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Abdelouahed Mountassir
Born (1956-01-03) January 3, 1956 (age 68)
Casablanca, Morocco
NationalityMarokko
Alma materUniversity of Lille, France
OccupationArchitect
AwardsMoroccan Architect of the Year, 2008
PracticeAWM Architectes Urbanistes
BuildingsNational Library of the Kingdom of Morocco in Rabat
Websitewww.awmountassir.com

Abdelouahed Mountassir (born 03 January 1956 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan architect and urban planner. He is mainly known for his designs of the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco (2008) and urban development projects in Rabat and Casablanca.

Life and career

Mountassir studied architecture at the University of Lille, France, and graduated as architect with a government diploma (D.P.L.G.) in 1983. In his biography, he mentioned Cuban architect Ricardo Porro, whom he met at the school of architecture in Lille, as an important inspiration for his understanding of contemporary architecture. Before he became an architect, Mountassir was active as painter and participated in several exhibitions in Morocco and abroad. Back in Morocco, he worked as director and lecturer at the training centre for technical professions of the Ministry of the Interior.

National Library of Morocco, designed by Abdelouahed Mountassir and Rachid Andaloussi

In 1983, he founded his first architectural practice AWM in Casablanca, that has since designed and built several private and public buildings in different Moroccan cities. One of these was the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco in Rabat-Agdal, designed together with the Moroccan architect Rachid Andaloussi. It was inaugurated by King Mohammed VI on 15 October 2008.[1]

In 2008, Mountassir was distinguished as "Architect of the Year" by the National Order of Architects of Morocco, and from 2014 to 2017, he served as president of the same professional organization. He was nominated in 2001 for the Aga Khan Prize for Architecture for his social housing project Nassim in Casablanca[2] and has collaborated in projects with internationally renowned architects such as Norman Forster[3] and Jean Nouvel.[4]

Apart from public and private projects,[5] Mountassir has designed buildings for hotels,[6] hospitals[7], railway stations and various educational institutions from kindergarten to primary and secondary schools as well as for a professional training centre.[8][9]

His projects of urban planning as part of the Groupement Confluences[10] include the Bab Al Bahr development with the Saphira Marina as part of the Bou Regreg Valley Development project[11][12] in Salé, as well as the upscale building projects of the Casablanca Marina.[13][14] Further, he has given interviews and published on the history of architecture in Morocco.[15]

Apart from his activities as architect, Mountassir has published two volumes of poems in Arabic and French.[16][17] Due to his close relations to Germany, he was nominated Honorary Consul of Germany in Casablanca in 2010.[18]

Selected architectural projects

  • Centre Tertiaire Intermodal (CTI) Tanger Med), with Groupement Confluences and the studio of Jean Nouvel, 2006
  • Technopolis, Rabat, 2007
  • Bab Al Bahr urban development of the Bou Regreg Valley Development project, 2007
  • Royal Air Maroc Academy, Casablanca, 2008
  • Headquarters for the Istiqlal Party, Rabat, 2010
  • Khouribga Media Centre, 2012
  • New railway stations in Meknes, 2013 and Oujda, 2018
  • New design for Rabat Central railway station, 2015
  • New University Hospital Ibn Sina, Rabat, under construction

References

  1. ^ "Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc - Historique de la BNRM". www.bnrm.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. ^ "Archnet". www.archnet.org. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  3. ^ "La Marina Morocco – MAGESPRO Africa". Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  4. ^ "Abdelouahed Mountassir". Zak World of Façades. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  5. ^ "Projets et Réalisations". www.awmountassir.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  6. ^ "Projets et Réalisations". www.awmountassir.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  7. ^ "Nouveau CHU de Rabat, par AIA Life Designers". Chroniques d‘architecture (in French). 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  8. ^ "Projets et Réalisations". www.awmountassir.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  9. ^ EFI-Casablanca. "EFI Casablanca - École Française Internationale de Casablanca". www.eficasablanca.org (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  10. ^ "Groupement Confluences". next.archnet.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  11. ^ "Description Du Projet: PAG Vallée du Bouregreg". www.awmountassir.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  12. ^ "Agency for the Development of the Bouregreg Valley". www.bouregreg.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  13. ^ Alillouch, Rachid; Mansour, Majid; Radoine, Hassan (2019-12-24). "Le Projet d'aménagement de la Vallée du Bouregreg. Contexte et modalités de conception et de mise en œuvre d'un projet urbain pour un site vulnérable". African and Mediterranean Journal of Architecture and Urbanism (in French). 1 (2): 60–78. doi:10.48399/IMIST.PRSM/amjau-v1i2.18885. ISSN 2665-7953.
  14. ^ Barthel, Pierre-Arnaud. "Casablanca-Marina: un nouvel urbanisme marocain des grands projets". www.cairn.info (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  15. ^ "M. Abdelouahed Mountassir : «Faraoui a marqué l'ouverture de l'architecture marocaine sur le monde". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  16. ^ Mountassir, Abdelouahed (2012). La ville heureuse (in French and Arabic). Casablanca: Archimedia. ISBN 978-9954-8349-4-7. OCLC 1187095125.
  17. ^ Muntaṣir (2014). Villes-périphéries : journal à bord du train = al-Mudun al-ḍawāḥī : yawmīyāt ʻabir al-qiṭār (in Luxembourgish). Casablanca, Belvedère, Maroc: Editions Toubkal. ISBN 978-9954-511-70-1. OCLC 900568161.
  18. ^ Addam, Rida. "Abdelouahed Mountassir, nouveau consul honoraire d'Allemagne à Casablanca : "Il faut créer une plateforme d'échanges, de savoir-faire et de compétences dans les différents secteurs d'activité"". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-28.

Further reading

  • Mountassir, Abdelouahed (2012). La ville heureuse (in Arabic and French). Casablanca: Archimedia. ISBN 978-9954-8349-4-7. OCLC 1187095125.
  • Mountassir, Abdelouahed (2014). Villes-périphéries: journal à bord du train = al-Mudun al-ḍawāḥī : yawmīyāt ʻabir al-qiṭār (in Arabic and French). Casablanca, Belvedère, Maroc: Editions Toubkal. ISBN 978-9954-511-70-1. OCLC 900568161.



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