INCORPORATING KIKUYU TRADITIONAL COLORS AND REUSED GLASS TO CREATE APPEALING INTERIOR FOR THE RED ROOF HOTEL

Culture is an important aspect of everyone’s lives as it gives one a sense of belonging and a sense of pride. The Culture in which a person is from helps to shape many aspects of their lives that are important to them. We as Africans are defined by our culture, land and history. Culture is what unites all Africans across the continent because our values are what bind us together as a continent. The values are expressed by our clothes, language and are mostly celebrated through arts. Our culture and norms are preserved for posterity through representations such as architecture and other forms of symbolism.
This research is aimed at studying how one can incorporate culture into design and help to give a place a sense of heritage and still follow all the rules that are required to be followed in design. The Researcher will investigate a case study and come up with ways in which one can successfully help in adding an aspect of culture in the Interior architecture, Exhibition and display, Furniture and Landscape design, while still maintaining a constant theme and reusing glass in various fields of design that the Researcher will carry out Research in. The researcher will in the process collect data and later analyze the data. A conclusion will be drawn by the researcher on the data collected and recommendations will be made in line with the problems that will have been identified, towards developing a sustainable, aesthetic and functional Guest House, through the use of recycled wood and integration of Kikuyu culture. The reference will in this case be to The Red Roof Hotel which is located in Nairobi County.