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Learning from Casablanca Exposition

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Courtesy of Cattani, Thung, Van der Drift

An exhibition taking place in The Sacré Coeur cathedral of from November 4 – November 26, Learning from is a representation of the result of an architectural comparative research in the field of housing and urbanism. In the context of the 5th African Perspective Conference, AAMatters in collaboration with Casamemoire has initiated this exposition with hopes that looking again at might open new perspectives to the complex problems of modernist neighborhoods being demolished to make way for new development projects. More information on the event after the break. read more »

Co-Habitation / Kilo Architectures

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© Luc Boegly

Architects: Kilo Architectures
Location: , Morocco
Client: Private
Size: 2000 sqm
Program: 5 Houses and a Collective Farm
Completion: 2011
Office: Kilo Architectures
Photographs: Luc Boegly

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Grand Stade de Casablanca / NBBJ & Yassir Khalil Studio

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NBBJ & Yassir Khalil Studio shared with us their vision for the new Grand Stade de . Their goal for the project is to create a center for sports and assembly events which is keenly in tune with the natural environment, geography, and history of the nation of Morocco. The sports center will signify to the world the unique character and vision of the city, while taking advantage of the natural environment to reduce energy consumption and create a dramatic human experience. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

Volubilis Visitor Center / Kilo Architectures

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Architects: Kilo Architectures
Location: ,
Client: Ministère de la Culture
Structural Engineers: TESCO
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 4,200 sqm
Photographs: Elio Germani, Luc Boegly

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Culture and Leisure Complex in Morocco / Younes Diouri

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Younes Diouri has shared with us  a proposal for a Culture and Leisure complex in , Morocco. Read more on the project featuring additional images after the break.
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BMCE Headquarters / Foster + Partners

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Architects: Foster + Partners
Location: , Morocco
Photographs: Nigel Young

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Rabat Grand Theatre / Zaha Hadid

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Following a recent ceremony in , Morroco, Agence pour l’Aménagement de la Vallée du Bouregreg (The Bouregreg Valley Development Agency) verified that architectural designs will be provided by Zaha Hadid Architects.  The program will include three theater spaces, indoor spaces consisting of 2,050-seat and a 520-seat, and a fully-equipped outdoor amphitheater holding up to 7,000 people.   The theaters will share back of house facilities, efficiently reducing the size of the building services needed.  Creative studios will also be incorporated into this cultural venue.  Estimated cost is at 120 Million Euros for the Grand Theatre.

Follow the break for more renderings of The Rabat Grand Theatre.

Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Rabat,
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Associate: Nils Peter Fisher
Project Leader: William Tan
Project Team: Torsten Broeder, Martin Krcha, Hoda Nobakhti, Rafael Contreras, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Michal Treder
Structure Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
MEP Engineer: MaxFordham
Acoustics & Theatre: Artec Consultant
Facade: Donnell Consultants Incorporated
Lighting: Office for Visual Interaction Inc
Client: Agence pour l’Aménagement de la Vallée du Bouregreg
Project Area: 47,000 sqm
Renderings: Methanoia, Courtesy of Zaha Hadid

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National Museum of Archaeology and Earth Sciences / archi5 & OKA

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French architects archi5 and Omar Kobbité Architectes (OKA), have won a competition to design the National Museum of Archaeology and Earth Sciences in , Morocco. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »

Global Holcim Awards 2009 Winning Projects

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The second cycle of the Holcim Awards competition has reached its pinnacle: the top sustainable construction projects out of thousands of submissions from all continents have been selected. THOLChe four winning entries are a river remediation scheme in , a greenfield university campus in Vietnam, a rural planning strategy in China, and a shelter for day laborers in the USA. A series of prize-handovers will be held at the site of each project to celebrate the winners and their highly-acclaimed examples of sustainable construction.

Almost 5,000 sustainable construction projects and visions from 121 countries entered the five regional Holcim Awards competitions in 2008. Winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in each region automatically qualified for the Global Holcim Awards competition in 2009. The global jury was headed by Charles Correa (architect, India) and included Peter Head (structural engineer, UK), Enrique Norten (architect, Mexico/USA), Saskia Sassen (sociologist, USA), Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (civil engineer, Switzerland), and Rolf Soiron (economist, Switzerland).

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