Project in cooperation with NSE e.V. (Netzwerk Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung),
ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Architecture) and
with the support of GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit).
The project was funded by the BMBF.
Services: Coordination of the application, organization and implementation of the cooperation project.
The core of the research project is the analysis of planning processes in the construction of the “Villes nouvelles” and the development of packages of measures for sustainable urban development.
Morocco is anticipating further urban growth in the coming years due to high population growth, increased demand for living space per person and a flight from the countryside to the city. The Moroccan government is therefore planning to build up to 11 new cities (“villes nouvelles”). Four villes nouvelles are already in the realization phase: Tamesna, Chrafate, Tamansourt and Sahel-Lakhiayta.
Al Omrane, the Moroccan state construction company, has been entrusted with the planning and construction of these new settlements. Together with Al Omrane, ENA and NSE e.V., four workshops were held to find ways of planning and building these new towns sustainably and in line with demand.
The brochure “Sustainable settlement and housing construction in Morocco and Germany” was published as a result of the cooperation project.