DARCH

06/05/2023

Karimjee Hall has witnessed some of the most important historical events since independence. On 26th April 1964, it hosted the official meeting between Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Abeid Amani Karume, exchanging the official documents, which manifested the political union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar – the birth moment of Tanzania.

One year earlier, Nyerere, then President of newly independent Tanganyika and enthusiastic Pan-Africanist, wrote in The Journal of Modern African Studies of Cambridge University: ”There is one sense in which African Unity already exists. There is a huge sentiment of ‘Africanness', or a feeling of mutual involvement, which pervades all the political and cultural life on the African continent…”.

Next year, in 2024, we’ll celebrate Tanzania’s 60th birthday!

(Photo: Postcard of Karimjee Hall, 1950s)

21/12/2022

Wishing you a festive season!

21/12/2022

Wishing you all a festive season!

20/12/2022

26/10/2021

18/09/2021

together with HETTIE LILLIE] presents “OUTBREAK” a Selective Art Exhibition.
Lilian Munuo is a fine artists in Tanzania. She uses different mediums to create arts such as pencil, charcoal, acrylic paint, nails, strings, clothing materials and wood. She does mixed medium. She’s a self taught artist. She does arts for art’s sake and not its functional value as she aim at telling stories of hope for a better tomorrow. She’s currently more based doing mixed mediums with paintings,wood,strings,nails and different materials including clothes,beads and othe materials that goes with her story.
We welcome everyone to enjoy the exhibition followed by discussion about art and culture.
HETTIE LILLIE] .studio .to.do.in.dar

04/08/2021

After the fire at the Kariakoo Market professionals from the Dar Centre for Architectural Heritage (DARCH) , Architects Association of Tanzania (AAT) , and Association of Consulting Engineers Tanzania (ACET) raise their voices and in turn inviting the concerned authorities, owners, and M/s Kariakoo Market management to reach out and jointly ensure that this outstanding national landmark is saved and rehabilitated appropriately.

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1 Bene Redmann, Zurich, 2 + 3 GMP Consulting Engineers, Arusha, 4 BJ Amuli Architects, Dar es Salaam

03/08/2021

28/06/2021

We're excited to announce the opening of Studio DARCH at the Dar es Salaam Center for Architecture Heritage. A studio for architecture, design, urbanism and research at the Old Boma.

We have worked with during his debut exhibition, pastelDAR and various photography assignments. Over the years, DARCH has been a sanctuary which has set the groundwork for the pastelDAR project and eventually, the Studio DARCH initiative.

Follow for updates on upcoming projects!

28/06/2021

We're excited to announce the opening of Studio DARCH at the Dar es Salaam Center for Architecture Heritage. A studio for architecture, design, urbanism and research at the Old Boma.

We have worked with during his debut exhibition, pastelDAR and various photography assignments. Over the years, DARCH has been a sanctuary which has set the groundwork for the pastelDAR project and eventually, the Studio DARCH initiative.

Follow for updates on upcoming projects!

13/06/2021

Historia ya jiji ya Dar es Salaam.
Wakazi na majengo yake. “Ikiwa na utajili mkubwa wa majengo yaliyoachwa na utawala wa mjerumani baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia, serikali ya kikoroni ya kiingreza ilijikita zaidi katika maboresho ya huduma za mji na upanuzi wavitongoji. Kitu kimoja kilichonitafakarisha sana baada ya matembezi haya ni jinsi gani serikali mpya hii ilivyoanzisha sheria mpya ya mji mwaka 1924 na kuugawa waziwazi mji wa Dar katika maeneo ya wazungu, waasia na waafrika. Viwango vilivyoteuliwa vya msongamano na viwango vya ujenzi vilifanya iwe ngumu kwa waasia kujenga katika eneo la wazungu na waafrika kujenga au kununua kiwanja katika eneo la waasia au wazungu. Kukawa na maeneo matatu, eneo la pembezini mwa bahari likiwa eneo la utawala na wazungu, eneo lilofuata likiwa kwa ajili ya waasia na utawala huo wa mwingereza ulisafisha eneo la bustani ya mnazi mmoja ya sasa kuwa kizuizi kati ya eneo la waasia na (kariakoo) eneo la mwisho likiwa kwa ajili ya waafrika. Na haikuruhusiwa kwa mswahili kwenda kwa wazungu labda awe na kitambulisho. Michoro mbali mbali ya wahandisi wa kiingereza inaonesha jinsi huduma zisivyo sawa katika maeneo haya matatu yaliyotengwa na rasilimali za serikali zilizoelekezwa huko. Hii inaonyesha mpk sasa jinsi gani baadhi ya sehemu za dar zimeendelea kuzidi nyingine”.

Tunawashukuru academy class of 2021 kufanya matembezi ya kihistoria nasi. Tunawakalibisheni wote wenye kutaka kuifaham historia ya Jiji la Dar Es Salaam na Tanzania kwa ujumla.