Architect Searches for Lost Identity in a City Ravaged by War

[Clllam]

I hope property holders in Hamarweyn and Shingaani preserve the cities beauty by hiring Architects like Mr Degan for renovation.​

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-02-18/the-architect-bringing-sustainable-designs-to-somalia​

 

[Shimbiris]

I hope property holders in Hamarweyn and Shingaani preserve the cities beauty by hiring Architects like Mr Degan for renovation.​

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-02-18/the-architect-bringing-sustainable-designs-to-somalia​

Property holders in all of Somaliweyn should hire this guy. Revive the architecture of the old coastal towns. I've noticed from looking at all of them from Saylac down to even Marko and Xamar that there really is a "Somali architectural style". They all look quite similar:

Saylac

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Barbara

Boosaaso

Qandala

Xamar

...

 

[Shimbiris]

...

Marko

Barawe

A general fixation with white-washing and crenelations, especially with a sort of four-ended crenelation pattern (each point of the square/rectangle) like below:

An architect should really tour the country to see surviving buildings in many of the port-towns as well as ruins and all the historical images we have.

 

[Dima&Damo]

Might Call Him For My Home Town

EYL

 

[Clllam]

Property holders in all of Somaliweyn should hire this guy. Revive the architecture of the old coastal towns. I've noticed from looking at all of them from Saylac down to even Marko and Xamar that there really is a "Somali architectural style". They all look quite similar:

Saylac

​

Barbara

Boosaaso

Qandala

Xamar

...

The present state of Seylac is the most upsetting in my opinion. The fact that basically all its buildings went missing in two centuries is very depressing, especially because of its historical importance.

Even the practically obscure (amongst Somalis back home that is) Fakr Ad din Mosque, which originally extended for ~ 200 feet to the beach is half-ruined whilst it’s marble carvings were shipped off to Oman.

What’s worse is the construction boom will probably ruin what Somali architecture is left in the Old Town if the correct architects aren’t hired

 

[Shimbiris]

The present state of Seylac is the most upsetting in my opinion. The fact that it basically all its buildings went missing in two centuries is very depressing, especially because of its historical importance.

Even the practically obscure (amongst Somalis back home that is) Fakr Ad din Mosque, which originally extended for ~ 200 feet to the beach is half-ruined whilst it’s marble carvings were shipped of to Oman.

What’s worse is the construction boom will probably ruin what Somali architecture is left in the Old Town if the correct architects aren’t hired

@Sophisticate come answer for these crimes against the Somali race perpetrated under reer Samaroon iyo reer Cisse.

But jokes aside, I really wish we could push for a cultural revival across Somaliweyn. In terms of attire, in terms of architecture, in terms of employing the Arabic script, reviving our use of dhows for touristic purposes... so much of our culture is gone. I at least respect how Khaleejis still maintain much of their dhaqan and swagger about in modernized khamiisiin iyo keffayiin:



Imagine Somali elites still swaggering about in the outfits of the old title holders and most of us still in modernized and simplified forms of the old tobes?!