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Entitled Fundamental(ism)s in an allusion to the general theme proposed by Rem Koolhaas, the Moroccan Pavilion explores the radical and experimental approaches inspired by the region. The exhibition focuses on the fundamental question of habitation and juxtaposes a historical trajectory of modern urban housing with contemporary speculations on inhabitable structures in the desert. The unique geography of the Moroccan Sahara and its position as a territory at the “limits”, in a climatic, social, and political sense, demands that architects question how to integrate architectural and infrastructural solutions into such a marginalized territory. In the pavilion, the projects are displayed on steles that emerge from a sea of sand. Like a celestial vault, a 120-square-meter screen suspended above the sand projects two sequences that trace the course of a single day. Cycling through the current state of the historical buildings presented in the exhibition, the film is in equal measure texture, light, and narrative.
