ksar
The ksar
The Mzab planning has several features, despite the austerity imposed by the rigor due to the social ideal of rationality and functionality that is dictated by the harshness of the environment. The perspective image that the Mzab city (Ksar), offers the look, is built with a mass standing on a rocky place, its houses order clustered tightly and smoothly stepped terraces at the highest point, the minaret drawn up into the sky announcing the city and protecting it, it is the guarantor and....
the mosque
Mosques of the ksars, mosques of the oases and surfaces of funeral prayer. The interest of these buildings lies in the simplicity of their form contrary to the other mosques in the Muslim world which are distinguished from the urban setting of their establishment and by their imposing form and their excessive decoration. The mosques of Mzab on the other hand merge in......
Homes
In Mzab, the dwellings in the ksars revolve all around the mosque. Their forms are different and irregular. The surface of the majority of them does not exceed the 100m2, their external height and the distribution of their dependences are adopted in accordance with the customs and habits of the society, the nature of the area and......
Lanes
Inside
the cities, circulation is carried out through generally narrow lanes, they are partly covered sometimes, protecting from the hard frosts and the solar rays, and allowing the air circulation which softens the temperature according to the nature of the ground; they are often tortuous and very inclined.
In the contours of the hill settlement, the streets of Ksar are sinuous at the discretion of...
The market yard
They are built by the places of the market (souk) established in the ksars. Each one of these places is characterized by particular characteristics. As a whole, they still undertake the role of structuring the economic activity since their creation. In their turn, they were the target of...
