BRIEF DEVELOPMENTPREAMBLEThe Buganda Kingdom has proposed a cultural Centre to be set up that will be focussed on thevarious pillars:Youth EmpowermentAs a non - profitable project aiming at mobilizing and empowering the youth for sustainabledevelopment in Buganda and Uganda at large.The Center is to provide a common platform for all the youth in Buganda who need a platefulhand to overcome the social economic challenges of life. The cultural center is focused onhaving a practical take on Baganda people who need to actively participate in the process offighting against their social economic challenges.It should be a centre for research and dissemination of information to the Baganda youthsespecially in areas of employment opportunities, investment and entrepreneurship and lifeskills, health and agriculture that can be applied by the youths to build an independenteconomic base. The centre should also be a source of cultural information and preservation soas to ensure that the history of the Baganda is not lost in time due to effects of urbanization. Thisneeds require for the project to have a Cultural library that may be fitted with audio-visualfacilities that maybe used to tell the story of the Buganda Kingdom.The development intends to house workshops for both male and female trades, forcusing onpainting, dance and tailouring respectively. These facilities are intenced to empower schooldrop-outs due to poverty and thus lowering the poverty level in the kingdom and Uganda atlarge.

Economic gain and EmploymentopportunitiesThe Baganda cultural Centre, will provideemployment opportunities for the youths, orient themto become creative, innovative and ultimately equipthem with necessary knowledge, skills and values toaddress the social, economic developmentchallenges in the Kingdom for the current and futuregenerations. Employment opportunities offered by thecentre will mainly be in the management and runningof the centre.e.g. Curators, Restaurant staff,Librarystaff.e.t.cFor economic gain of the area and for the kingdomas a whole, a Private - Public initiative will be putin place so as generate income. This will be achievedas the project will offer rental spaces, Shops andoffice space, Open courts and Amphitheatrewhich can be rented for out-door functions,Multi purpose hall (600 pax), Boardroomsand Meeting rooms,a resource centre and aCuisine Restaurant.

RecreationalThe Baganda cultural Centre, will provide

recreational facilities that can allow bothlocals and visitors enjoy traditional sports like dance,wrestling and the famous Baganda game of Muweso.

Socio-CulturalThe Baganda cultural Centre, will provide employmentopportunities for the youths, orient them to becomecreative, innovative and ultimately equip them withnecessary knowledge, skills and values to address thesocial, economic development challenges in theKingdom for the current and future generations.

Main lobby

Museum

Library

Garden

Restaurant

Workshops

Multi-purposeHall

Amphitheatre

PUBLIC

EDUCATION

ADMINISTRATIVE

Restaurant

Landscaped gardens

Amphitheatre

Work-shops

Library

Museum

Offices

Staff facilities

Auditorium

RECREATION Muweso playing benches

Museum

Category General space Area(M2)

Gardens

1800

500700 pax

100 pax

500 visitors

6 No. 20050 pax 500

5 No.

20 pax 80

1400

100

5 No. 100

100

4780TOTAL

Garden

KIOKO SAMMY MUTINDAB02/22865/2008 3BAGANDA CULTURAL CENTRE

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING SCIENCESHOOL OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTUNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

DESIGN

BRIEF

DESIGN PROJECTClient

The client of the proposed Baganda cultural centre is the Buganda Kingdom inconjunction with Uganda Museums, department of Museums and Monuments.Problem statementInitially the Buganda kingdom stored most of its artefacts in the Muzibu Azaala Mpanga for bothsafe keeping and display purposes.After the structures destruction by fire on March 6th 2010 mostof the artefacts were either destroyed and lost forever and of those that were saved had noparticular structure belonging to the Kingdom where they could be stored and preserved.Thefollowing are key problems that face the Buganda kingdom which influenced the proposal ofthe Baganda cultural centre:• Lack of a facility.i.e a museum and information centre within the Kingdom that

accommodates Baganda artefacts, paintings, music and dance activities that can meet thedemand of over 10million tourists that visit Uganda annually.

• Lack of enough income generating projects to sustain the financial needs of the Kingdom.

Project Justification• Cultural Centres play an important role in representing cultural heritage by preserving

objects and related information by providing access to these through exhibitions, publicprograms, publications, and research resources.

• Objects bear witness to history and play a significant role in the understanding,appreciation, and preservation of cultural heritage and identity.

• The Buganda Kingdom has proposed the development of a cultural and resource centreat the palace in MMengo although the site has still not been agreed upon.

• The proposed design project will provide job opportunities for the high number ofunemployed youth within the kingdom and Ugandans as a whole.

• This facility will also generate the much need revenue for the Kingdom that will be used tomaintain the kingdom.

• A resource centre will also popularize the Buganda kingdom within Uganda and henceensure that knowledge of the Buganda kingdom is stored for generations.

Site Justification The following are the reasons used to determine the selection and suitability of the site forthe proposed Baganda cultural centre.- the site is located in an area with a very rich history about the Buganda Kingdom and thusvery relevant to the Baganda people.- the site also marks a distinct change in cultural shift as it broke the traditional of each kingbeing burried in his own palace by accommodating the graves of four Kings.- the site being a 'lively site' where the traditional way of life of the Baganda is still practisedis wildly used for several ceremonies associated with the Baganda.- the site is in Uganda's capital centre and hence will attract alot of visitors which in-turn willincrease the revenue generated by the project and thus help the local Baganda in andaround the project.- Its proximity to the CBD of Kampala creates employment opportunities and thus will alsoattract the general Ugandan population insearch of jobs.

Site LocationThe site for the proposed project is on Kasubi hill near the junction ofNamirembe and Masiro road.

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