Conservation

INTRODUCTION
Dar es Salaam , in Arabic translation known as "house of Peace" ,formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic center. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts, Kinondoni to the north, Ilala in the center of the region, and Temeke to the south. The Dar es Salaam Region had a population of 2,497,940 as of the official 2002 census. Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as capital city to Dodoma in 1974, it remains the Centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam Region. In Dar es salaam city there are some buildings conserved in order to continue having heritage architecture and maintain the unique character of Dar es Salaam, this issue emerge due to the demolition of historic architecture and subsequent high-rise development in the central business district and also conservation was closely linked with issues of sustainability, particularly in terms of the heavy traffic congestion and solid waste management. The followings are some buildings conserved in Dar es salaam city;
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FORODHANI HOTEL RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT DEVELOPMENT HOUSE CENTRAL STATISTICS HEADQUARTERS WHITE FATHER’S BUILDING LUTHERAN CHURCH ST. JOSEPH’S CATHEDRAL CITY HALL OLD B OMA BUILDINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF CENTRAL BUS STATION (STESHENI) ASKARI MONUMENT KARIMJEE HALL BRITISH COUNCIL LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL MOTOR MART INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE ACACIA HOUSE BUILDING HOUSING TANGANYIKA MEAT OCEAN ROAD HOSPITAL STATE HOUSE ST. ALBAN’S CHURCH AND RECTORY BUILDING OPPOSITE YMCA HOSTEL COSY CAFÉ OLD D A PRIMARY SCHOOL LAXMINARAYAN AND SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE TOWN JAMAT KHANA MOSQUE ARAB MOSQUE JAMA MOSQUE ITHNASHERI MOSQUE

In our discussion we will discuss the following buildings; 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0LD BOMA W.H.O BUILDING STATE HOUSE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL 1 COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL 2

WHY WE CONSERVE THESE FIVE BUILDINGS? EMOTIONAL VALUES In this category we having Wonder, identity, continuity, spiritual and symbolic CULTURAL VALUES Here we have aesthetics, symbol, Architectural, townscape and ecological. USE VALUES In use value there is Functional, political, social and ethic.

1. OLD BOMA

Old Boma is Dar es Salaam's oldest surviving building constructed in 1867. It is located at the crossing of Morogoro Road and Sokoine Road, facing the town hall. Old Boma was built to accommodate the guests of Sultan Seyyid Majid who had a palace located next door. Three years after the building was completed, the Sultan Majid died, and the city he had constructed fell into disrepair. Under the German colonial rule it was restored and enlarged. Conservation of Old Boma In the 1980s the building was conserved and used by the Tanzania Railways Authority as the head office in Tanzania but nowadays the building is used for RAHACO(Railway Holding Assets Company)as the head office. Also it’s a building used by the UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTERS. Architectural Elements of Old Boma     Its Façades are almost plain with no ornaments. The front façade is symmetrical but has rhythm of window arrangement on the left and right facades. It has crenels that represents Arabic architecture. Windows are half louvered and new installations of ventilation machines are introduced.

Worthiness of old-boma     The building has an architectural element that explains the type of architecture used during the era when it was constructed. It deserves to be conserved since the building can prevail the history, and should also be preserved future generation. Due to its position the building can accommodate some historical events and other offices for provision of services to people and tourists. The conservation of it has brought one of the element of urban since it is a landmark of that particular area.

2. World Health organization building

Architectural elements       The building is asymmetrical, but has a certain order in positioning of openings, and repetition of some elements on the facades. Each floor and plane has different design of size and rhythm of openings. The building has neo-gothic arched window with wooden louvers some has sharpen arches. Part of the wall has been decorated/molded to bring beauty. It has high pitched roof on the minarets. The Finishing material is paint which increases the beauty of the building.

Picture shows Building Decoration & high pitched roof.

Worthiness of world health organization building    The building has decorations that represent one of the elements of modern architecture The building is used as offices, hence it can accommodate people. It has a historical feature that has to be conserved for the future generation.

3. COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL 1

View of the Building used as Commercial Residential

Architectural elements         It is asymmetrical each element on the building of one side differs from the other side It has a portico molded differently to emphasize the entrance, one of elements obtained during Greek architecture There are stairs to emphasize entrance. There is a protruding balcony in front of portico roofed in an Indian style. The balconies found on the sides and back of the building differ from the protruding balcony in terms of decoration and balustrades. There are rectangular and Arched windows with glass panels The material used for the building is concrete. It has visual permeability and it has respected the corner.

Different views of the building shows richness of the Details

Innovations done  Introduction of shops on the ground floor which distort the original design of the building.  Glass and grills have been placed on the balustrades which removes the sense of balcony, and on the ground floor windows and doors  Cladding of tiles on the entrance wall to increase richness.

Pictures shows grills and glasses on the balustrades and cladding materials which are tiles

Worthiness of building for it to be conserved   With the building conserved, the Architectural elements will make the building more valuable than the neighboring building. This building will be used to reflect how Architecture was before this post-modern Architectural period.

4. COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL 2

View of the Building which used as Commercial Residential

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
      The building is symmetrical. A building has DOMER windows with glass panels. Texture used during the renovation period to keep the building alive. Building materials used are Glass on Sash windows to ventilate the rooms and Corrugated Iron Sheets as roofing materials. The roof has an attic and is used as living space. There are two porticos on both sides for aesthetics.

Picture shows Architectural Elements of the building

Innovations done on the building
  Shops has been introduced on the building due to the land value of the area Grills has been used under the portico to increase privacy

Worthiness of this building
   It should be conserved in order to preserve architectural elements that are not found in recent buildings. Example, dormer window. It can be used as office building due to its position in the urban area and the structural system of the building. It can be used by historians to comment on the life style of colonies by using colonial houses for the future use.

5. STATE HOUSE

Picture shows façade of the State House Building

The State House was the original residence of the German Governor; built in the late 1890s by Germany. At one time, the State House had tall Islamic-style arches on the ground floor and a veranda with railing on the upper level. Cast-iron columns also supported the roof. In 1914, the British nearly destroyed the building during World War I. In 1922 the State House was rebuilt with similar arches on the ground floor but scalloped arches on the upper level and a tower with a crenellated railing. The style is more in tune with East African architecture. The State House is now the home of the current president and not open to the public.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
     The building is symmetrical. The building has windows and opens which possess Arabic architecture style. Building materials used are Glass and wood on frames at windows to ventilate the rooms and decorate the façade….also wood used on doors. It has balusters which create harmonic condition on the façade of the building and also they possess the Arabic architecture. It possess a lot of Arabic Details which shows the life style of the Arabs colonials.

Picture shows the richness of Arabic details

Worthiness of this building
    It should be conserved in order to preserve architectural elements that are not found in recent buildings. Example, Arabic openings. It has a historical feature that has to be conserved for the future generation. The building must be conserved since it’s the Landmark of the Dar es salaam city. The building has function value since it was and still the residence of all former presidents and current Tanzania’s president.

REFFERENCES:    Tanzania’s Department of antiquity. Site visit. : http://commons.wikimedia.org.