African Design Magazine December 2016 | Page 36

TEMPORARY Every year for the past twenty years, thousands of delegates from 195 countries h questions concerning the future of the planet. This year, the office OUALALOU+ place from the 7-18 of November in Marrakech. This project, which addresses que research, evident in such projects as the Pavilion of Morocco at the world expositi plaza of the Institut du Mon The village The design of the exhibition grounds is based upon a temporary urbanism created by the installation of a village of canopies, entirely demountable and reusable. The exhibitions grounds were constructed within a span of fi ve months on an empty piece of land, facing both the historical wall of the city and the Atlas mountains. The main axis of the site connects to two of the principal roads of the city. The central spine, 680 metres long and 18 metres wide, unites all the elements of the program and is covered by a gigantic canopy along its entire length