André Ravéreau et l'Algérie

Architect André Ravéreau spent much of his life in Algeria; today, he is an essential reference for Algerian builders of several generations. His daughter, Maya, an architect herself, accompanies us to the sites of his creations and research, first in the Mzab, where he lived, created, trained other architects in the "desert workshop," and had the Mzab oases listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Drawing inspiration from tradition to better innovate, as in the construction of the Ghardaïa post office or a very surprising villa... Then in Algiers, where he worked to preserve the ancestral heritage of the Kasbah, faithfully describing the principles of his construction in line with current concerns, such as the choice of environmentally friendly materials and avoiding energy waste, as demonstrated by architect Yasmine Terki, a leading specialist in earthen materials. Its basic principle is the observation that it is the "site that creates the city", which he explained to a young architect some time before his death in October 2017, and illustrated it in the study of a contemporary work from Algiers "aerohabitat", where he lived and worked. —Architectural Digest