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On February 29, 1960, a catastrophic earthquake devastated the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir, erasing it almost entirely and killing a third of its population. The world was shocked, and very quickly large amounts of international aid arrived. Following an emotional speech by King Mohammed V, the reconstruction of Agadir also turned into an undertaking of national and international solidarity. A new and unprecedented process of urban construction was developed that allowed many architects?national and international?to simultaneously design the new city.00The result of this joint effort was astounding. In a very short time, the new Agadir rose from the ashes. The best Moroccan and international architects experimented with novel housing typologies, which mediated between ultramodern and vernacular ways of dwelling, complemented by innovative public structures, such as schools, dispensaries, and cinemas. All of these combined into an original urban reality: a modern Afropolis.00This book for the first time thoroughly explores the forgotten tale of Agadir?s reconstruction. It features previously unpublished archival documents and striking period photographs, as well as new plans and contemporary images by London-based photographer and academic David Grandorge, alongside scholarly essays by architects and architecture historians. A three-part interview with Lahsen Roussafi, who witnessed the 1960 earthquake as a student, rounds out this tantalizing narration of the international architectural adventure of rebuilding Agadir as the modern Afropolis.

Architecture --- History --- Agadir (Morocco) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Design and construction --- Santa Cruz of Cape Aguer (Morocco) --- Santa Cruz do Cabo de Guez (Morocco) --- Akādīr (Morocco) --- 72.036(6) --- 72.036 --- 72.036 Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw --- Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw --- Cities and towns --- Earthquakes --- Villes --- Tremblements de terre --- Reconstruction --- Histoire