Agadir : building the modern Afropolis / [edited by] Tom Avermaete, Maxime Zaugg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Avermaete, Tom, editor.

Zaugg, Maxime, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Morocco--Agadir--History--20th century.

Architecture.

Agadir (Morocco)--History--20th century.

Agadir (Morocco).

Agadir (Morocco)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Buildings.

Morocco--Agadir.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

399 pages : illustrations (color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland: Park Books, [2022]

Summary:

On February 29, 1960, a catastrophic earthquake devastated the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir, erasing it almost entirely and killing a third of its population. The world was shocked, and very quickly large amounts of international aid arrived. Following an emotional speech by King Mohammed V, the reconstruction of Agadir also turned into an undertaking of national and international solidarity. A new and unprecedented process of urban construction was developed that allowed many architects?national and international?to simultaneously design the new city.00The result of this joint effort was astounding. In a very short time, the new Agadir rose from the ashes. The best Moroccan and international architects experimented with novel housing typologies, which mediated between ultramodern and vernacular ways of dwelling, complemented by innovative public structures, such as schools, dispensaries, and cinemas. All of these combined into an original urban reality: a modern Afropolis.00This book for the first time thoroughly explores the forgotten tale of Agadir?s reconstruction. It features previously unpublished archival documents and striking period photographs, as well as new plans and contemporary images by London-based photographer and academic David Grandorge, alongside scholarly essays by architects and architecture historians. A three-part interview with Lahsen Roussafi, who witnessed the 1960 earthquake as a student, rounds out this tantalizing narration of the international architectural adventure of rebuilding Agadir as the modern Afropolis.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Mapping Agadir / Maxime Zaugg

FOUNDATIONS

The City and the 1960 Earthquake / Lahsen Roussafi

Urbanisme Solidaire: Codes and Conventions as Project for a New City / Tom Avermaete

The Contact Zone of Agadir's Emergency Aid Operations / Cathelijne Nuijsink

Brutalism: The Gem of Morocco's Contribution to World Culture / Lahbib El Moumni

Building Agadir / Maxime Zaugg

TRANSLATIONS

The Reconstruction / Lahsen Roussafi

On Squares, Stairs, Paths, Plinths, Trees and Shade in Agadir's Reconstructed Centre / Hans Teerds

Reorganising Agadir, Reconstructing the Neighbourhood / Janina Gosseye

Housing Figures: Social and Spatial A-Synchronicities / Irina Davidovici

Inhabiting Agadir / Maxime Zaugg

TRANSFORMATIONS

The Evolution of the City / Lahsen Roussafi

Architecture of Resilience: Privacy and Privatisation in Agadir Housing / Irina Davidovici

Agadir's Shifted Centralities / Hans Teerds

Coda / Maxime Zaugg.

ISBN:

9783038602767

3038602760

OCLC:

1263340556