

Seminar and Book presentation: Reporting on the Modernisation of Casablanca and Chandigarh
Date: 29 November 2014
Time: 14:30 to 16:30. After the debate drinks will be offered
Location: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, Rotterdam
Language: Dutch and English
Entry: Free With Marisella Casciato, Tom Avermaete, Antoni Folkers, Stanislaus von Moos and Frits Palmboom Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Jaap Bakema Study Centre host a public seminar organized by TU Delft and the Canadian Centre of Architecture (CCA) at the occasion of the publication of the book Casablan


l'Batwar can now be ordered!
Below you might have read about the presentation of the book ’L'Batwar, Story of a Conversion’ in March this year. You can now order the book on-line via this link. #Book #Casablanca


Stadslicht #8: City Trip – Casablanca
In Casablanca is door de Fransen uitgebreid geëxperimenteerd met stedenbouw. In de reeks Stadslicht colleges, georganiseerd in Pakhuis De Zwijger, vertelt Berend van der Lans op 4 juni (18-19hr.) over Marokko’s grootste stad. Voor lokatie en registratie zie de website van Pakhuis De Zwijger. Casablanca kent in de stadplanning vele scenario’s. Al roerig en enkele keren verwoest onder de vroegere naam Anfa, was het 100 jaar geleden nog een stad van bescheiden omvang. In die hon


Towards a second life of the Abattoirs of Casablanca
On 26 March, the Cities of Casablanca and Amsterdam, together with Casamemoire, presented ‘L'Batwar - Story of a Transformation’ in the former abattoirs in Morocco’s largest city. The book portraits the history of the architecturally fascinating municipal slaughterhouses, situated between the city centre and the neighbourhood Hay Mohammadi. Many factory workers and their families were living in this neighbourhood with a strong social cohesion, where political resistance lead


Exhibition Learning from Casablanca opens at first day African Perspectives 2011
Casablanca served as laboratory for European architects to experiment with modernist mass housing in the 40’s and 50’s. The visions of modernist architecture spread all over the world, suggesting new structures in housing, work, transport, and leisure. The spatial structure in Casablanca has been extremely transformed and appropriated by the inhabitants over time to respond to the requirements and aspirations of everyday life. The exhibition Learning from Casablanca shows the


Learning from Casablanca, Excursie en vakmatig uitwisselingsprogramma
Van zaterdag 29 oktober tot zondag 6 november 2011 organiseert African Architecture Matters in samenwerking met Casamemoire en ARCAM een reis naar Casablanca en Agadir in combinatie met deelname aan de 5de African Perspectives conferentie, die plaatsvindt van 3 tot 5 november 2011 in Casablanca. De reis is bedoeld voor professionals op het gebied van stedenbouw, architectuur en woningbouw (woningcorporaties, ontwikkelaars, beleidsmakers en architecten) en richt zich op de ont