Preservation of Oasis Sites, Guelmim Region Buildings, Morocco Project, Moroccan Architecture
Preservation of Sacred and Collective Oasis Sites, Morocco
Traditional Moroccan Building Development design by Salima Naji architect
25 Jun 2013
Preservation of Sacred and Collective Oasis Sites
Design: Salima Naji
Location: Guelmim Region, Morocco
photo : Cemal Emden
Moroccan Oasis Sites
For the last decade Salima Naji, trained as an architect and anthropologist, has worked to save the heritage of several oasis towns in the anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco. This ambitious undertaking involves four sites that range in scale from communal granaries to partially abandoned fortified towns.
photographs : Cemal Emden
Naji has carried out the work with skilled masons and unskilled workmen, whom she has trained in traditional building techniques and who go on to apply their skills at other sites. Architecture and public spaces have been conserved not only for their historic value, but as locally rooted, sustainable models for contemporary building.
photos : Cemal Emden
Throughout, Naji has encouraged a participatory process with new and traditional community groups and actors. Her work provides an alternative model for conservation in Morocco: one that insists on maintaining the link between local communities and their historic environments.
photo : David Goeury
image from architect
Preservation of Oasis Sites – Building Information
Location: Guelmim Region, Morocco (Africa)
Architect: Salima Naji, Kénitra, Morocco
Client: Agence pour le Développement des Provinces du Sud, Cooperazione Internationale Sud Sud
Completed: 2011 ongoing
Design: 2003-2008
Site size: 3 ha
Preservation of Oasis Sites Morocco images / information from Aga Khan Development Network
Location: Guelmim Region, Morocco, North Africa
Morocco Architecture Developments
Contemporary Morocco Buildings
Morocco Architecture Designs – chronological list
Anfa Place, Casablanca, northern Morocco : mixed-use Moroccan development
Foster + Partners
Anfa Place
Rabat Grand Theatre, northern Morocco
Zaha Hadid Architects
Rabat Grand Theatre
BMCE Regional Headquarters Buildings, Rabat + Casablanca, northern Morocco
Foster + Partners
BMCE Regional Headquarters for Moroccan bank
Casablanca Twin Center, northwestern Morocco
Architect : Ricardo Bofill – ‘Taller de Arquitectura
Casablanca Twin Center
Comments / photos for the Preservation of Oasis Sites – Morocco Architecture page welcome
Website: www.akdn.org/architecture/project.asp?id=4327 – Aga Khan Award for Architecture project page
