The site is located in Old Town, Mombasa County. Fort Jesus is 290m away, a 4 minute walk. The buildings around the site are a combination of residential and mixed use, made of limestone walls and teak windows. The site can be accessed via the 5.5m wide Ndia Kuu Road with minimal vehicular traffic. Islam is the dominant religion and the design should meet norms like separate sitting areas for men and women. The design should emulate traditional Swahili architecture using courtyards, balconies, and decorative doors with geometric carvings and Quran verses.

1. SITE ANALYSIS
LOCATION
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN OLD TOWN,
MOMBASA COUNTY
FORT JESUS IS A DISTANCE OF 290M, A
4MIN WALK.
NEIGHBORHOOD
THE BUILDINGS AROUND THE SITE ARE A
COMBINATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND
MIXED USE BUILDING
MATERIALS ARE MOSTLY LIME STONE FOR
WALLS AND INDIAN TEAK FOR
FENESTRATIONS
ACCESS
THIS SITE CAN BE ACCESSED VIA
5.5M WIDE NDIA KUU ROAD
MINIMIMAL VEHICULAR MOVEMENT
ALONG THE THIKA AND NYERI ROAD
RELIGION
ISLAM IS THE MOST DOMINANT RELIGION
THE SPECIFIC NORMS SHOULD BE MET THROUGH
DESIGN SUCH AS PROVISION OF DIFFERENT
SITTING AREAS FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
HISTORY AND CULTURE
THE DESIGN SHOULD EMULATE THE TRADITIONAL
SYSTEMS SUCH AS USE OF COURTYARDS AND
BALCONIES
USE OF ORNAMENTAL DOORS THAT ARE DECORATED
WITH GEOMETRIC CARVINGS
ENCRYPTION OF QURAN VERSES ON THE DOORS TO
GIVE A SENSE OF CULTURE .
.
PROPOSALS
BEST ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIAN IS
THROUGH NDIA KUU ROAD.SERVICING TO
BE AT THE THIKA STREET. THIS IS TO
AVOID TRAFFIC WHILE ACCESSING THE
PROPOSED BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
VEHICLES PEDESTRIANS
GROUP ONE

2. PROPOSALS
1.UNBLOCKING THE UNDERGROUND
GRATE CHANNELS
2.INSTALLING WATER RESERVOIR TANKS
FOR
3. USE WITHIN THE BUILDING
4.USE OF BIODIGESTERS
NOISE IS GENERATED BY THE TUKTUKS
ALONG NDIA KUU ROAD AND FROM THE
KINDERGARTEN AND CATHOLIC CHURCH
ALONG THIKA STREET
THE BEST VIEWS ARE TOWARDS THE
FRONT DUE TO;
1.PRESENCE OF EXSTING HISTORICAL
OMANI BUILDINGS ALONG THE STREET
2.RICH ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
UTILITIES AND
SERVICES
VIEWS AND
NOISE
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
TRADE
THERE ARE RECORDS OF THE TRADE BETWEEN AFRICA AND
ASIA BACK TO THE 1ST CENTURY
PAYMENT WAS DONE IN COWRIE SHELLS .
INTERCONTINENTAL TRADE WAS CONDUCTED IN DHOWS
WHICH WERE LONG THIN HULLS AND LATEEN SAILS TO
CARRY BULKY MERCHANDISE.
WEALTHY SWAHILI AND ARABIC BUSINESSMEN BUILT
MOMBASA
TRADITIONAL HOUSE WHICH HAD SHOPS ON THE GROUND
FLOOR
AND RESIDENTIAL SPACE ABOVE AS SHOWN BELOW:
TRADE OF GOODS WITHING THE OLD TOWN WAS
CARRIED OUT IN THESE SHOPS. IMPORTS WERE
GLAZED CERAMICS, BEADS, AND OTHER JEWELRY
AND CLOTH WHILE ITEMS OF TRADE WERE IVORY,
TIMBER AND SLAVES
2
GROUP ONE

3. CLIMATIC FACTORS
TEMPERATURE
HOTTEST MONTH IS
MARCH WHILE THE
COLDEST IS JUNE.
DESIGN RESPONSE
THICK WALLS TO REDUCE
HEAT GAIN BECAUSE IT
TAKES LONGER FOR HEAT
HEAT PASS
NARROW PLAN
BUILDINGS TO
FACILITATE CROSS
VENTILLATION
SUNPATH
USE OF SUNSHADING
ELEMENTS.
OVERHANGS
DESIGN RESPONSE
USE OF NEUTRAL COLOURS
ON THE FACADES TO REFLECT
AWAY RADIATION
WIND
COOL WINDS FLOWS FROM SE
TO NW
DESIGN RESPONSE
ORIENTATION OF
OPENINGS
PERPENDICULAR TO WIND
DIRECTION TO MAXIMISE
WIND HARVESTING
HUMIDITY
THE SITE IS ALIGNED FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH ON THE LONG AXIS
MAY IS THE MOST HUMID
MONTH WHILE FEBRUARY
IS THE DRIEST
DESIGN RESPONSE
USE OF NARROW PLAN TO
ENSURE THERE IS
M A X I M U M AIR FLOW
ACROSS THE BUILDING
USE BIGGER WINDOW
OPENINGS FACING THE
WIND TO ENHANCE AIR
FLOW
RAINFALL
MAY IS THE WETTEST MONTH
WHILE
FEBRUARY IS THE DRIEST
MONTH
PROPOSAL
WATER COLLECTION USING
STORAGE TANKS TO BE USED FOR
DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
PROVIDE DRAINAGE
CHANNELS FOR RUNOFF
WATER
GROUP ONE

4. 1.WINDOWS
USING WOODEN SHUTTERS THAT SERVE A
DUAL PURPOSE, WITH THE UPPER HALF
OPENING TO GAIN DAYLIGHT AND THE
LOWER HALF CLOSING TO ALLOW SOME
AIR FLOW AND SHIELD THE HOUSE FROM
DIRECT SUNSHINE.
2.BALCONIES
USE OF WOODEN BALCONIES.
THIS WAY THEY COULD ENJOY
THE BREEZE.
AND PROVIDE SHADE TO THE
STREETS BELOW.
3.COURTYARDS
THE CLIMATE IS HOT AND HUMID, AND
THE TYPICAL SWAHILI HOUSE IS DESIGNED
AROUND A SEPARATE CENTRAL COURTYARD
WITH A SHADED INTERIOR THAT SERVES TO
COOL THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE, WHERE
COOL AIR FALLS AND HOT AIR RISES.
4.USE OF RAMPS
USE OF OF A PWD RAMP TO ENSURE THE
SAME EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE AND
ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PWD
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
SLIGHTLY STAGGERING OPPOSITE WINDOWS
TO ENHANCE COOLING
ADJACENT OPPENINGS TO FACILITATE CROSS
VENTILATION
5.PRIVACY
PROVIDING A HEDGE TO OBSTRUCT
VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE
GROUP ONE

5. 11. HUMAN AND CULTURAL
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE SITE
THERE IS A POSITIVE FEELING TOWARDS THE
SITE. THIS IS BEACAUSE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
SUCH AS FOOTBALL WATCHING
THE SITE ALSO OFFERS ENTERPRENUERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES TO THE COMMUNITY. A CAR
WASH HAS BEEN PLACED OFFERING JOB
OPPORTUNITIES TO THE YOUTH.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS A COMMUNITY
VIBE, WHERE ONE KNOWS THEIR NEIGHBOUR.
HIGH SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD
IT ENVOKES A SENSE OF WONDER, WHERE
ONE IS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE PAST
THROUGH ITS ARCHITECTURAL URBAN FABRIC.
CURIO SHOPS
TOPOGRAPHY
THE SITE IS RELATIVELY FLAT
P R O P O S A L
A STRUCTURE FROM THE GROUND FLOOR TO
PREVENT FLOODING SEASONS.
PROPOSALS
DEMOLISH THE SLAB AND FOUNDATION OF THE
PREVIOUS STRUCTURE BEFORE SETTING
ANOTHER FOUNDATION
10. MAN MADE FEATURES.
THE PREVIOUS STRUCTURE WAS PRIVATELY
OWNED.IT WAS A MIXED USED BUILDING
THE FOUNDATION AND THE SLAB OF THE
PREVIOUS STRUCTURE ARE PRESENT AFTER
THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE.
PROPOSALS
USE OF DEEP FOUNDATION BECAUSE SANDY
LOAMY SOILS HAVE LESS STABILITY.
USE OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TO CHANNEL AWAY
RAIN WATER FROM STAGNATING.
SOIL
SOIL TYPOLOGY OF THE SITE IS SANDY LOAMY.
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
THE TOTAL CONSERVED AREA IN THE OLD
TOWN IS 72 HA.
IT IS INHABITED BY A RICHLY DIVERSE
GROUP OF COMMUNITIES; SWAHILI,
PORTUGUESE AND THE BRITISH WHO HAVE CO-
EXISTED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
ETHNIC COMPOSITION
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD
WEAVING
CARVING
THE CARVER ARTIST IS KNOWN AS MJOMI,
CARVING AND ENGRAVING ON TIMBER, GOLD,
SILVER,
BRASS AND IRON . THEIR WORK CAN BE SEEN
ON DOORS. CHESTS, WINDOWS AND FURNITURE.
POTMAKING
GROUP ONE

6. N D I A K U U S T R E E T E L E V A T I O N
GROUP ONE SITE ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATION STREET ELEVATION SCALE 1: 200
Traditionalwindow
shuttersanddoors
Plastercarved
lint e l,
s columnsand
stringcoursepartly
Precastventblock
balustradestorey
addedlaterdam
aged.
decorativefascia
board
Traditionalwindow
shutterswithvertical
bars
String course Rough cast plaster
in appropriate
louvredglass windows
Pedestrian
lane
Balcony House
Carved wooden
bracket
Diagonal wood
panelling & crossed
fAscia boar.d
Original cURVED DOOR
Mashallah gallery
carpet & ANTIQUE SHOP
traditional
window
shutters with
vertical bars
Louvred
window
shutters on
upper storey
String course
One-way traffic
lane
to mubarak hinay
road
Pedestrian
lane
Pedestrian
lane TO THE
MOSQUE
2,000
700 1,000 670 1,500 1,050
3,000
3,300
1,500
300
2,700
1,500
250
1,500
1,300 1000 1,160 1,700
2,250
3,000
1,200 1,100
2,200
4,000
1,500 1,700 500 1,100 500 1,100 500 1,200 560
600 1,100 2,100 2,400 1,200 1,100 800
4,400 12,600 10,000 14,700 1,400 9,000 13,050 1,300
6,200 11,300 10,300 4,400 8,900 15,000 1,400 9,700 1,300 10,700 3,100 16,050 2,000 13,200 6,000 17,700
600 1,000 500 1,800 500 1,000 900 1,000 900 1,400 1,050
1,200
1,800
ALI'S
CURI
O
MARK
ET
thikastreet
O
n
e -way trafficlane
from oldport & and
governm
entsquare
GROUND FLOOR- LOOKMANJI
CURIO SHOP
DECORATIVE WOODEN
BRACKETS& FASCIA
BALCONY FRONT COVERED WITH
WOOD PANELLING
TRADITIONAL WINDOWSHUTTERS
AND CURVED DOOR
decorative timber balustrades
& fascia board
painting on wall
external timber staircase to
upper stories
wooden balustrades
louvred screen and fascia
board
curved plastered lintels
STEEL CASEMENT WINDOWS
BALCONY ALTERED WITH
PRECAST CONCRETE VENTS
WHITE HOUSE OLD POLICE
STATION
EXISTING
RESTAURANT
OLD PORTUGUESE
CHURCH
ILLUSTRATES MOMBASA
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
COVERED BALCONIES
SUPPORTED BY CRISS-
CROSSING HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL WOODEN
POSTS
10,200
WIDEFEEDERROADS
NARROWSTREETS
(Vitotoro)
STREET ELEVATION SECT. 2
STREET ELEVATION SECT. 1
PROPOSED SITE