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Carrières Centrales
Building in Hay Mohammadi Casablanca Morocco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carrières Centrales (Moroccan Arabic: كريان سنطرال) is a series of modernist housing developments in Casablanca, Morocco designed in the 1950s by architects Georges Candillis, Shadrach Woods, Alexis Josic.[1] The development aimed to create utopian "habitats" that would provide alternatives to slum life for working class residents of the city. Carrières Centrales has been noted as a prominent example of modernism within the Maghreb.[1]
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Location | Hay Mohammadi
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Coordinates | 33.583°N 7.564°W / 33.583; -7.564 |
Completed | 1952 |
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