Houari Boumedienne Village, Algeria, Africa
Year 1979 latitude: 36° 24' longitude: 7° 17' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Ministry of Construction Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization El Taller de Arquitectura Inhabitants Target population Town website Town related links Literature - http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one.-site.tcl?site_id=384 - http://www.bofill.com/change/bases_datos/proyecto_i.asp?numero=238 - http://www.bofill.com/change/website-ingles/index2.htm type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
A circular master plan gives form to the bare site. All social and institutional functions are located at its open center. The housing extends to the octagonal perimeter. Housing units are combined in pairs in groups of eight. This encourages that each unit develops social cohesion. The houses are all private family houses one-storey. source:
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