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This article is named “SURINAMESE HISTORICAL TOWN". The theme was inspiration from "open day monuments".

 

RC Designs’ discussing points are:

• Surinamese historical town

• Rules, requirements & prohibition of Surinamese historical town

SURINAMESE HISTORICAL TOWN (GENERAL DESCRIPTION) PART 1:

Keypoints:

1. Definition of a monument

2. Surinamese historic town

3. The general characteristics

 

Surinamese historical town PART 1, November 28th 2018

 

1) What is a monument?

*SB 2002 no. 072 monument law;  CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS ; Article 1

this Act* is based on :

•        all immovable property or parts thereof, Sites and buildings and statues commemoration of

•        Monument with the age of fifty years old and are considered because of :

•        their beauty, their art value, their meaning for science, for archeology, the history of the country their ethnological value or architecture.

•        Monuments are registered in the registers established pursuant to this Act

2) What belongs to the Surinamese historic town?

*SB 2001 no. 074 designation historic city center;  Article 4

 

Within the “Groot-Paramaribo” residential area, a historic inner city with the following boundaries:

•        the northern wall of the van Rooseveltkade:

•        the Sommelsdijksche Kreek;

•        the axis of the Tourtonnelaan;

•        the axis of the Klipstenenstraat;

•        the western façade wall of the Heiligenweg;

•        the bank of the Suriname river along the Waterkant.

 

 

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Within the “Groot-Paramaribo”residential area, two buffer zones adjoining the historic inner city

•        the Combé district

•        the 18th century urban extension

 

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 the district Combé:

•        the western façade wall of the Grote Combéweg;

•        the northern wall of the Mahonylaan;

•        the bank of the Suriname river, along the Cornelis Jongbawstraat and the Kleine Waterstraat;

•        the van Rooseveltkade.

 

the 18th century urban expansion:

•        the Sommelsdijksche Kreek;

•        the Viottekreek;

•        the axis of the Klipstenenstraat;

•        the axis of the Tourtonnelaan.

3) What are the general characteristics?

*SB 2003 no. 034 special requirements for construction plans for the historic city center;
Annex to special requirements for construction plans in the historic inner city of Paramaribo and adjacent buffer zones.; General characteristics of the historic buildings

 

the aesthetics:

•        uniformity due to the use of wood and brick

•        Same construction

•        Same use of materials and shape

•        the architectural style is sober in nature. 

 

The two main groups according to the construction method:

•        Group 1: built in brick

•        Group 2: built in wood and brick substructure

 

 Paramaribo Onafhankelijkheidsplein

 Group 1: built in brick

1.      Fort (Zeelandia)

2.      Militaire magazijn (gebouw 1790)

3.      Stadhuis (thans Ministerie van Financiën)

4.      Hof van Justitie

5.      Kerk (Hervormde kerk)

6.      Koffie waag

7.      Voorheen Herenhuizen

8.      Vrijstaande keukens

9.      Bakhuisjes

10.   Sluis

11.   Tuinmuren

12.   Waterputten

13.   Waterreservoirs

14.   Grafzerken

15.   Kademuur en kadestoep

 

 Paramaribo Onafhankelijkheidsplein Presidentieel Paleis

Group 2: built in wood and brick substructure

1.      Paleis

2.      Klooster

3.      Voorheen herenhuizen en middenstandhuizen

4.      Scholen

5.      Synagoge

 

basic elements and built according to standard conception:

• Layout
• Roof design
• Facades
• Skeleton
• Substructure
• Sidewalk
• Veranda
• Front balcony
• Height sizes
• Color use
• Windows format

 SURINAMESE HISTORICAL TOWN (RULES, REQUIREMENTS&PROHIBITION) PART 2:

Keypoints:

1. the requirements

2. The rules of recovery & maintenance

3. Prohibition

 Surinamese historical town PART 2, November 28th  2018

1) What are the requirements?

*SB 2003 no. 034 special requirements building plans historic city center ; CHAPTER 2. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

In this Act*and the provisions based on it:

•        Design

•        Size and scale

•        Use of color

•        Use of materials

•        Roof construction

•        Sidewalks

 

*SB 2003 no. 034 special requirements building plans historic city center ; CHAPTER 3. added elements

In this Act*and the provisions based on it:

•        Dormer windows

•        Balconies

•        Other added elements

 

2) What are the rules of recovery & maintenance?

*SB 2002 no. 072 monument law; CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS ; Article 9

In this Act*and the provisions based on it:

1. The beneficial owners of a monument are obliged to carry out the work for maintenance or repair in time or have them performed.

2. The beneficial owners of a monument are obliged, if they negligibly neglect their duty of maintenance, to ensure that they are carried out for maintenance or repair as deemed necessary by the Minister.

3. The costs incurred by the State, which result from gross neglect of the concerned monument, can be recovered from the beneficial owners

 

  

*SB 2002 no. 072 monument law; CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS ; Article 10

In this Act*and the provisions based on it:

1. At the request of the beneficial owner, the Minister may provide a benefit for the restoration and maintenance of the monument in question from State treasury.

2. By or pursuant to the State Decree, the necessary regulations about applying for, determining, awarding and accounting for benefits are regulated.

3. A benefit as referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be granted if it concerns:

a. costs of maintenance or repair, resulting from neglect of the monument.

b. a permit associated with a building permit, as referred to in Article 1 of the Construction Act 1956 (Belgian Official Gazette 1956 No. 30, most recently amended by S.B. 1980 No. 116) has not been granted.

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3)What is prohibited?

*SB 2002 no. 072 monument law;CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS ; Article 7

In this Act*and the provisions based on it:

•        to demolish a monument, to disrupt it or to alter its appearance or change structure in any way;

•        to restore or use a monument whereby it is marred or endangered;

•        to move a monument, removing its historical context;

•        To hide a monument from the public road

 

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*SB 2002 no. 072 monument law; CHAPTER 4  city and village faces; Article 15

In this Act*and the provisions based on it:

In a city or village view it is forbidden:

•        to demolish a building in whole or in part without a demolition permit; set up new buildings or make changes to existing buildings without a permit for new construction or renovation

 

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*SB 2002 no. 072 monument law; CHAPTER 5  excavations & findings; Article 17

In this Act*and the provisions based on it:

•        It is forbidden to carry out excavation work or have it carried out on grounds for antiquity research of monuments without a permit from the Minister or in contravention of such conditions.

 

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Our information is from:

SB 2002 no. 072 monumentenwet

SB 2001 no. 074 aanwijzing historische binnenstad

SB 2003 no. 034 bijzondere eisen bouwplannen historische binnenstad