Alan Vaughan-Richard

**Alan Vaughan-Richards** (1925-1989) wani masanin gine-ginen Birtaniya ne na Najeriya wanda ya yi aiki a masana'antar gine-ginen Najeriya bayan mulkin mallaka.Ya sa masu zane-zanen gine-ginen kan yuwuwar tasirin nau'ikan Afirka a cikin zanen gine-gine ta hanyar buga mujalla na *Gine-gine da Gine-gine na Yammacin Afirka*.

Vaughan-Richards ya haɗa ayyukan mawaƙan Najeriya a yawancin ayyukansa.Ya sami horon aikin gine-gine na zamani a Ingila,sannan ya karanci amfani da al'adu na gine-gine a Najeriya,kuma da yawa daga cikin kwamitocinsa sun kasance masu hada karfi da karfe.

## Ilimi
Vaughan-Richards ya yi karatu a London Polytechnic (yanzu Jami'ar Westminster ) inda ya sami digiri a fannin gine-gine a 1950.Ya kuma yi rajista don sabon kwas da aka kirkira akan Architecture na Tropicala Architectural Association,London a 1956.

## Sana'a
Vaughan-Richards ya fara aikinsa a cikin 1950s yana aiki tare da Hukumar Ci gaban Architect a Irakikuma daga baya Haɗin gwiwar Gine-gine a London.Kamfanin ya tsunduma cikin zayyana wani sabon otal na Bristol da aka sake ginawa da gidaje na kamfanonin mai da iskar gas a Legas.A yayin gudanar da aikin,Vaughan-Richards ya shiga cikin zane na farko kuma a matsayinsa na mai kula da wuraren ya ziyarci Najeriya yayin rangadin ayyukan.Lokacin da Architect Co-Partnership ya fice daga Najeriya,Vaughan-Richards ya zauna a kasar kuma ya zama dan Najeriya.Gidansa da ke Ikoyi kusa da tafkin Legas wanda fom a ƙauyen Hausa suka rinjayi shi kuma aka tsara shi a matsayin ofishinsa.Yawancin kwamitocinsa sun haɗa da gidaje masu zaman kansu da wurin zama na ma'aikata na Jami'ar Legas.Ya sami karɓuwa a tsakanin abokan cinikin sa na sirri tare da ƙirar sa na karimci na raba ko wuraren jama'a da kuma manyan hanyoyin shiga cikin kwamitocins.

Mawallafin marubuci Ba’amurke Elaine Neil Orr ya bayyana salon gine-ginen Vaughan-Richards,inda ya rubuta cewa “ya kasance yana amfani da geometries mai curvilinear a cikin ƙirarsa,wani lokaci a matsayin ado amma galibi a matsayin abubuwan da ke da alaƙa da bango da ɗakuna.Zane-zane na yau da kullun shine babban jigon sa,tun da farko daga shinge da zanen rufin.,sannan daga aikin katako".

Vaughan-Richards shi ne ya kafa tare da gyara ginin *West African Builder da Architect* don samar da bayanai game da gine-gine a Afirka sannan kuma ya rubuta *Ginin Legas* tare da Kunle Akinsemoyinwani littafi da ke nuna ci gaban Legas. 

Vaughan-Richards ya hade da Felix Ibru na Roye Ibru da Co.Ya kasance mai kula da sashen gine-gine na jami'ar Legas inda kwamitocinsa suka hada da Jaja Hall,Jami'ar Legas, babban tsari na Jami'ar Legas; zane-zane na zamani tare da nau'ikan wurare masu zafi da yammacin Afirka kamar gidan Olaoluwakitan da gidan Alan Vaughan-Richards.Yawancin ayyukansa sun yi watsi da su ko kuma ba su da kyau.

A cikin 1980s, ya shiga cikin rubuta jerin kayayyaki na gidajen Brazil a Legas don amfani da ƙungiyar kiyayewa.A cikin shekarun 1950,sabbin ayyukan gine-gine da aka tsara daga tsarin gine-gine na zamani na Turai tare da la'akari da yanayin Najeriya wanda Maxwell Fry ya jagoranta da kuma London da aka horar da masu gine-ginen Najeriya sun fara fitowa a matsayin babban salon a Legas.Vaughan-Richards yana cikin masu ginin zamani,amma yana son ƙarin bincike tare da ɗaukar nau'ikan Afirka da ake da su,fasahar Afirka da amfani da kayan kamar katako.Ya kasance mai ba da shawara na haɗa nau'ikan al'adun Afirka da salon rayuwa a cikin gine-ginen Najeriya na zamani,tashi daga salon al'adun gargajiya da ke fitowa a cikin 1950s wanda galibi ya haɗa da daidaitawa ga yanayin yanayi a Afirka.Gidansa na sirri da aka gina a shekarun 1960 gwaji ne na sifofin gine-ginen gargajiya na Yammacin Afirka tare da ka'idodin gine-gine na zamani kamar amfani da na'urorin geometries na curvi-linear da madauwari.Sauran ayyuka irin su Gidan Ola-oluwakitan sun yi fice don la'akari da yadda aka ba da siffofin Afirkada asali,kuma daga baya sun zama abin koyi ga sauran gidaje masu zaman kansu.

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