#George Candillis

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JACOB BEREND (Jaap) BAKEMA

JACOB BEREND (Jaap) BAKEMA

Shopping window at the Lijnbaan shopping centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (Photo © Steef Zoetmulder / Nederlands Fotomuseum, SZM-2721-B, Van den Broek en Bakema Architects)

Toen Van den Broek & Jaap Bakema, Urban Study,1962-1963. Image courtesy Collection Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (NAI, Rotterdam)

Van den Broek en Bakema. Urban study for Pampus, Amsterdam, 1964.Collectio…

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Cité Verticale at Carrières Centrales. Casablanca, Morocco. 1952.

In the early 1950s, a group of architects attempted to transform Casablanca's slums into a sandbox for “utopian” experimentation. These architects were George Candillis, Alexis Josic, and Shadrach Woods, who worked within GAMMA (Group of Modern Moroccan Architects) and were part of the controversial Team 10. The Nid D’Abeille, or Honeycomb, was completed in 1952 and through aerial photography, it becomes clear that the unusual geometric pattern of suspended patios with high walls shields the owners from outside views. The project still stands today, but with many of the patios completely bricked-up to create extra bedrooms.