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Project • By Arjun Rathi • Urban Green Spaces
Dris El Jay Market
Casablanca is a young and dynamic city in Morocco with a population estimated at approximately 4 million inhabitants. It is the largest city in the Maghreb and the fourth largest in Africa. Being an important economic center, its architecture is a combination of different styles which gives it a unique architectural beauty.
The aim of this International Competition was to design a New Sustainable Market Square in Casablanca.The design had to create a new contemporary social space where locals can meet and shop and generate the discussion and ideas about the functionality of community and street commerce.
The site is strategically located a manageable distance from the Medina along Boulevard Tahar El Alaoui and the Hassan II Mosque. Th... More