
Appendix 1:
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The appearance of the proposed Amethyst
VIEW OF THE BLOCK FROM THE PARKING AREA
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VIEW OF THE ARTRIUM FROM THE INSIDE
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IEW OF THE HALL WAY FITTED WITH VOIDS AIR CIRCULATION
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ARIER VIEW OF THE ARTRIUM
BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE HOSTEL
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KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY

ARCHITECTURAL REPORT FOR A PROPOSED HOSTEL

CLIENT: KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY

AN ARCHITECTURAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY,

NAME REGISTRATION NUMBER SIGNATURE

NYANGOMA VIVIAN 19/U/ECW/17606/WKD

SEBIKYU BASHIRI 20/U/ECW/14123/WKD

HOPE MARY FLAVIA 18/U/ECW/18232/WKD

ISINGOMA RONALD 20/U/ECE/11943/PE

MUHESANGABO PHERIX 18/U/ECW/18244/WKD

TWINOMUJUNI ESTHER 19/U/ECE/17570/PE

………………………………. Date: ………………………….

Arch. MICHAEL WEST

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

The design is expected to provide the following;

i. A site layout of the proposed hostel.

1.5 Site Description

Fig 1.1: The Location of the Site

Fig 1.2: The Topographic Map of the proposed site

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

Fig 2.1: minimum headroom for a building

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

3.2 Data Collection

3.3 Population Projection

Where, k = constant determined graphically from the actual or current populations.

This assumes that the rate of increase is proportional to the population

3.5 The capacity of the building

CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The appearance of the proposed Amethyst

VIEW OF THE BLOCK FROM THE PARKING AREA

VIEW OF THE ARTRIUM FROM THE INSIDE

ARIER VIEW OF THE ARTRIUM

BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE HOSTEL

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