Exploring the Identity of Modern Chadian Architecture Amidst Evolving Living Environments and the Promotion of Sustainable Development, Focusing on the Example of N’Djamena
An architectural tour of our rural areas around the world showcases unique expressions of cultural identity through our buildings, spatial layouts, and decorations, often overshadowed in urban environments; Chad is no exception. Authors present their strategies for promoting local identities. In Chad, the architect-urban planner Senoussi Ahmat Senoussi oversees the women of Gaoui as they enhance their techniques in earthen decoration. Also, the architect ROGER Boriata studied the variation of traditional buildings. Showever, no study through for the development of theories, doctrines and the innovation of styles for the identity of contemporary Chadian architecture. Investigations have been made. This article studies the identity of contemporary Chadian architecture in front of changes in buildings and sustainable development: the illustration of N’Djamena. The modern architectural style is one that has a colonial form and uses only sheet metal for the roof and cement for the walls and floor. Moreover, the modern style is a combination of colonial and traditional architecture. The wall can be made of earth and the roof of sheet metal. Our study shows a variety of architecture and influence of individual housing: the very important proportion of houses called other style or without style is estimated (40% - 50%). A disappearance of traditional architectural identity in administrative, cultural and commercial center is noticed. The architectural styles of the N’Djamena administrations are of the colonial kind (40%). The commercial equipment are mostly in the Arab-Moorish style (40%). 20% of the buildings are a mixture of Chadian styles. This study amounts to the matrix of documentation of the traditional Chadian habitat with a view to its theorization for the identical contemporary urban Chadian architecture considering societal biodiversity.
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Ahmed, S. , Modjonda, Souaibou, Senoussi, S. A. and Raidandi, D. (2025). Exploring the Identity of Modern Chadian Architecture Amidst Evolving Living Environments and the Promotion of Sustainable Development, Focusing on the Example of N’Djamena. Open Access Library Journal, 12, e3271. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1113271.
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