Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

Technology School of Laayoune/ Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj & Mohamed Amine Siana

Architects: Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani, Mohamed Amine Siana
Location: Agadir, Morocco
Project Team: Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj and Mohamed Amine Siana
Interior Décor: Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj & Mohamed Amine Siana
Project Year: 2014
Photographer: Double Space Photography
Website: Collective Websites of Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj & Mohamed Amine Siana

Coverage: 7186 m²

- 19 May 2016
- Datum Editorial
Education Centres , Technology , Aga Khan Awards For Architecture , Architecture , Architects , Conservation Architecture , Contemporary , Contemporary African Directory , Contemporary Arabic ,

From the Architects
The project of the School of Laayoune Technology is part of the policy of decentralization of educational centers in different regions of Morocco and responds to a request from local graduates. The program is built around lessons spaces (classrooms, TP, amphitheater), documentation, administrative, educational and services like workshops and staff accommodation.

Technology School of Laayoune/ Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj & Mohamed Amine Siana

The implantation site, away from the city, generated a desire to recreate urbanity through an organization around an axial scheme, and thus providing an overall reading, clear, and a diversity of environments.

Technology School of Laayoune/ Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj & Mohamed Amine Siana
The various buildings are fragmented to allow for maximum ventilation and natural lighting and are connected by a set of external paths, squares, covered parking spaces, gardens minerals to accentuate precisely this notion of urbanity.

Technology School of Laayoune/ Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj & Mohamed Amine Siana

The architectural language is meant solid, geometric and plays with the contrast-ocher exterior and interior light. Various sun protection devices are used: shading, double skin, blankets etc.

Technology School of Laayoune/ Driss Ketani, Saad El Kabbaj & Mohamed Amine Siana

The materials used are minimized to accentuate abstraction and coherence of the whole while meeting the constraints of sustainability and maintenance.

CLICK TO REVIEW LINKED STORY

The Technology School of Guelmim/ Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani, Mohamed Amine Siana
The Technology School of Guelmim in Morocco is part of the development of academic institutions in the Southern regions of Morocco. The School development comprises of an amphitheatre, classrooms, workshops, TP rooms, administration buildings, library, lecturer’s offices and staff accommodatio...

- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...
- © School Laayoune Technology Driss Ketani, Saad ...

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

If you want your own avatar and keep track of your discussions with the community, sign up to archiDATUM >>

SELECTED WORKS

- Nyanza Education Centre / Dominikus Stark Architekten
- 05 Apr 2016
The Central African State of Rwanda, commonly known as the "land of a thousand hills", is rarely the focus of West European interests. On...
- Emergency Medical Housing Compound / Studio Tam Associati
- 04 Jun 2017
Looking at the amount of discarded containers laying around the building site of the Salam Centre we had this simple idea: to use them ag...
- Ardhi University/ University of Dar es Salaam
- 15 Apr 2015
With a swooping roof and ideal surroundings for serenity and learning, the Ardhi University campus captures the very essence of student l...

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIRECTORY

- Corner Jellicoe Avenue and Oxford Road / Paragon Architects
- 13 Jul 2015
The ‘Tiber Rosebank’ development occupies this key site in the fast changing Rosebank node in Johannesburg with confidence. It takes a de...
- American International School Johannesburg Aquatics Center / Flansburgh Architects
- 06 May 2017
The American International School of Johannesburg is an independent school in South Africa serving students grades PreK-12. The school’s ...
- Koudougou Central Market / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation + Laurent Séchaud
- 28 Oct 2015
Designed as an urban community project, the mission and end goal of the design was to improve the human spirit by responding to the growi...