Lessons from Tradition in the Building of Contemporary Settlements: The Case of Tafilalt in the M'zab Valley, Algeria

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Architecture and Culture Pub Date : 2021-03-23 DOI:10.1080/20507828.2021.1883377

Naimeh Rezaei

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Abstract

Abstract Since Algeria’s independence from France in 1962, the M’zab Valley in the northern Sahara has witnessed a rapid growth in population. Both legal and illegal housing has been built outside the walls of the M’zab’s ancient towns, damaging the environmental and cultural heritage of the area. In response, its long-standing residents have identified protocols for building a number of carefully planned settlements inspired by the original towns. One of these new settlements is Tafilalt, begun in 1997. Based in part on in-depth interviews with residents and the developers of the project, this article studies the construction of Tafilalt by its occupants and their perceptions of their new home. It asks how the M’zab’s traditional methods of planning, building and managing settlements have been adapted to the community’s current needs, who makes up the community, and to what extent Tafilalt might be seen as a model to be used elsewhere.

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当代居民点建设中的传统教训:以阿尔及利亚M'zab河谷的Tafilalt为例

摘要阿尔及利亚自1962年脱离法国独立以来，撒哈拉以北的M'zab山谷人口迅速增长。合法和非法住房都建在M'zab古镇的围墙外，破坏了该地区的环境和文化遗产。作为回应，其长期居住的居民已经确定了受原始城镇启发建造一些精心规划的定居点的协议。其中一个新的定居点是Tafilalt，始建于1997年。本文部分基于对该项目居民和开发商的深入采访，研究了居住者对Tafilalt的建设及其对新家的看法。它询问M'zab的传统定居点规划、建设和管理方法是如何适应社区当前的需求的，社区由谁组成，以及Tafilalt在多大程度上可以被视为其他地方使用的模式。

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