Fez Lessons
Industrious Habitat. Teaching and Research in Architecture
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Beschreibung
The "Scramble for Africa's" endless shadow: the cultural and socio-economic clashes European colonization caused can be traced in Morocco's former capital Fez to the present day
Morocco—located at a crossroads between Sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghrebi Arab-Muslim world, and Mediterranean Europe—has struggled with cultural and sociopolitical clashes eversince the infamous Scramble for Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These clashes have left enduring marks on the urban fabric of Fez, Morocco’s former capital and second-largest city, including its landmarks and landscapes.
Fez Lessons: Industroius Habitat is a project of Laboratory Basel (laba), founded in 2011 as a satellite studio of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Based on recent research, the book explores Fez’s urban fabric, relaying a compelling story of how the city has been shaped and reshaped over time. The findings are visualized in striking images, graphics, and maps and followed by proposals for architectural interventions that address key issues by facilitating alternate forms of association and community. Given the growing stream of international investment, the constant enticement of tourism, and a worldwide revival of nationalism, interventions focus on these challenges, among others, raising questions about identity, authenticity, tradition, globalization, and the use of local resources.
Untersucht die durch die Kolonisierung Afrikas und des Maghreb verursachten kulturellen und soziopolitischen Konflikte und deren anhaltenden Auswirkungen auf die urbane und sozioökonomische Struktur der marokkanischen Stadt Fez Visualisiert anhand von Grafiken, Karten und Fotografien neueste Rechercheergebnisse des Laboratoire Bâle (laba) der EPFL Mit Vorschlägen für architektonische Interventionen der laba-Studierenden
- Explores the impact of cultural clashes caused by European colonization on the city of Fez’s urban fabric and social structure
- Features informative graphics, maps, photographs and proposals for architectural interventions
Autor*in
Harry Gugger
Themen in »Fez Lessons«
Fes Fez EPFL Fés laba Marokko Morocco Identity Urbanism Tradition Identität Städtebau Urbanismus Architektur Stadtplaung