Ville nouvelle de Zenata

An Eco-City in Casablanca

Urban design
Zenata Morocco
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The future town of Zenata occupies a vast territory of 1,670 hectares located at the junction between Casablanca and Mohammedia. The site is one of the last large plots in the Casablanca conurbation.

Zenata is articulated around a “green axis” crossing the city over a length of 3.5 km. As an alternative to the traditional “star” plan, a territorial network establishes an initial urban framework within which a local networking made up of “garden streets” hierarchises the different means of mobility. Added to this is an additional plan that is intimately linked to the geography of the site. The “aeraulic network” enriches the urban fabric with a design based on a study of the prevailing winds at the site, which are regular in the summer “with direction stabilised in the north-south direction”. The challenge associated with this green network consists in reducing the temperature in the public spaces by 3 degrees – a hypothesis that was tested on a demonstration block. From the green city to the “walkable city”: combined with a grid of public facilities, a plan made up of autonomous pedestrian tracks 13 km long links the different key points in the town.


Delivery : 2018

Urban-design commission for development of the New Town of Zenata
General development plan approved in 2015, then broken down into operational sectors and architectural studies
Project supervision of pre-project design (AVP) of the public space within the western zone of Zenata (north and south sector)

Project Owner
SAZ - Société d'Aménagement de Zenata

Project Supervision
Reichen et Robert & Associés International
Environmental design and engineering: Franck Boutté Consultants
Mobility Technical Design Office: Roland Ribi & Associés
Landscaping: agence TER

Area
Total area: 1,670 ha
West sector: 620 ha

Perspectives
Artefactory

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