UNZA KICC

Private Collection Private Julian Elliott Collection Elliott Julian Julian Elliott Collection Elliott Julian Forms of Freedom of Forms Private Collection Private

Julian Elliott Collection Elliott Julian Private Collection Private Private Collection Private Ask the colonial masters. colonial the Ask Member: Hon. Chisokone, twelve houses twelve Chisokone,

The National Museum, Norway Norway Museum, National The

Matoka, four houses houses four Matoka,

Blueprints (3) Blueprints

Postcards (2) Postcards Photograph (2014) Photograph

I thank you, Sir. you, thank I

Sunday Nation 2.12.1973 Nation Sunday Messrs Mulabaka, three houses houses three Mulabaka, Messrs

First day covers: 1966, 1987 1966, covers: day First Aerial photographs (6) photographs Aerial Sketches by the architect (4) architect the by Sketches

Transcripts of Zambian Parliament Zambian of Transcripts Model Photographs (8) Photographs Model

Daily Nation 12.9.1973 12.9.1973 Nation Daily

Construction Company, projects projects Company, Construction have tried to look for the plans, but to no avail. no to but plans, the for look to tried have

Daily Nation 10.9.1973 10.9.1973 Nation Daily Master plans (3) plans Master

Mr Speaker, the ministry and the institution institution the and ministry the Speaker, Mr Musosha: Mr

the following: the Sunday Nation 19.08.1973 19.08.1973 Nation Sunday

World Social Forum in 2007. in Forum Social World

tracts were given to Zambian contractors and these were were these and contractors Zambian to given were tracts official name of the planning project. planning the of name official Nation Magazine 21.07.1972 21.07.1972 Magazine Nation

They are not there. not are They Members: Hon. ing one of its most indebted countries. indebted most its of one ing native approaches, such as hosting the the hosting as such approaches, native

adopting the meeting as part of the the of part as meeting the adopting Daily Nation 29.04.1969 29.04.1969 Nation Daily would be given to Zambian builders, a number of con- of number a builders, Zambian to given be would

- be to Africa, of powerhouse economic

recently played a role, though in alter- in though role, a played recently

Who has the plans and where did they go? they did where and plans the has Who

Kenyatta Conference Centre”, hence hence Centre”, Conference Kenyatta

nouncement that all Government work under K100 million million K100 under work Government all that nouncement

years, went from being the the being from went Zambia years,

and capitalist agenda, the building has has building the agenda, capitalist and

trates this dilemma. this trates

Let me guide the hon. Minister of . Education. of Minister hon. the guide me Let Speaker: Mr “IBRD / IMF Annual Meetings 1973 at at 1973 Meetings Annual IMF / “IBRD

- an public Government’s the following Speaker, Mr its modern design. Within those twenty twenty those Within design. modern its aligning the country with a Western Western a with country the aligning most important building of the country. the of building important most

in 2010 in the Zambian Parliament illus- Parliament Zambian the in 2010 in

Hall’, the drawing from 1972 is entitled entitled is 1972 from drawing the Hall’,

tecture behind vegetation, obscuring obscuring vegetation, behind tecture a halt after phase 3 was reached. was 3 phase after halt a as IMF and Worldbank venue. Thereby Thereby venue. Worldbank and IMF as

today, the KICC is recognized as the the as recognized is KICC the today,

I thank you, Sir. you, thank I

tragic-comical debate that took place place took that debate tragic-comical

and Pearce. and

‘Government Offices and Conference Conference and Offices ‘Government

- archi the hides partially illustration the for the university. Construction came to to came Construction university. the for portance due to its increased function function increased its to due portance

building embodied for the Kenyans. Still Still Kenyans. the for embodied building

to deal with this situation. An almost almost An situation. this with deal to

er drawings from 1968 are labeled labeled are 1968 from drawings er tects of the Vice-Chancellor’s house were Messrs Lorenz Lorenz Messrs were house Vice-Chancellor’s the of tects

show the potential development steps steps development potential the show on tradition and academic values while while values academic and tradition on litical party, it gained international im- international gained it party, litical

provided. ment the hopes and aspirations that this this that aspirations and hopes the ment

planning documents and questions how how questions and documents planning

- earli the While building. the of role

staff houses were designed by Mr Julian Elliot. The archi- The Elliot. Julian Mr by designed were houses staff

The master plans for phases 1, 4 and 6, 6, and 4 1, phases for plans master The

different mood. The new stamps focus focus stamps new The mood. different transport. of modes ent intended as a national project for a po- a for project national a as intended

- docu also They building. nation of cess

be painted and once that is done, the money shall be be shall money the done, is that once and painted be

with problems caused by the lack of of lack the by caused problems with

The blueprints document the changing changing the document blueprints The

third set of the students hostels in 1967. The first set of of set first The 1967. in hostels students the of set third anniversary exhibit a fundamentally fundamentally a exhibit anniversary differ- and uses specific to dedicated

of a national consciousness. Originally Originally consciousness. national a of

- pro the in chapter a as and perception users of the institution who request that the institution institution the that request who institution the of users tablished in Europe at the same time. same the at Europe in tablished

Zambian government still struggles struggles still government Zambian

celebrating the university’s 20th 20th university’s the celebrating each are levels various It’s activities. Messrs Lorenz and Pearce designed the second and and second the designed Pearce and Lorenz Messrs theless figures strongly in the formation formation the in strongly figures theless

Conference Centre held in the public public the in held Centre Conference height. in tripling almost became influential for universities es- universities for influential became be painted as and when it is required. Usually, it is the the is it Usually, required. is it when and as painted be campus. Even forty years later the the later years forty Even campus.

a heroic and daring spirit, the stamps stamps the spirit, daring and heroic a 1973. in halted was and 1966 social and academic for choreographer Planned by a foreign architect, it never- it architect, foreign a by Planned the students hostels were designed by Mr Julian Elliot. Elliot. Julian Mr by designed were hostels students the

significance the Kenyatta International International Kenyatta the significance tower the size, in considerably creased

transversely. UNZA’s planning concept concept planning UNZA’s transversely. documents for how to complete the the complete to how for documents

nowhere to be found at the moment. The institution shall shall institution The moment. the at found be to nowhere

truly modern graphic style and exude exude and style graphic modern truly in started process construction The a as acting function, its organizes and

intended to propel the country forward. forward. country the propel to intended

Messrs Montgomery, Oldfield and Kirby. The first set of of set first The Kirby. and Oldfield Montgomery, Messrs The newspapers give evidence to the the to evidence give newspapers The - in building the program new the With

institutes, would be accommodated accommodated be would institutes, incomplete university and no planning planning no and university incomplete

Mr Speaker, I stated that the plans are are plans the that stated I Speaker, Mr Musosha: Mr

auguration of UNZA in 1966 feature a a feature 1966 in UNZA of auguration center. ’s of north landscape campus university the of length plete its modern, daring design of high quality quality high of design daring modern, its

The executive architects for the medical schools were were schools medical the for architects executive The housing or the enlargement of existing existing of enlargement the or housing

Zambian government was left with an an with left was government Zambian

- in the for issued stamps the While plateau flat the in set is university The com- the along cuts spine main The tecture in sub-Saharan Africa: It exhib- It Africa: sub-Saharan in tecture

the outer walls of the institution never painted? never institution the of walls outer the the construction of additional student student additional of construction the still visible on the campus today. The The today. campus the on visible still

Conference Centre Conference Centre Conference Buildings Committee in 1967. in Committee Buildings aspects of post-independence archi- post-independence of aspects

while quantitative growth, such as as such growth, quantitative while other fragments of construction are are construction of fragments other

the seemingly incomplete structures. Secondly, why are are why Secondly, structures. incomplete seemingly the

most of the – partially contradictory – – contradictory partially – the of most

and Partners. Mr S. B. Zukas was the Chairperson of the the of Chairperson the was Zukas B. S. Mr Partners. and

place laterally along the main axis, axis, main the along laterally place and had to be bricked up. These and and These up. bricked be to had and

the institution has a plan that will aid the completion of of completion the aid will that plan a has institution the

University of Zambia of University Zambia of University Zambia of University International Kenyatta International Kenyatta

The KICC can be said to encapsulate encapsulate to said be can KICC The

engineers were Messrs Brimer, Martin, Maggs, Keeble Keeble Maggs, Martin, Brimer, Messrs were engineers

new faculties and institutes would take take would institutes and faculties new lead nowhere remained unfinished unfinished remained nowhere lead Mr Speaker, I would like to find out whether whether out find to like would I Speaker, Mr Malama: Mr

The design leader was Mr Julian Elliott. The structural structural The Elliott. Julian Mr was leader design The and expansion. Here any addition of of addition any Here expansion. and Seemingly erratic flights of stairs that that stairs of flights erratic Seemingly was enlarged. was

is the capacity of adapting to growth growth to adapting of capacity the is onded to the project by the Anglo-American Corporation. Corporation. Anglo-American the by project the to onded I thank you, Sir. you, thank I was extended and the large auditorium auditorium large the and extended was

and construction drawings with them. with drawings construction and

institutions of higher learning, which which learning, higher of institutions Project Manager was Mr Douglas Yetton, who was sec- was who Yetton, Douglas Mr was Manager Project this meeting and redesigned. The tower tower The redesigned. and meeting this

complete set of planning documents documents planning of set complete

recommendations which we may go by. go may we which recommendations

newly-founded universities and other other and universities newly-founded the KICC was chosen as the venue for for venue the as chosen was KICC the

Chitly. The resident architect was Mr I. O. Horvitch. The The Horvitch. O. I. Mr was architect resident The Chitly.

the project and left Zambia, taking the the taking Zambia, left and project the

with a bill of quantities. Then the consultant can make make can consultant the Then quantities. of bill a with

of the main spatial challenges facing facing challenges spatial main the of

African continent. While still in planning, planning, in still While continent. African

Mr Speaker, the main architects were Messrs A. M. M. A. Messrs were architects main the Speaker, Mr

constructing the campus, they stopped stopped they campus, the constructing

is commissioned to evaluate the designs and come up up come and designs the evaluate to commissioned is ganization reacts to, or preempts, one one preempts, or to, reacts ganization a meeting was to take place on the the on place take to was meeting a

struction company was in the midst of of midst the in was company struction

are located on its other side. This or- This side. other its on located are construction of the university. the of construction showing the original bill of quantities, unless a consultant consultant a unless quantities, of bill original the showing meeting in Nairobi, the first time such such time first the Nairobi, in meeting

countries. Even though the Israeli con- Israeli the though Even countries.

as recreational and meeting facilities facilities meeting and recreational as the relationship with the then Government, they abandoned the the abandoned they Government, then the with relationship the the IMF decided to hold their annual annual their hold to decided IMF the quired to complete the structure as there are no drawings drawings no are there as structure the complete to quired

Israel and developing ties with Arab Arab with ties developing and Israel

this axis and all student housing as well well as housing student all and axis this hired contractors. However, due to some political changes in in changes political some to due However, contractors. hired In the late 1960s the Worldbank and and Worldbank the 1960s late the In

Sir, similarly, it is not possible to determine the money re- money the determine to possible not is it similarly, Sir,

severing diplomatic relations with with relations diplomatic severing

departments are located northeast of of northeast located are departments tion of UNZA was initially begun by the Israelis who were the the were who Israelis the by begun initially was UNZA of tion Kenya African National Union (KANU). (KANU). Union National African Kenya

African countries switched alliances, alliances, switched countries African

academic institutions, institutes and and institutes institutions, academic - construc the that here state first to best be will it Speaker, Mr drawings which give specifications. give which drawings the leading Kenyan political party, the the party, political Kenyan leading the

War and the Oil Crisis of 1973 most most 1973 of Crisis Oil the and War

Training (Mr Musosha, on behalf of The Minister of Education): Education): of Minister The of behalf on Musosha, (Mr Training an organization according to which all all which to according organization an initially planned as the headquarter for for headquarter the as planned initially will take to complete the structures without the original original the without structures the complete to take will

Israeli contractor. With the Yom Kippur Kippur Yom the With contractor. Israeli

The Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Vocational and Technology Science, of Minister Deputy The landscape. The architects proposed proposed architects The landscape. ø stvik, was was stvik, N Henrik Karl architect gian

Mr Speaker, it is not possible to determine how long it it long how determine to possible not is it Speaker, Mr

construction of UNZA was given to an an to given was UNZA of construction

pre-existing ridge in the otherwise flat flat otherwise the in ridge pre-existing Centre (KICC), designed by the Norwe- the by designed (KICC), Centre

ness is political: the commission for for commission the political: is ness

the structures according to the plan. the to according structures the

been blocked. blocked. been northwest to southeast and follows a a follows and southeast to northwest

The Kenyatta International Conference Conference International Kenyatta The

my the main reason for the incomplete- the for reason main the my

(d) And how much money would be required to complete complete to required be would money much how And (d)

consists of a main spine that runs from from runs that spine main a of consists es can be seen hanging while certain door frames have have frames door certain while hanging seen be can es

cial reasons due to a declining econo- declining a to due reasons cial

completed; completed;

The master plan for the university university the for plan master The clear that the structures were not completed as staircas- as completed not were structures the that clear

that were never built. Apart from finan- from Apart built. never were that

ø (c) If not, when the building structures would be be would structures building the when not, If (c)

stvik N Henrik Karl

sence of the plan. However, by visual observations, it is is it observations, visual by However, plan. the of sence

hall and several other institute buildings buildings institute other several and hall

accordance with the plan; the with accordance 1966 - 1973 1973 - 1966

structures were completed according to plan in the ab- the in plan to according completed were structures

conference center, a main assembly assembly main a center, conference

Julian Elliott and Anthony Chitty Anthony and Elliott Julian

(b) Whether the structures had been completed in in completed been had structures the Whether (b)

Mr Speaker, it is not possible to ascertain whether the the whether ascertain to possible not is it Speaker, Mr Julian Elliott envisaged a fourteen-story fourteen-story a envisaged Elliott Julian

1965–1968 1965–1968 1969; Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi,

pleted. The original master plan by by plan master original The pleted.

the construction works. construction the (UNZA) Great East Road Campus between 1965 and and 1965 between Campus Road East Great (UNZA) The UNZA campus was never com- never was campus UNZA The

Lusaka, Zambia Lusaka, Conference Centre Conference contractors and architects were engaged to undertake undertake to engaged were architects and contractors tion of building structures at the Zambia of University the at structures building of tion

university was constructed in various phases and various various and phases various in constructed was university (a) Which contractor originally undertook the construc- the undertook originally contractor Which (a)

University of Zambia of University

University of Zambia of University International Kenyatta Mr Malama asked the Minister of Education: of Minister the asked Malama Mr From the above information, it is worth noting that the the that noting worth is it information, above the From

CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA OF UNIVERSITY THE OF CONSTRUCTION

Prayer

National Anthem National

Mr. Speaker in the Chair the in Speaker Mr.

The House met at 14:30 hours 14:30 at met House The Tuesday, 13th July 2010 July 13th Tuesday,

Great Hall Foire Internationale The African Riviera Hôtel Ivoire Fusillade Hôtel Ivoire Kwame Nkrumah University de Dakar Mafit Project Prepared Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 2004 of Science and Technology for the Government of the Dakar, Senegal 1964 - 1970 On November 9, 2004, hundreds of Kumasi, Republic of the Ivory Coast Moshe Mayer, Heinz Fenchel, Ivoirians and supporters of the then 1974 Thomas Leitersdorf, William Pereira president Laurent Gbagbo beleaguered 1964 - 1967 Lamoureux, Marin and Bonamy 1970 the Hôtel Ivoire, protesting against the Gerlach & Gilles-Reyburn Moshe Mayer, Thomas Leitersdorf, French officers that had based them- William Pereira The Hôtel Ivoire, probably the most selves in the luxury hotel. The French The Foire Internationale de Dakar glamorous hotel project of Western soldiers, part of a UN peacekeeping The Great Hall forms the centerpiece (FIDAK) was built to house the city’s Africa was initiated by president troop of 4,000 were in Abidjan to bring of the Kwame Nkrumah University biennial International Trade Fair. When The African Riviera, initiated by Côte Houphouët-Boigny, and built by Israeli calm to the city. The French troops of Science and Technology (KNUST) it was constructed, it occupied a large d’Ivoire’s president Félix Houphouët- investor Moshe Meyer with his archi- were supposedly in the hotel to use campus. KNUST can be considered as sixty-hectare compound to the north Boigny was the attempt to develop tects Heinz Fenchel, Thomas Leiters- it as their local headquarters and as a one of the most coherent and consis- of the city. Within this extensive and an area to the east of Abidjan into an dorf and William Pereira. It aimed - and potential base should the country’s tently modernist university designs of largely featureless site, architects international destination for tourism succeeded – at creating a luxury hotel 12,000 French residents need to be West Africa and beyond. The university Lamoureux, Marin and Bonamy created and business. It was conceived as an to match any comparable project in the evacuated. Amongst the 300 soldiers was founded with the aim of educating a layered ensemble of pavilions and extension to the Hôtel Ivoire that was West. The 300m long swimming pool – in the hotel were snipers and elite a new generation of leading scientists exhibition halls that gives the project a built in three stages during the 1960s aptly named ‘Le Lac’ (the lake) is one troops from the French Special Forces, and technicians to support the devel- symbolic clarity, spatial complexity and by the same Israeli investor and his of the largest in the world, and its glam- the Commandement des Opérations opment of the young nation. Its mod- formal exuberance, characterized by architects. Planned to consist of sever- orous restaurants and casinos attract- Spéciales. On the day of November ernist architecture gives testimony to its repeated use of tall, triangular roof al residential neighborhoods eventually ed the jet set of Western Africa and 9, with all the demonstrators amassed this aspiration. structures. housing 120.000 inhabitants, a series of around the hotel, the French soldiers hotels, commercial facilities and several beyond. It was stage, witness and actor The design for the Great Hall is char- The ensemble includes seven pavilions felt beleaguered and demanded that schools, all connected by a network of of the major political events of the Côte acterized by the tension between the that act as representation of Senegal’s the demonstrators leave. Ivorian police roads and public transport, such as ca- d’Ivoire. Falling into neglect during the volumetric massiveness of its main seven administrative regions. They are Foire Internationale Foire Internationale Foire Internationale Hôtel Ivoire chief Colonel Georges Guiai Bi Poin ble cars, it would have represented the crisis years of the 1990s and 2000s, it auditorium, and the lightness due to the constructed with exposed concrete was in charge of sixty colonels trying largest real estate development project found itself being the base of various fact that it sits elevated on piloti. The that is treated with aggregate specif- de Dakar de Dakar de Dakar to prevent the mob from storming the in Africa at its time. It spoke of modern- militias, and was the site of the shoot- Every stage of the development of the design incorporates techniques of pas- ic to each region (marble, basalt, sea hotel. The demonstrators at the base ization and commercial development ing of several Ivoirians by French mil- Hôtel Ivoire was cause for national cele- sive cooling and ventilation, giving the shells, etc.) and decorated with murals of the hotel were supposedly unarmed, The site covers an area of almost 25 The design of the ensemble is char- The convention hall of the FIDAK was matching any other comparable project itary in 2004. It was newly renovated bration. Stamps and first day covers spaces a comfortable climate through- designed by young Sengalese artists: and were held back by the Ivoirian in the Western world. The project area and reopened in 2011. Having followed document the different phases of the out the year. hectares in the northern part of Dakar, acterized by a strong cohesion with a frequently used for international confer- police. Tensions rose. Just after three Amadou Seck, Ousmane Faye, Mama- the ups and downs of Côte d’Ivoire so building complex. Its representation close to the airport. What was at that consistent formal vocabulary employed ences, amongst others also the ‘Africa was inhabited by approximately 5.000 in the afternoon on that sunny Tues- The building was designed by the dou Seck, Alfa Wallydialo, Seydou Bari closely, it could be described as the merges notions of exoticism with those time almost barren landscape is today from the master plan to the smallest Union of Architects Congress’ of 1984. inhabitants that were to be forcibly day afternoon several demonstrators Danish architect Max Gerlach together and Ouseynouli. country’s Alter Ego. a densely populated part of the city. detail. This architectural language of resettled and introduced to a modern of modernism and leisure. crossed the barb-wire fence surround- with his British partner Gilles-Reyburn. Front row (left to right): unknown, Henri the FIDAK makes clear references to lifestyle. The sketches by Heinz Fenchel show ing the hotel. D’Estremon gave orders Gerlach practiced in Ghana from 1954 Chomette, Yangra Blé, Thierry Melot, the concept of ‘Asymmetric Parallel- Due to a deteriorating economy and the volumetric studies of the pool stair- to fire. His French soldiers fired without to 1971 and executed more than fifteen Catherine Melot and Jean Louis Marin. ism’ that Senegal’s president, Léopold severing of ties with Israel in 1973, the case, the main tower and the confer- warning from the twenty-four-story buildings during this time. Sédar Senghor, developed in his philo- African Riviera was not realized. ence hall (left to right). tower of Hôtel Ivoire, killing as many as sophical writings. twenty demonstrators.

Site plan and floor plans (2) Drawing for mural by Ousmane Faye First day covers: 1966, 1969, 1983 Video, 9.11.2004, 3 min Photographs (10) ink on paper Book Postcards:1965, 1970, 2010 Radio Television Ivoirien Film by Max Gerlach 1968, 3min Photographs (4) Photograph of site model Photo guide and plan Photo Master Plan Sketches by Heinz Fenchel (11) Photographs: 1970 Le Croix, 2.12.2004 Peer Gerlach Collection Lamoureux and Marin Collection Lamoureux and Marin Collection Lamoureux and Marin Collection Lamoureux and Marin Collection Private Collection Private Collection Private Collection Laurent d’Ersu