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2022Type
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This chapter explores notions of ‘resilience’ in housing by assessing the current usage of Agadir’s major housing schemes (ch. ‘Housing Figures’ in Section II) as well as the physical transformations they accrued over time. Its focus is on the adaptation of built fabric to changing dwelling practices and needs since the 1960s, considering the formal transitions and informal appropriations of two typologies: the courtyard house and the apartment block. With the 8x8 modular grid, Michel Écochard provided a rationalized interpretation of traditional patio houses. This robust basic infrastructure has withstood the test of time. By anticipating and making allowances for vertical extension, it has empowered bottom-up resident action and contributed to the creation of a cohesive neighborhood. {anything here about the patio houses and villas-en-bande of the Residential Sector?} The representative blocks of the city centre fared less well, and have been partially deserted as many of their inhabitants gradually moved to patio houses in newer suburbs. These powerful brutalist structures indicate not so much the limited local relevance of modernist housing models, as a more fundamental problem, the ambivalence towards communal provisions and collective spaces manifested by administrators and residents alike. Show more
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Agadir: Building the Modern AfropolisPages / Article No.
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Park BooksSubject
ARCHITEKTURTHEORIE + ARCHITEKTURÄSTHETIKOrganisational unit
08617 - gta Archiv
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