Supporting Heritage Resilience: Digitally Aided Transmission of Traditional Earth Building Crafts in Southern Morocco

Projects Morocco

Supporting Heritage Resilience: Digitally Aided Transmission of Traditional Earth Building Crafts in Southern Morocco The earth-built heritage of Southern Morocco and the traditional know-how, competencies and skills associated with it are threatened by aridification, migration, dwindling interest in traditional life, changing life requirements, lack of formal training and intergenerational knowledge transfer, over-reliance on concrete construction…

Inclusive, Sustainable, Innovative: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 & ArCHIAM 10-years celebration

Projects Morocco

Inclusive, Sustainable, Innovative: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 & ArCHIAM 10-years celebration Over the years, the University of Liverpool’s ArCHIAM Research Centre has worked closely with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, leading several education and research projects, and more recently, being associated with the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture award ceremony in…

Restoring, Recording and Inventorying the Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the M’Hamid Oasis, Morocco

Projects Morocco

Restoring, Recording and Inventorying the Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the M’Hamid Oasis, Morocco M’Hamid, the most remote in the Draa Valley, Southern Morocco, features one of the best preserved examples of ksour, vernacular earthen settlements surrounded by high defensive walls and reinforced by corner towers. Ouled Youssef offers a complete panorama of traditional…

Recording and Documentation of Earthen Architectural Heritage of Morocco

Projects Morocco

Recording and Documentation of Earthen Architectural Heritage of Morocco M’Hamid, the most remote in the Draa Valley, Southern Morocco, features one of the best preserved examples of ksour, vernacular earthen settlements surrounded by high defensive walls and reinforced by corner towers. Built on a fishbone pattern, ksour enclose tightly knit courtyard houses as well as…