• Michel Écochard (11 March 1905 - 24 May 1985) was a French architect and urban planner. He played a large part in the urban planning of Casablanca from...
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  • Ecochard or Écochard is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henri Ecochard (1923–2020), French military officer Michel Écochard...
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    in the first rank of postwar modern architects. In the early 1950s, Michel Écochard, director of urban planning under the French Protectorate in Morocco...
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    Forces Armées Royales, created under the new urban planning proposed by Michel Écochard. The square became a bus station for a period of time in the midcentury...
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    indicated a transition toward Modern architecture. In the 1940s, Michel Écochard took over urban planning and focused on a linear plan with industrial...
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  • modernist architects working in Morocco. It began under the direction of Michel Écochard, director of urban planning in Morocco during the later years of the...
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    been given the same historical priority. During the French mandate, Michel Écochard, the French architect, planned an urban scheme for the city, that advised...
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    been noted as a prominent example of modernism within the Maghreb. Michel Écochard was appointed Director of the Service de l’Urbanisme et de l’Architecture...
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    Zehrfuss, Jean Balladur, Georges Candilis, Georges-Henri Pingusson, Michel Écochard, etc.) and architect-engineers such as Jean Prouvé. 1955 : Accompanies...
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    Avenue des Forces Armées Royales, under new urban planning proposed by Michel Écochard. Meanwhile, the branch had moved in 1937 to its iconic location on...
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