"Agadir 1960-65" - The rebirth of a city
The Disaster Earthquake - Agadir 1960
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29 FEBRUARY 1960 - 23h47
80% destruction of the city of Agadir
15,000 victims
Immediate organization of rescue operations, administration and surveillance of the disaster area taken over by the Royal Army under the authority of HRH Prince Moulay Hassan
Visit of HM King Mohammed V
03 March 1960
His Majesty Mohammed V goes there and decides the rapid reconstruction of the city
“The Reconstruction of Agadir will be the work of our will and our faith”
Meeting between Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and architect Le Corbusierr
March 1960
Consultation of 'French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier
Geological studies
Study mission of Mr. Professor ROTHE (International Central Bureau of Seismology)
March-April 1960
Report of the town planning department on the various problems to be solved (temporary housing estates, appraisals, compensation, repairs, demolitions and clearing, land problem, organization of reconstruction)
© Amush #05 - Mourad Ben Embarek - L'architecte du nouvel Agadir
June 1960
Establishment of a High Commission for Reconstruction (HCRA) under the direction of architect Mourad Ben Embarek
Creation of a solidarity tax
Development plan of the city of Agadir - High Commission for Reconstruction
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August 1960
Establishment of the master plan (Town planning department)
Definition of the special powers devolved to the High Commission for Reconstruction
December 1960
Anti-seismic standards “Agadir 60” made applicable to the city of Agadir and its SE suburbs
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17 January 1961
Publication of fundamental texts on Reconstruction
Setback zones - expropriations, compensation, state aid
© A+U N°4 - Agadir
December 1961
Establishment in Agadir of the offices of the High Commission for Reconstruction: damage assessment office, technical studies office, architecture office
Approval by Dahir of all the development plans (1/2000th) of the city
A permanent exhibition is organized in Agadir
FEBRUARY 1962
Delivery of the first registered real estate titles to the victims
Constitutions of the first associations of the victims for the grouped real estate reconstruction
Launch of the first grouped Reconstruction works (Industrial district)
Emile Duhon - City Hall, 1961
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Jean-François Zevaco - Post Office, 1963
AUGUST 1962
Opening of the first housing estates
SEPTEMBER 1962
Launch of the first VRD works (development of the Tanaout wadi - main roads of the Urban Center and New Talbordj)
Henri Tastemain & Louis Riou - Building A, 1961
March 1963
Launch of the first construction sites of State buildings (Collective housing)
June 1963
Completion of repairs to administrative buildings
Visit of HM King Hassan II for the follow-up of the Reconstruction works
July 1963
Launch of the first construction sites on housing estates in New Talbordj and the Industrial District
OCTOBER 1963
Visit of HM Hassan II
Handing over of the keys to the rebuilt buildings - Laying of the first stone of the Grand Mosque - Inauguration of Avenue Hassan II
LENZ Hans-Joachim - The Central Mosque, 1961
October 1964
Completion of major road works
December 1964
Launch of the first hotel projects
The administrative square of the urban center of Agadir
March 1965
Launch of a construction site for a holiday village of 300 bungalows
AUGUST-OCTOBER 1965
Issuance of the first nominative titles for small damages
Constitution of the first associations of disaster victims for the grouped reconstruction of small damages
Fin 1965
The main general equipment is carried out
Reconstruction of administrative buildings is 80% complete
Private reconstruction sites completed or in progress correspond to 95% of the total amount of damage titles issued
A+U N°4 “Spécial Agadir” . Revue africaine d’architecture et d’urbanisme A+U N°4- 1966, p 70