• Pietri Plaza / Kilo Architectures

Architects: Oualalou+Choi   Kilo Architectures  
Location: Rabat  Morocco
Project Team: Project Architect: Tarik Oualalou Design Team: Linna Choi, Abderrahim Kassou, Tarik Oualalou
Interior Décor: Oualalou + Choi
Project Year: 2010
Photographer: Luc Boegly

Main contractor: BYMARO

Situated in the heart of Morocco’s capital city of Rabat, the plaza creates a dynamic new public gathering space which encourages both planned and spontaneous urban and cultural events.

Pietri Plaza / Kilo Architectures

Previously, the plaza consisted of the residual space between four vehicular roads. By sinking the core of the plaza and re-attaching two sides of the plaza to pedestrian thoroughfares, we created an urban ‘living room’ which shelters public activity from the busy streets.

Pietri Plaza / Kilo Architectures

The primary entry to the plaza consists of an integrated ramp/stair structure which gives the plaza the quality of an outdoor auditorium.

Pietri Plaza / Kilo Architectures

The materiality and tectonics of the plaza are intentionally mute, and the use of local granite reinforces the illusion that the project is carved out of the landscape; the building is not ‘added’, but rather ‘subtracted’ from its site.

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