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CITY OF DREAMS is to be featured at a conference on Modern Architecture in East Africa Around Independence from July 27th-29th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The conference is organized by the Dutch NGO ArchiAfrika
The conclusive conference at a three-week international workshop on the subject of Modern Architecture in Tanzania around Independence, starts with the presentation of the results of the workshop and a discussion on these results. The conference will continue with a broader focus on the heritage of the Modern Movement around Independence (1950-1975) in East Africa. Modern Architecture appeared as a new and double faced phenomenon in architecture and urbanism in East Africa during the 1950’s and 1960’s. At the end of the colonial period (1950’s) this architecture was often the preferred expression of the intended colonial welfare state, whereas after Independence (1960’s) the new state and its institutions relied upon it to convey the hope, strength and optimism of the new African nation. Today there is little systematic knowledge about this architecture in East Africa. Notwithstanding a growing interest in the entanglement of modernism, colonialism and the post-colonial condition, we still lack documentary sources on a large part of this history as well as information about the reception and appropriation of this heritage up to date. The conference intends to bring together scholars, researchers and other interested parties who wish to contribute to a better understanding of this important part of East African recent history. Keynotes, plenary papers and discussions will focus on three issues: 1. the rise of Modern Architecture in East Africa in the 1950’s and 1960’s and its role in the development of local architecture; 2. the position of East African Modern Architecture in relation to the architecture of the international Modern Movement; 3. East African Modern Heritage in its cultural, social and political context. Involved institutes: Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the Netherlands; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (University of Leuven / KUL): Post Graduate Centre Human Settlements (PGCHS) and Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), Belgium; Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands; Architects Association of Tanzania (AAT) and ArchiAfrika foundation, the Netherlands. The conference will take place at Msasani Slipway, Dar es Salaam. No fee will be charged for participation in the conference, except for lunch and dinner costs (10 usd/day), which will have to be paid at the registration office. For all questions please contact ArchiAfrika via E-mail: info@archiafrika.org or phone: +255 744 57 32 79 (phone calls from Tanzania) or +31 30 223 23 20 (phone calls from elsewhere). For registration for participation in the conference, please send
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