Hayy El Fath Housing, Morocco, Africa
Year 1986 latitude: 33° 58' longitude: -6° 53' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Abid Karakchou Rachid Karakchou Design organization Inhabitants Target population 15,000 Town website Town related links Literature 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
'Large low-cost housing development for 15'000 inhabitants housed in 2500 units distributed between 274 buildings, a commercial area, and a green space. The development is divided into four sectors with the buildings being linked by landscaped walkways.' Quote from source. MIX OF CONCRETE BLOCKS AND TRADITIONAL NORTH AFRICAN ARCHITECTYRE source: http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=797
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