Casamémoire Explained

Casamémoire
Native Name:ذاكرة الدار البيضاء
Native Name Lang:ar
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Location:29 Avenue Lalla Yacout
Casablanca 20250
Coordinates:33.5916°N -7.6144°W
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Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Rabia El Ridaoui

Casamémoire is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of the 20th-century architecture of Casablanca, Morocco.[1] [2] As of 2015, Casamemoire is an NGO in an official partnership with UNESCO with consultative status.[3]

Jacqueline Alluchon established the organization in 1995[4] in the aftermath of the destruction of Marius Boyer's Villa Moqri,[5] amid general disinterest among the city's decision-makers. Its objectives are to raise awareness in public opinion and among the city's social and political decision-makers, as well as give value to the city's architectural heritage through the restoration and rehabilitation of historical buildings.

Casamemoire registered its first building, Hotel Lincoln, as architectural heritage in 2000.

Since 2009, Casamémoire has organized Casablanca's Heritage Days : 3 days per year during which volunteer guides offer free guided visits of the city's architecture. The Heritage Days allow the public to discover the architectural treasures of Morocco's economic capital.

List of presidents

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Casamemoire: Why Casablanca's Art Deco Architecture Needs Urgent Protection. Sinclair. Mandy. May 7, 2018. The Independent. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107203819/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/casablanca-architecture-art-deco-buildings-protection-morocco-casamemoire-a8336461.html . 2019-01-07 .
  2. Web site: ACA - Casamémoire. www.arab-architecture.org. 2019-09-18.
  3. Web site: UNESCO partnerships - Casamémoire . 2023-06-08 . sts2.unesco.org.
  4. Web site: Jacqueline Alluchon, la fondatrice de Casamémoire n'est plus. 2014-09-06. La Nouvelle Tribune. fr-FR. 2020-01-06.
  5. Catherine Miller, Elsa Coslado, Justin Mcguinness, Médinas immuables ? Gentrification et changement dans les villes historiques marocaines (1996-2010), centre Jacques-Berque, 2012
  6. Web site: Du "sang neuf" à la tête de Casamémoire. Telquel.ma. fr. 2019-09-18.