Project images |  | | Resuscitation timeline and the new economic model. | |
|  | | Sebou River watershed and water quality. | |
|  | | Chouarra tanneries pit restoration and path remediation. | |
|  | | Chouarra tanneries. | |
|  | | Chouarra tanneries. | |
|  | | Andalous bank playground. | |
|  | | Detail section of restorer. | |
|  | | Rcif public transit hub. | |
|  | | Master plan for regional water quality improvement. | |
|  | | Evolution of the Medina of Fez. | |
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Global Holcim Awards 2009 finalist submission |  | | Procedures for new public spaces in the medina of Fez | |
|  | | Project background | |
|  | | Site 01: R'Cif Plaza | |
|  | | Site 02: Andalous playground | |
|  | | Site 03: Chouarra tanneries I | |
|  | | Site 03: Chouarra tanneries II | |
|  | | Project update | |
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Photos of the Global Holcim Awards Gold prize hand-over, Fez, Morocco - July 16, 2009
|  | | Prize hand-over to the winners of the Global Holcim Awards Gold prize 2009 (l-r): Dominique Drouet, CEO of Holcim Morocco; Javier de Benito, Area Manager of Holcim, Switzerland; members of the winning team Nicko Elliott, Aziza Chaouni and Takako Tajima, Bureau EAST, Morocco/Canada/USA; Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim, Switzerland; Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, member of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland; Joe Addo, head of the jury for Africa Middle East 2008, Ghana; and Enrique Norten, member of the global Awards jury 2009, Mexico/USA. | |
|  | | Congratulating the winners of the Global Holcim Awards Gold prize 2009 (l-r): Haruko Hirose, Special and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Rabat; prize-winner Aziza Chaouni, architect and co-founder, Bureau EAST, Morocco/Canada/USA; Mohammed Gharrabi, Wali of Fez-Bouleman, Morocco; and prize-winner Takako Tajima, urban planner and co-founder, Bureau EAST, Morocco/Canada/USA. | |
|  | | Winners of the Global Holcim Awards Gold 2009 prize (l-r), Takako Tajima, urban planner and co-founder, and Aziza Chaouni, architect and co-founder, Bureau EAST, Morocco/Canada/USA congratulated by Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland. | |
|  | | Winners of the Global Holcim Awards Gold 2009 prize for project River remediation and urban development scheme, Fez, Morocco (l-r), Takako Tajima and Aziza Chaouni, co-founders, Bureau EAST, Morocco/Canada/USA. | |
|  | | Members of the winning team (l-r): Nicko Elliott, Takako Tajima and Aziza Chaouni, Bureau EAST, Morocco/Canada/USA holding the Global Holcim Awards Gold trophy and prize certificate. The icosahedron, a twelve-cornered polyhedron with an aspect ratio of the golden section, represents the objectives of the Holcim Awards because sustainability always strives for harmony – between today and tomorrow, between resources and consumption, and between needs and opportunities. | |
|  | | Mohammed Gharrabi, Wali of Fez-Bouleman, Morocco welcomed guests to the hand-over ceremony on behalf of the provincial government and commented that the winning project is part of a number of larger ongoing projects by the region and the city of Fez to improve living conditions and opportunities for the inhabitants of one of Morocco’s iconic cities. | |
|  | | Mohammed Gharrabi (right), Wali of Fez-Bouleman, Morocco presented a commemorative book on the current 1200th Anniversary of the founding of the city of Fez to Markus Akermann (left), Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland. | |
|  | | Mohammed Gharrabi (right), Wali of Fez-Bouleman, Morocco presented a commemorative book on the current 1200th Anniversary of the founding of the city of Fez to Markus Akermann (left), Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland. | |
|  | | Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland applauded the global gold award-winning project. “Exploring sustainable approaches for the built environment is best achieved through innovation and leveraging the broad perspectives of international project teams – and as this project in Fez clearly illustrates, developing step-by-step approaches that can be applied elsewhere.” | |
|  | | Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland applauded the Holcim Awards competition for promoting critical interdisciplinary and long-range perspectives by demonstrating the link between sustainable construction and environmental performance. “The level of commitment for change being shown by the global community to address climate change is, in fact, an incredible opportunity to re-frame our thinking and to put our environment at the center of the discussions.” | |
|  | | Enrique Norten, Principal and Founder, TEN Arquitectos, Mexico/USA, member of the Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation, and member of the global Awards jury 2009 presented the top-prize-winning projects. | |
|  | | Joe Addo, principal and founder of Constructs LLC, Ghana and head of the regional Holcim Awards jury for Africa Middle East in 2008 presented the top prize winning projects from the region that had advanced to the global phase of the Holcim Awards competition in 2009. | |
|  | | Saïd Mouline, former general architect for the Moroccan Ministry of Housing and member of several Holcim Awards juries, Morocco, provided conclusions after the second cycle of the global Holcim Awards competition. “The Holcim Awards has its part in calling for another view, another vision and new ways of thinking about the built environment, and for reaching toward a better world.” | |
|  | | Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Chair of Planning and Management in Construction, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and representative of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation in all juries of the Awards competition introduced the “target issues” for sustainable construction which serve as the basis for the adjudication process of the Holcim Awards and as a framework for other activities of the Holcim Foundation. | |
|  | | Dominique Drouet, CEO of Holcim Morocco highlighted the history of the city of Fez and expressed the pride of the country to be receiving global recognition for a construction project. | |
|  | | Edward Schwarz, General Manager, Holcim Foundation, Switzerland provided an overview of the activities of the Holcim Foundation and an update on the construction status of top winning projects from the first Holcim Awards cycle. | |
|  | | Hasna Boufkiri, a well-known Moroccan television personality was Master of Ceremonies at the event conducted in French. | |
|  | | A welcome sign outside the Hall of the Provincial Government, the Wilaya of Fez-Boulemane, where the Global Holcim Awards Gold prize hand-over ceremony was held. | |
|  | | Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland (right) interviewed by Moroccan television station 2M Maroc. | |
|  | | More than 50 journalists from across Morocco attended the Global Holcim Awards 2009 hand-over event (pictured here at the moment of the prize presentation) and visited the site at which the winning project authors explained details of the remediation scheme. | |
|  | | The hand-over event was held at the Hall of the Provincial Government, the Wilaya of Fez-Boulemane (pictured here), followed by an exhibition and dinner at the Batha Museum. | |
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