ZIMBABWEAN TOURISM PAVILION

National University of Science and Technology (NUST)

Project idea

With a silence that is both eerie and profound, Zimbabwe is geographically spectacular and has best kept tourism secrets. From distinctive medieval era, city ruins built in a unique dry-stone design to granite kopjes and magnificent stalagmite limestone and dolomite caves and natural wonders, Zimbabwe tourism sites radiate an aura that commands respect while provoking excitement in the mind of all who visit them. Among the sites that survive from the kingdom of Zimbabwe era are Great Zimbabwe, Khami, Dhlo-dhlo, Nalatale, Chinhoyi caves, Victoria Falls, Hwange National Park, Eastern Highlands, Mount Nyangari and Bvumba mountains. These are among the Natural Wonders of Zimbabwe.

Project description

The design is to create a tourism pavilion for Zimbabwe to be built in Dubai for the Dubai 2020 expo. The expo runs under the theme connecting minds creating the future and has three sub themes underpinned to it which are opportunity, sustainability and mobility. These sub themes define the master plan of the expo .The Zimbabwean tourism pavilion will be in the opportunity zone hence exposing Zimbabwe to the opportunity of celebrating ad elucidating its tourism sites, the opportunity to sell the Zimbabwe tourism brand both to visitors and potential investors in the tourism sector hence positioning Zimbabwe to be an investment magnet in the world and hence forth to make it the Jewel of Africa again.

Technical information

The exterior design of the pavilion is drawn from the concept Ubuntu that states that l am because we are. This African phenomenon descries oneness ad unity that makes the core of Africans.The interior design is drawn from the concept Dzimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in the southern Africa between Zambezi and Limpopo river. the term Zimbabwe comes from a shona term for Great Zimbabwe, an ancient city in the country's south east which is now a tourism site. It was built from a construction technique called dry stone walling referred to as Dzimbabwe or Dzima Dzemamwe meaning houses of stones. The circulation patterns in the design mimic the Great Zimbabwe great enclosure and also the dry stone walling technique is used to give visitors a feeling of moving around the Great Zimbabwe walls. Zimbabwe's fine black granite rock will be used for counter tops, landmarks mosaics and inside dividers.

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