Waterfront – Forodhani Area – UNESCOheritage – Urban Transformation – Beit al-Sahel – Beit al-Hukum – Beit al-Ajaib (House of Wonders)
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– Zanzibar 1949 – British Pathé
– Atrium View of Beit al-Ajaib (House of Wonders)
– Zanzibar Beit al-Ajaib Palatial Transformation
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Proposed Interventions
– Rebuild the Lighthouse, built 1878-80, at its original position – use it as public sightseeing platform.
– Rehabilitate Beit al-Ajaib (House of Wonders), built 1880-83, to its original state – use it as Zanzibar Historical Museum.
– Rebuild Beit al-Hukum – use it for receptional activities.
– Rebuild Beit al-Sahel (within its former building envelope) – install Maritime Museum.
– Rehabilitate the square between the palaces and the waterfront – use it for all kinds of public activities
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Forodhani Site – Layout Sketch
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1888 ca. Beit al-Ajaib, elegant and most modern building in Africa at the time
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Ben Huser 
Beit-el-Hukm
2015.05.05 – 11:50
Dear Mr. Ben Huser,
We are four architecture students from Brussels.We just came back from a workshop in Stone Town and we are currently working on a project for our master thesis. We came across your website while doing research on the Beit-el-Hukm and we were wondering if you have more informations about this palace (plans and sections), the palace complex (with the Beit-el-Sahel, Beit-el-Ajaib, etc.) and about the seafront historic.
We would be very grateful if you can share the informations you have.
Best Regards,
Zoé Gehin, Salwat Idi, Marie Dziezuk and Serge Delire
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dear Zoé,
desolate, I do not have plans of the palace district (did some survey work of Beit-el-Ajaib but did not process the sketches up to now);
good sources for historical material are:
– The Zanzibar National Archive
– Agha Khan Trust for Culture – eg.: “Zanzibar – a Plan for the Historic Stone Town”
– The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs
– Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft Universitätsbibliothek, Frankfurt
– etc.
wish you the best for your work; yours,
ben
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Dear Ben,
Thank you so much for the sources. It will be very helpful for us.
Best regards,
Zoé Gehin
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hello mr Ben
really and actually i would like to know the information of history architecture of Beit al Sahel and Beit al Hukum.
Pleas i need your help
Thanks
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Dear Salum,
to find out I suggest you just start somewhere, e.g., “Zanzibar National Museum of History and Culture”, or “The Agha Khan Trust for Culture – Historic Cities Support Programme”, or “The Humphrey Winterton Collection of Eastern African Photography: 1860-1960”, etc., etc.
yours,
ben
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Ok thansk
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