"Anfa, an element of balance for the great metropolis of Casablanca"

Dream city, idealised city, contrasted city, showcase of a modern Morocco with its wounds and fragilities, Casablanca is one of the greatest laboratories of modern architecture. Lyautey had brought one of his best urban planners of the early 20th century, Henri Prost, who with his teams of sociologists, anthropologists, and urban planners perceived this future megalopolis in the age of the automobile and the development of boulevards and airports in 3 sets: Tit Mellil, Anfa, and Nouaceur. Michel Ecochard and Pierre Riboulet then took over to create the famous grids between neighbourhoods. This city, daughter of the protectorate, has been the subject of many travel journals, collective works, monographs, or periodical articles and beautiful books. It is Rachid Andaloussi, one of the founders of the Casamémoire Association, who designed the Casaart, the largest theatre in Africa with Christian de Portzamparc who writes: "Casablanca is