Bayt: A Different View on Social Housing in Morocco

Abdessamed Azarfane, africanCities, Essay, expanding design practices, Middle Density, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, Affordable Housing, African Cities, africanCities, Agency of Urban Organization, Context, Culture, Developing policies, Essay, Housing, Informal settlements, Morocco, On Discourse and Practices, Politics, Public vs. Private, Residential, Social contributor, Social environment, Social housing, Territorial Approach, Urban Paradigms, Utopian practices

The motivation for this project is fed by fascination and frustration: a fascination for the historical, cultural and local urban planning and architecture in Morocco, which is slowly disappearing in the everyday streetscape; and, on the other hand a serious frustration with the current way of building in Morocco that essentially has nothing to do with the centuries-old tradition in urban planning and architecture, leading to a gap between the living environment and the people living in it.