An investigation into the design of selected television stations in Kampala: a case study of NBS television station, Naguru, Kampala.
Abstract
Broadcasting structures as integration of high-tech, cutting-edge culture and construction on
behalf of the kind of rigorous, complex architectural elements, the rapid growth of great public
concern. The article looks into the construction of a new era of broadcasting, focusing on the
main features of the design space, such as open space and the use of new technologies, as well as
other related issues. The goal is to create a building that is good for the time, for the
environment, and for television.
The television building (hence referred to as the broadcasting building) is a city information
distribution hub, and its architecture is the essence of its development as television service
making it a unique public structure. The purpose of the broadcasting facility is to increase the
guiding power of public opinion, as well as to broaden the base of creative and social impact.
Faced with the rapid expansion of the wave of digitalization and networking, broadcasting has
evolved into a national infrastructure construction in a very significant building type in desperate
need of design study.
This report focused on investigating the appropriateness of the design of television stations
taking a case study of NBS television station by reviewing available literature on the subject
matter, making observations, use of photography, sketches, having interviews with employees at
the television station. The research went ahead to find out why television stations are not doing
enough to create an ideal environment so as to produce high quality content to be released to the
public and why designers have not fully embraced design embodied with current technological
demands, it also gave some recommendations on what should be done to make the televisions
stations create this environment ideal for high quality content creation.