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Development in Fes, Morocco : Florence Square
Fez Building Development, Northwest Africa – by Mikou Design Studio, architects
22 Dec 2009
Florence place
Location: Fes, Morocco
Date: 2009
Design: Mikou Design Studio, Paris
Florence Square, Fez
Florence Square is situated in a strategic area in the new town of Fez. The square is structured by a main urban axis, a broad boulevard with a central island generating an important pedestrian flow. The remodeling of Florence Square in Fez aims to create a space for encounters and meetings at a pedestrian scale and the scale of the neighborhood, but also a place clearly identifiable as a representative part of the modern Fez.
This symbolic place evokes Florence to the people of Fez, inspires and moves them. It is a vehicle for dialogue between cultures and recalls the journey of architectural forms. In designing the square, we were inspired by a strong and symbolic figure in the Florentine urban landscape, the octagonal form of the Baptistery of San Giovanni. We felt it essential to bring strong architectural elements to Florence square to give it an urban presence and limit it spatially.
Florence place Fez – Building Information
Architect: Mikou Design Studio
Salwa Mikou, Selma Mikou, Cécile Jalby, Iskra Pencheva, Gwenaël Jerrett, Ludivine Specht
Client: City of Florence
Programme: Urban piazza, underground parkings
Surface: 10,000 m2
Location: Fez
Date: competition 2009
Florence Square Fez images / information from Mikou Design Studio
Location: Fez, Morocco, North Africa
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Date built: 1958
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