3. Housing and Local Identity through the Prism of
Urban Planning Policy in Morocco

doi:10.11647/obp.0460.03

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0460.03

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Copyright

Soufiane Essebbar;

Published On

2025-06-03

Page Range

pp. 47–64

Language

English

Print Length

18 pages

3. Housing and Local Identity through the Prism of Urban Planning Policy in Morocco

Soufiane Essebbar (author)

Chapter of: Housing, Heritage and Urbanisation in the Middle East and North Africa(pp. 47–64)

Chapter Three considers housing and local identity through the prism of urban planning policy in Morocco. Soufiane Essebbar analyses the key factors that have influenced architecture and urban planning in the country, arguing that the methods borrowed from French urban planning have generated a crisis of identity, cultural expression and efficiency in Moroccan cities.

Contributors

Soufiane Essebbar

(author)

PhD Candidate, Architect at National School of Architecture

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6117-6532

Soufiane Essebbar is an architect and PhD candidate at the Centre of Doctoral Studies of the National School of Architecture in Morocco, where he obtained his DENA architectural diploma in 2015. As an architectural practitioner in the private sector, he has worked on numerous architectural and urban projects in national and international contexts, including France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. His research interests include urban planning, architectural regulations and exploring interdisciplinary intersections between architecture, urban planning, history, politics and legal sciences.