WAYFINDING STRATEGIES AND LANDSCAPING APPLICATION IN CITY CENTRE DESIGN

Wayfinding strategy is the consistent utilization of a set of standard principles in order to help users orient themselves while navigating a given area. This is accomplished via visual cues, including maps, colours, signage, and symbols, with the end result being a safe and easy-to-follow pathway that is usable for the vast majority of individuals. A solid Wayfinding strategy should be designed as simple and intuitive as possible. Landscape Architecture is the intertwining aspects of natural sciences, arts, economics, and culture. It is a profession that helps design a ‘place’ that connects land and human, which has many applications, from a small scale design project to a more significant and large scale urban design as well as regional planning projects. Landscape Architect is indeed the person who designs outdoor environments. The part of this Thesis "Landscaping Application" takes an overview of what are the requirements for the final Design Thesis projects taken up especially in the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Talata Mafara, particularly under the Department of Architectural Technology. This study examines potential strategies for Wayfinding used in such buildings with means of natural and/or hybrid landscaping of the city centres spaces. These strategies need to be formulated with the aim of occupant’s conveniences, historic preservation, tourists attraction and reducing the whole building navigational stress, taking into account recreational pleasing demands of the inner spaces. Implementing strategies of Wayfinding and application of Landscaping elements in city centre design is quite a technical and professional in modern Architectural practice that will intensively results an interesting and considerable gestures of achieving an effective design of