DARCH! the Dar es Salaam Centre for Architectural Heritage aims at saving and promoting urban heritage in Dar es Salaam and the wider East African context through research & documentation, education & professional training, community outreach & public cultural events.
DARCH! will be located in Dar es Salaam's Old Boma on the Sokoine Drive waterfront. In collaboration with the Dar City Council the building -presumably Dar's oldest!- will be renovated to highest international standards making it a showcase of sustainable conservation, and a public centre for the promotion of our historical urban environment.
DARCH! seeks to demonstrate an approach towards built heritage that is innovative, integrated, sensitive and developmental. "Heritage preservation" must not be misunderstood as a mere question of protection or facade reconstruction. Instead the focus will be on "heritage development", understanding heritage as a living and constantly transforming asset - a key driver and catalyst for economic, social, cultural and political innovation and reinvention.
The project of establishing of DARCH is contracted by the Tanzanian Ministry of Finance and funded by the European Union.
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