
The Qdance Hub
Client
The QDance Center
Status:
Completed
Sector
Arts & Culture
Services Delivered:
Land Documentation, Renovation Permit, Redevelopment Strategy, Construction Coordination
Project Overview
The QDance Hub is a creative performance space in Lagos that serves as a home for dance, movement, and cultural expression. When the project began, the site was an underutilized structure, rich in potential, but constrained by regulatory ambiguity, structural wear, and undefined development goals.
Dejam Consults was brought on to shape the full transition: from due diligence and regulatory approvals to the complete remodeling and spatial execution of the hub. The result? A compliant, community-driven, and architecturally expressive venue that now stands as a beacon in Lagos' creative ecosystem.
What We Delivered
Utility Zones that Work Silently
Behind the beauty is a deep systems logic. A solar-powered grid supports lighting and water heating. Compost toilets and bio-waste integration handle waste cleanly. A buffer zone wraps the site with vegetation that prevents erosion, filters air, and offers visual transition from wild to worked land.
Gathering Spaces for Fire, Food, and Folk
At the center of the resort is a fire pit arena and event lawn, designed for community storytelling, drumming, and quiet evenings under the stars. Nearby, a farm-to-table restaurant offers open-air dining with food prepared from the very land it overlooks. A circular pool lounge, artisan workshop pavilion, and a small café-studio space support group retreats, craft-making, and creative residency programming.
Wellness Zones Built Around Stillness
A yoga garden and meditation platform sit beneath filtered light and natural canopies. These spaces host mindfulness classes, stretching sessions, and solitude breaks, a soft counterbalance to the more immersive farm and event areas. Here, the theme is stillness, softness, and shade.
Experiential Trails & Nature Immersion
Winding eco-trails lead guests through herbal gardens, palm groves, bamboo tunnels, and butterfly patches. The walking paths are more than scenic, they’re meditative by design. Along the way are quiet rest points, storytelling decks, and shade-built spaces for guided reflection or barefoot exploration.
A Working Farm That Feeds the Table, and the Spirit
The heart of Adake is agricultural. Guests don’t just walk past rows of produce, they harvest them. Carefully zoned plots for vegetables, herbs, grains, and fruit trees sit adjacent to animal interaction areas where children and adults alike can connect with goats, rabbits, horses, ducks, and more. The farm supports the on-site kitchen, making the experience truly farm-to-fork.
Lodging That Breathes With the Land
A collection of eco-cottages are spaced across the landscape in a rhythm that respects both privacy and presence. Built from natural materials like bamboo, adobe, and reclaimed wood, each unit evokes a different Yoruba word for peace, giving every guest not just a space, but a name to hold. The lodges are positioned to welcome natural airflow, sunrise light, and framed views of the farm and forested edges.
Design & Functional Highlights
Adaptive reuse of an existing structure
Reprogrammed floor plan for performance, workshops, and admin
Culturally inspired finishes to match QDance’s brand identity
Renovated infrastructure with attention to natural light and open space
Secure compliance with all relevant state planning regulations
Challenges & Solutions
Complex redevelopment zoning with outdated files
We validated and recharted the plot for accurate approval classification
Risk of design clashing with approval limits
We collaborated directly with architects to adjust layout without losing vision
Lack of existing planning documentation
Dejam coordinated complete documentation + built the case for regulatory compliance