The Kobbité and Giudice group sign for the new museum

Moroccan architect Omar Kobbité in a group with the Frenchman Erik Giudice have been chosen, following the international architecture competition, for the creation in Dakhla of an institution dedicated to the promotion of the history and the tangible and intangible heritage of the Kingdom's Southern provinces. Thus, this group will be in charge of the architectural design and the monitoring of the construction in Dakhla of this institution. According to the Southern Agency, it is not a question of duplicating existing models here but rather of inventing a new generation cultural venue, a hybrid place that takes into account the realities of the territory, while being forward-looking and inventive in its relationships with content and the public. A museum-hub that showcases collections and intangible heritage but, more globally, a hub with a cultural, tourist, societal, economic dimensio…