ANZA is an architectural magazine dedicated to exploring people and spaces through in-depth articles, images, scenes and discussions that go beyond the lines that divide building and sky.
In their exploration, they hope to better understand the transforming East-African cities – and their identities – by looking at past, present, and future with fun, seriousness and humor.
In this way, they hope to shape the planning, engineering, and architecture of our cities; and add richness to our living spaces.
With the vision of creating a platform for discourse on the transforming cities of East Africa, Camenzind (an Association based in Zurich) launched a workshop: “East Africa’s first architectural magazine: Camenzind goes East Africa,” that would produce an architectural magazine following the development of the region’s metropolis’.
The aim of the workshop was both to produce the first issue of such a magazine, as well as establish a team that would sustain a biannual publication.
The workshop participants were a team of university students and recent graduates with interdisciplinary backgrounds in architecture, planning, and engineering; coordinated by experts from Tanzania and Switzerland.
Being that Dar es Salaam is in the top ranks in terms of growth, it was chosen as the suitable city to pilot the magazine - launching discussion on development in the region. The workshop was conducted in “Ebrahim 1937,” a historically elegant building, built in 1937 (as the name suggests) and the pavilion at the Goethe Institute in Upanga.
The workshop which included training in text writing and editing, photography, art and production, and finally marketing and strategy set out to ensure the long-term existence of the magazine.
"After a fun and loud discussion bouncing ideas back and forth, the group finally came up with the magazine title: ANZA, a Swahili word meaning, 'start'. We found this name suitable as it demarks both the beginning journey of this East-African architectural magazine and the long journey of our hopeful East-African cities and their peoples. Aside from this name being subtly powerful, we all agreed that it was also typographically beautiful".
The first edition includes contributions from Lukasz Stanek, Astrid Weisel, Geert Combrink, Katharina Posselt, Sylvia Graf, Dirk Hebel, Elias Yitbarek, Vinesh Chintaram and Ketema Abebe.
The second issue will focus on Culture and Heritage, to view the Call for Papers (and future calls) please visit their website.
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