Phosphatvilles. territory, settlements and architecture in the Moroccan extraction site of Ouled Abdoun

The documentation and study of moroccan Villes Minières are intended to respond to two fundamental issues: the need to make this unknown and generally disowned heritage known, with the aim of raising stakeholders' awareness of their architectural, urban, historical and cultural value, which should hopefully generate virtuous actions for their preservation; and the recovery of certain design themes, adapted to today's needs, for projects to extend the mining settlements themselves or to build new towns. This publication collects the contributions and a selection of the materials developed within the project of international cooperation for departmental development - call for proposals ‘Unibo - Global South’ financial year 2022 entitled Villes Minières du Maroc (VDM), led by the Department of Architecture of the University of Bologna in collaboration with the École d'Architecture et de Paysage of Casablanca (EAC), the Memory of Moroccan Modern Architects (MAMMA) association, the Casamémoire association, the Nostoi cultural association, the PhD course in Architecture, Design, Knowledge and Protection of Cultural Heritage - DIDA - Department of Architecture of the University of Florence and the AUIC School - ABC Department of the Milan Polytechnic.