The Ksar of Agadir Ouzrou nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

The collective granaries of the commune of Amtoudi (province of Guelmim), the ksar of Assa (province of Assa-Zag), and that of Agadir Ouzrou in Akka (province of Tata) are part of the programme for the preservation of sacred and collective architectures of the oases of the Guelmim-Smara region.This programme, led by the Moroccan architect Salima Naji since 2003 and which enjoys the support of the Southern Agency, was nominated among the 20 projects that could claim the highly coveted Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2013 cycle. In 2006, at the request of the director of the Southern Agency, the architect began a participatory site in Assa to renovate the wall of the ksar. Maalmines from the commune of Amtoudi, experienced in construction techniques using stone, earth, lime, and palm trunks, thus supervised several dozen workers from Assa.In parallel, with local associations, the archite…