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The Majestic cultural Hub, Zanzibar

Year: 2020

Category: Cultural Architecture

Skills: SketchUp, Photoshop

Student Award winning project, World Architecture Community Awards . Team: (Academic Project) Ronald Businge Design philosophy; Window of dimensions This proposal is a result of the need for a Hub for film and music festivals by the Majestic trust members, which is comprised of the following intended user groups and project partners: Hifadhi Zanzibar, Busara Promotions, Reclaim Women Space, and Zanzibar International Film Festival. Cinema, or motion picture, is a visual medium that tells stories and exposes different realities. This was and is still a fundamental role of the Majestic Cinema to the people of Stone Town. A place visited to experience a window or windows of different dimensions and realities. The presented adaptive re-use design takes precedent from this so as to have a centre that manifests diverse realities and possibilities to its visitors. The goal is to anchor the old ruin elements of the building with a bold modern borne. This maintains the authenticity of these elements while creating monument which exhibits a merge between the old and new dimensions.

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Ronald Businge