2022
Architectural Shooting Photo
Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco
May 21, 2018 @ 13:00 (WET)
Hi evererybody, you are fan of architectures and historical monuments ? So let's meetup for an architectural shooting photo day, in Casablanca. Casablanca is a big city, wichs built by great architects of 18 and 19 century, from the ghotical architecture to the Hispanic architectures, there is for every phographer or a fan of architecture. Many student of architecture comes from all the world to be inspired and olso to study ! So let's meet on May 21 2018, for those who are intersted ! The tour will start at 1pm to 3 pm, 2 hours are enought to descover a maximum of sites, because most of the architectures we are looking for are located in the city center ! Thank for your participation ♥
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Hi all, here is the first part after sort photo !
I add a vantage filter + vignets to the photos !
Information about architecture in Casablanca ▼
Neo-Classical
Architectural language of the nineteenth century European for some buildings in the city center where we can observe columns, balconies, loggias, decorated with floral decorations, garlands, carved medallions.
Neo- Mauresque
Mainly concerned are the first important buildings built outside the old medina, rather inspired by the achievements of North Africa in the nineteenth century (Algeria, Tunisia), like the Excelsior hotel, characterized by the use of broken arches, azulejos (tiles of faience) on the facades, pergolas, green tiles on the roofs and the awnings.
Public buildings
They take the decorative elements of traditional architecture: arcades, friezes and panels covered with zelliges, green tiles, wooden ceiling, carved stone. However, they stand out clearly from the neo-Moorish style by the simplicity of their volumes and their rational design. This style will be recommended by the Protectorate authorities, in particular, by General Lyautey very attached to the "exterior sobriety" of local constructions.
Art Deco Style: Exhibition of Decorative Arts of 1925
The forms and decor become geometric, stylized, rid of classical ordinances and realistic ornamentations. The zelliges will be used instead of the ceramic tiles that cover the buildings of the same period in Europe.
Functionalist style
The modern Cubist movement known through constructivism in the USSR, and then BAUHAUS in Germany, is present in Casablanca since the 20s. These buildings with bare facades will shape the modern image of the city.
Thank's to #LocalGuides community, to guive the oppurtunity, to make this meeting and share it, and also invite #LocalGuides to participates.
It was a good day, spent with LocalGuides Samize, wichs the only Moroccan #LocalGuides who participate
So special thanks to @Samize, @Julien44, @PaulPavlinovich, @NadyaPN, @OSAMA, @Dar, @BudiFXW, @NarcisseTEHIA, @helga19
And all the community of #LocalGuides ♥♥♥
See you for the second part after sort photos ♥
