Another "new" plan for Fez?

Tenders have been called for a framework to create a new city plan for the Fez Medina 

Covering an area of ​​300 ha and sheltering a population of 91,152 inhabitants, the area within the walls of ​​the Fez Medina is considered of immense universal cultural and historical value. It encompasses the Medina of Fez and Fez Jdid.

To preserve this heritage, the City Council of Fez has just launched a call for tenders to set the conditions under which the development of the "Plan of development of the medina intramural of Fez" will be carried out. The purpose of this work will be to design a regulatory framework to improve the control of urbanisation.

The document will allocate different zones according to their main use - residential areas, industrial zones, commercial centres, tourist areas, agricultural or forest areas as well as social areas in which all construction is prohibited.

It will also identify the boundaries of the road network (roads, squares, plots, car parks) to be conserved, modified or created, public green spaces (woodlands, parks, gardens), playgrounds, various open spaces such as spaces for cultural and folklore events, to be preserved, modified or created. The new plan should outline historical or archaeological sites, and public or private green areas to protect or enhance the aesthetic, historical and cultural life of the city.

The framework should cover the conditions of organisation, planning and rehabilitation of urban areas for the next 10 years in a sustainable fashion.

The design office chosen will rationalise and promote urban land for a medina on a human scale, deduce habitat typologies and propose appropriate and adequate measures to solve the problem of buildings in danger of collapse. It will also improve the links and exchanges between the city of Fez and its historic Medina and enhance the complementarity interactivity that it maintains with its hinterland.

The time for this complex project is required to be under six months.

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