MICROSCALE INTERVENTIONS

Water corporation pipeline

Federal government solar powered borehole (not in use)

Private owned borehole

Private owned borehole(sold)

New water stations

A larger hub will be available after the smaller water and sanitation stations with integrated waste collection sites. This hub will be modified in order to serve as a more communal area for community gatherings.

Water Station Points

Cycling path

Bicycle repair shop

Bicycle rental shop

Grocery shop

Solar kiosk

Walkway

Waiting area

Bicycle parking

Okada and keke station

Goods exchange park

Pavilion

Basketball court

Watching platform

Canal Internet cafe

Public toilet

Shaded area for mobile shops

The Mobility Hub

Only Fatiregun street has vehicular access due to the inadequate roads. This in turn makes it difficult for commodities to move about Otumara easily. Even while the tiny food store on Iya Abiye Street is still open, other Otumara people who live in the more populated areas must find a way to transport their own groceries by using motorcycles or tricycles (keke napep).

Green Corridors

Runoff from impermeable surfaces such as driveways and roofs travels across the terrain and collects in drainages that, in the case of Otumara, are neither functional nor even present. Leading causes of the region’s frequent flooding are the neighborhood’s proximity to the lagoon and the area’s high ground water table. In response, the community-based drainage technique known as “green corridors” offers the much-needed resistance against flooding in the community.

Transformed Urban Blocks

A bio-swale system is used in conjunction with a network of colourful green infrastructure to help divert water runoff into the canal and lagoon. The neighbourhood makes slight inclines in the middle of the streets, and wetlands plants are inserted into the swales. The now-defunct twin channel drainage, which served as a breeding ground for numerous pathogen-carrying vectors, would be replaced by the suggested scheme. Since an unmotorized route in the very heart of the densest area of Otumara stimulates public life in it, the green corridors serve as an important goal in the development of car-free neighbourhoods as well.

Otumara has a long history of fishing, using the marshes around the National Theatre and the tributary of the Lagos lagoon. However, this culture has vanished as a result of a number of odd circumstances. We make an effort to address community engagement in spatial development projects through a variety of measures, including the return of agricultural practises. Despite the limited space, the community can afford to lease agricultural plots. The neighborhood’s productivity and self-sufficiency are enhanced by its distinctive features, as are the recreational and sporting opportunities that play a significant role in Otumara’s social life.

Sections Through The New Otumara

A cross-section of the resulting neighbourhood and prospective activities show how community connections foster a more desirable living environment and more active form of livelihood. A flexible programme for housing delivery is suggested in recognition of the overwhelmingly complicated nature of housing provision and construction. External actors will probably pay for the upgrading by giving community members loans that must be repaid over the course of an agreedupon period. It is crucial that this strategy supports gradual phasing and is managed by Otumara locals. The housing initiative should start building multistory homes in areas most at risk of flooding from the lagoon and under the most pressure to do so. Then, as time passes, neighbouring regions could modify their homes in accordance with the initial designs previously constructed by the lagoon.