Integrating Spatiality in Urban Facades through the Reuse of Cultural Heritage Elements in Dar es Salaam City Centre

Abstract

Urban Development in Dar es Salaam has abundantly witnessed what is called urban demolition in the city centre. Such development has resulted into gentrification and urban renewal. The development is associating demolition of old buildings with historic characters despite existence of Legislative Acts meant to protect them. This study intends to reveal practicability of integrating elements from architecture of the past to create facades which can conserve the past at the same time accommodate the present. It will thus involve presenting both object and context value and element values.  Data collection has been designed to get values which will be employed in the refurbishment of urban facades of objects through either integration or disintegration of historic architectural elements. Analysis of Data in this study has been based on the concept of Occurrence & Frequency. It has been observed that most of the observed objects had similar elements of same contextual settings. Hence, recommended wherever refurbishment of urban facades takes place to include them.