Spatial Qualities In Swahili Domestic Architecture Of The Historic Town Of Bagamoyo

1. Spatial Qualities In Swahili Domestic Architecture Of The Historic Town Of Bagamoyo PhD Research by Nsumbalimi Gilya Division of Built Enviroment Analysis Department of Infrastructure and Planning Royal Institute of Technology, Se-100 44 Stockholm

2. Introduction • Bagamoyo is selected as a cultural heritage centre • Tourism • Market forces But also threatens Spatial patterns on Swahili House

3. Swahili Domestic Architecture

4. Introduction continued • Study focuses on: indoor and outdoor spatial qualities in order to strike a balance between modernisation and facilitation of the lifestyle of the local population.

5. Aim of the Research • to analyse and evaluate the potential to modernise buildings while preserving valuable cultural qualities • The main focus is on spatial qualities in and between buildings

6. Research Problem • The Swahili domestic house, has a central corridor connecting the backyard spaces to the veranda in front of the house and it distributes tenants into different rooms forming the corridor.

9. the central passage

10. Activities • cooking • eating • income generating roles

11. The backyard • rearing chicken • Other HBEs

12. the veranda • the male domain • socializing • recreation • surveillance but now • HBEs activities

13. Problem • the environmental quality indoors and outdoors is not understood. • create potential problems and conflicts • arechangesa real improvement to the inhabitants? • canspatial and cultural qualities be preserved /modernised without imbalances • what proportion is covered by shared spaces

14. Research Methods • participant observation • Interviews • Photographing • Measuring and drawing • analysing plans and literature.