Southern Provinces: Ksar Assa candidate for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

The requalification project of the Ksar of Assa has been selected with 19 other projects to compete for the final Aga Khan Award for Architecture which will be awarded to 5 or 6 projects.The famous site of the Moroccan South, Ksar Assa, has just collected the fruits of the vast rehabilitation operation that affected it through its selection to compete for the final Aga Khan Award for Architecture as well as two other projects in Morocco, namely the Hassan II Bridge linking Rabat and Salé and the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé. The winners of this prize, worth 1 million dollars, will be announced during a ceremony that will take place in Lisbon next September.The choice of Ksar Assa to appear on this list is due to several criteria relating to design, sustainability, the contribution to improving the living conditions of the populations concerned and the impact on economic and soci…