We recently agreed to support Frank Gehry on his submission for the Casablanca Theatre. Unfortunately Frank was unsuccessful ... the project being awarded to Christian Portzamparc. Enjoyed a few days in Casablanca however. It was a surreal trip ...
The local mayor organised a city tour for the participating teams ... Hadid, Koolhaas, Meccanno, Portzamparc and Gehry ... with me tagging along. There was a brilliant moment when we all climbed onto the roof of an empty office building to over look the site. We squeezed through a toilet ceiling hatch up onto the roof and then climbed onto a plant room roof for an even better view. We were 10 storeys up crowded onto a small roof with no handrail. I could have easily have pushed them all off to set Frank up nicely!
Casablanca is a stunning city ... a mixture of Arabic and Islamic vernacular, French Classicism, Art Deco and international modernism.
... some of my photos
