AN OVERVIEW
OF NASSAU
COURT
Student: Mia Lightbourne
Course: Architecture & Culture
Date : October 18th 2022
OUTLINE
Complex Location
Building usage timeline
Documentation
Building Revitalization Concept
Comments and Questions
SITE LOCATION
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CONTRY
ISALAND
CITY
STREET
THE BAHAMS
New Providence
Downtown Nassau
Nassau Court
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SITE’S TIMELINE
GOVERNMENT
HIGH
ARIL 27TH 1925
BOARD OF
WORKS
1959-1969
MINISTRY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
1969- present
MINISTRY OF
TOURISM
1970s- 2007
BEST
COMMISSION
1994-2020
Presentation title
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DOCUMENTATION
COMPOUND USAGE
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BREAK DOWN
Building A
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Galleys/fort
classroom space room Government
High
present Ministry of Environment
Health
Building B
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Galleys/ Fort
Administrative Office for Government
High
Board of Works
Best Commission
Building C
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Galleys/ Fort
Ministry of Tourism
A
B
C
Building D
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Excess office spaces built by the
ministry of tourism in the 80s-90s
D
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EXTERIOR
1. Overall dimensions: 90
feet along the western and
eastern faces, 40 feet along
northern and southern faces.
2. Foundations: 3’6”
foundation made from
limestone and approximately
12-2 feet above the water table
3. Walls: Quoins and 2 Ionic
wooden columns at the
entrance. The limestone walls
are painted pale yellow.
EXTERIOR
4. Porches, stoops, balconies, bulkheads:
Porch and balcony on the eastern side of the
structure
5. Chimneys: 4 conical shaped chimneys are
situated along the center ridge of the roof.
6. Openings:
a. Doorways and doors: 1 main entrance on the
western face. It is an ornate arched doorway
framed by columns and is build out of Abaco
Pine. On the easter side there is 1 back entrance
on the second floor and 2 back door entrance
on the first Floor. On the northern entrance
ither is 1 side entrance.
b. Windows and shutters: Structure has a
mixture of jalousie and single hung casement
windows with a rectangular relief trim and sill.
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EXTERIOR
7. Roof:
a. Shape, covering: Hip
roof with a Corrugated
metal covering
INTERIOR
1. Stairways: 1 stairway located near the
entrance
2. Flooring: 1’ brick red cement square
tiles
3. Wall and ceiling finish: the original
walls are painted tan. Later added
partition walls are hallow and Finished
with a stucco finish on the top, colored
tan and coffee colored trimmed wood
paneling at the bottom of the wall
4. Decorative features and trim: Arched
hallways along the building’s original
hallway
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SOURCES
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A. Interviews: Ruth Munnings , Public Analyst at the Department of Environmental health (the building’s Current
occupants)
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D. Selected Sources:
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Facebook: Hanchell, L. (2022, May 10). The Bahamas: Past and present: I was on Bay Street this weekend near the Hilton
Hotel and I looked across the street opposite the hotel and down through the corner next to McDonald... Facebook. Retrieved
October 18, 2022, from https://www.facebook.com/groups/1118839844851237/posts/5126828374052344
Photographs/ Sketches: Taken And Drawn By Mia Lightbourne
Presentation title
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REVITALIZATION
CONCEPT
INSPIRATION
PROPOSED SITE PLAN
Building A can be the forensic office due to it already being
the main lab for the department of Environmental Health,
therefore the necessary lab infrastructure already exists
there.
Building B will be used as the main police station dues its
sub layer which could be used as investigation rooms and all
temporary jail houses for overnight holds.
Building C can be transformed into cafeteria space due to its
central location to the three main buildings.
Building D will be the fire station due to is ample space that
can house multiple fire trucks and emergency vehicles.
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WIDER
COMMUNITY
AFFECT
COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS