projects
Ten years of experience in the field
Terrachidia works on Heritage Protection projects in several areas of North Africa and Spain. It uses local materials and traditional building techniques, as well as local labor. It also provides education and training for local youths and participants from other locations.
Areas of work
- HH_Historical heritage
- RH_Rural heritage
- CO_Cooperation
- IH_Intangible heritage and education
Types of projects
- Documentation and Research
- Projects in Restoration, Rehabilitation and Urban Renewal
- Plans to Protect Heritage Spaces and Patrimony
- Technical Consulting
projects
curriculum
Cultural Heritage and Social Innovation
AWARDS
2021
European Award of Architecture Philippe Rotthier 2021 to the Reconstruction and Value of Local Heritage.
In recognition of the works done in M’hamid Oasis, Morocco
PROJECTS
2022
19th and 20th Oasis Campus. Documentation and Restoration of the ksar entrance gate and surrounding public space and of the ancient cementery walls, M’hamid El Ghizlane ksar, Morocco.
September 2022
2020
Project Management of the restoration works in the historic libraries in Chinguetti, Mauritania, listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Entities: Chinguetti Commune – Agencia Española de Cooperación (AECID)
2019-2020
2019
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the ancient marabout of Sidi Abdullah Khalifa, ksar Ouled Youssef, Mhamid, Morocco
October 2019
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the ancient marabout Sidi Abdullah Khalifa, ksar Ouled Youssef, Mhamid, Morocco
February 2019
Technical Project of the water supply and sewage network for the Ouled Youssef ksar, Morocco.
Technical project for the construction of the basic sanitation network. Improvement of the living conditions of the inhabitants at the Ouled Youssef ksar.
Funding entity: Club Rotary Madrid Majadahonda
March 2017 – December 2017
2018
Consultancy for training building masters for the rehabilitation works in the historic libraries in Chinguetti, Mauritania, listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Entities: Chinguetti Commune – Agencia Española de Cooperación (AECID)
10-17 November 2018
Project Management of the construction of the water supply and sewage network for the Mhamid el Ghizlane ksar, Morocco
Technical project for the construction and work on site of the basic sanitation network. Improvement of the living conditions of the inhabitants at the Mhamid Ksar.
Funding: Club Rotary Madrid Serrano
April 2018 – September 2018
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main entrance to the ksar Akedim, El Khorbat, Errachidia, Morocco
August 2018
Technical project and management of the rehabilitation works in the historic libraries in Chinguetti, Mauritania, listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Entities: Chinguetti Commune – Agencia Española de Cooperación (AECID)
March 2018
Consultancy for the enhancement of the traditional architectural heritage of the Oasis of Siwa, Egypt.
Entity: Fundación LabOasis
February 2018
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the women’s mosque and the main street of the Rgabi ksar, Mhamid, Morocco
January 2018
2017
Participation in the seminar: Historical and cultural heritage: a social and economic issue in Agadez, Niger.
Entity: Embassy of Spain in Níger
December de 2017
Technical Consultancy for the Project: “Improving the Conditions of Preservation of the Historic Libraries in Chinguetti, Mauritania, listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Entity: Agencia Española de Cooperación (AECID)
December 2017
Technical Project of the water supply and sewage network for the Mhamid el Ghizlane ksar, Morocco.
Technical project for the construction of the basic sanitation network. Improvement of the living conditions of the inhabitants at the Mhamid ksar.
Funding entity: Club Rotary Madrid Serrano
March 2017 – December 2017
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the women’s mosque and the main street of the Rgabi ksar, Mhamid, Morocco
Collaborating Entities: Archiam Centre – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
April 2017
2016
Basic Project of the water supply and sewage network for the Mhamid el Ghizlane ksar, Morocco.
Project for the construction of the basic sanitation network. Improvement of the living conditions of the inhabitants at the Mhamid ksar.
Funding entity: Club Rotary Madrid Serrano
November 2016
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the interior space of the main gate of the Rgabi ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
October 2016
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the third gate of the entrance to the Ouled Driss ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
Collaborating entity: Indus University of Ahmedabad, India
May 2016
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the Front of the main gate of the Rgabi ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
Building techniques: adobe (mud bricks), pisé (rammed earth) and mud finishings.
March 2016
2015
Seminar for the promotion and valorization of the cultural heritage of the Mhamid Oasis, Morocco.
Conferences aimed at bringing the cultural heritage closer to the local population as well as to theattendees who arrived from other places
October 2015
Workshop of traditions in the South of Morocco (Mhamid).
Approach to the material and immaterial cultural heritage by the hand of the women of the oasis
October 2015
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Chourfa ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
October 2015
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Znaga ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
May 2015
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Ouled Mhia ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
January 2015
2014
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Talha ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
May 2014
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Zaouïa El Henna ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
April 2014
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Aït Aïssa Ou Brahim ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
January 2014
2013
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Ouled Youssuf ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
September 2013
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate of the Mhamid El Ghizlane ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
April 2013
Earth building and architecture workshop. Documentation and restoration of the main gate and street of the Bounou ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
January 2013
2012
Earth building and architecture workshop. Construction of a house for the local community in the M’Hamid El Ghizlane ksar, Mhamid, Morocco.
August 2012
EDUCATION
Non-formal Learning
3rd Earth building and architecture workshop in Spain
Building techniques: adobe (mud bricks), pisé (rammed earth) and mud finishings.
Centro de Investigación de Arquitectura Tradicional (CIAT-UPM) – Boceguillas, Segovia (Spain)
July 2018
2nd Earth building and architecture workshop in Spain
Building techniques: adobe (mud bricks), pisé (rammed earth) and mud finishings.
Centro de Investigación de Arquitectura Tradicional (CIAT-UPM) – Boceguillas, Segovia (Spain)
June 2013
1st Earth building and architecture workshop in Spain
Building techniques: adobe (mud bricks), pisé (rammed earth) and mud finishings.
Centro de Investigación de Arquitectura Tradicional (CIAT-UPM) – Boceguillas, Segovia (Spain)
June 2012
Professional and Secondary School Training
Presentation: Territory and Sustainability
Fortuny Secondary School. Madrid (España)
November 2019
Workshop at the Islas Filipinas High School, Madrid, Spain.
June 2014
Pre-school and Primary Education
Madrid Activa Program. Lavapiés Cultural Center. Madrid, Spain.
June 2016.
Asunción Rincón School. Madrid, Spain.
March 2014.
Trabenco School. Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain.
April 2014.
Arcángel School. Madrid, Spain.
March 2014.
Program in the space ¡Ésta es una plaza!. Madrid, Spain.
October 2013.
Liceo Italiano Pre-school. Madrid, Spain.
May. 2013.
La Paloma Pre-school. Madrid, Spain.
May 2013.
Work groups in the University
Cooperation to development in Precarious Human Settlements
Postgraduate course at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM-UPM)
January-July 2020
Antidesertification Strategies
ICAI, University Pontificia de Comillas. Madrid (Spain)
October 2019
Cooperation for development in Precarious Human Settlements
Postgraduate course at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM-UPM)
January-July 2018
January-July 2017
January-July 2015
January-July 2014
FINAL THESIS. Title: “Neighborhood improvement in M’Hamid: A proposal at several scales and with intermediate technology”. Students: Rebeca Gómez-Gordo, Gonzalo Navarrete Mancebo.
Sustainable construction with earth
Postgraduate course at the Universitat de Girona (Spain)
January-July 2014
FINAL THESIS. Title: “Study, conservation and improvement of the traditional plaster in the Oasis of M’Hamid”. Students: Susana Osés Lana, Xavier Villasevil Pau
Basic habitability. Instruments for the development of precarious urban settlements
Subject of the Architecture Degree at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM-UPM)
FINAL WORK, January 2014. Title: “Rehabilitation of Bounou before invasion of the dune” Students: Jorge Franco Carmona, Joaquín Sánchez Olleros, Javier Madonado Prida, Daniel Cassidy Brown Beatriz Picazo Sánchez
FINAL WORK, January 2014. Title: “Rehabilitation of Bounou before invasion of the dune” Students: Danielle Amorim, Vasilis Kaloumenos, Philippa Koenig, Julia Lobato, Marco Scandurra.
FINAL WORK, June 2013. Title: “Oasis of M’Hamid El Ghizlane”. Students: Lucía Alcántara Reina, Carmen Rodríguez Aylon, Paula Ramírez Luengo, María Hernández Enríquez
Degree in Architecture
Tutoring Final Thesis at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM-UPM)
Student: Rebeca González Gordo
Student: Gonzalo Navarrete Mancebo
Student: Paula Ramírez Luengo
Building Engeneering
Tutoring Final Thesis at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya School of Building Engeneering in Barcelona (UPC – EPSEB) June 2014. Student: Estefanía Ramos
Tutoring Final Thesis at the (UEX – UPCC) Student: María Gómez Caballero
PUBLICATIONS
2021
“Ouled Youssef, an old ksar in the M´hamid Oasis”
Coedition: Terrachidia – ArChiam (University of Liverpool)
2019
Film:l “M’hamid Oasis, Morocco”
Monika Koeck
https://player.vimeo.com/video/338001258
Official selection at the ARFF Festival of Berlin; DUMBO Festival and Istanbul International Festival
Support: University of Liverpool, (England)
Landscape and Cultural Heritage Guide of Chinguetti: Chinguetti, el legado del desierto
Coedition: Terrachidia – AECID (Spanish AID)
2018
Article “La arquitectura hecha con tierra también es patrimonio”
YOROKOBU Magazine: http://www.yorokobu.es/terrachidia/
2017
Cultural Heritage and Development: The M’hamid Oasis in Southern Morocco
Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development Magazine
2016
Landscape and Cultural Heritage Guide of Mhamid Oasis. The last oasis of the Draa River
link: http://www.mhamid-oasis.com
2015
La recuperación del patrimonio arquitectónico construido con tierra. La experiencia de la asociación Terrachidia (The recovery of the architectural heritage built with earth. The experience of the Terrachidia association)
Proyectar la memoria II. Sharing experiences for the conservation of the Ibero-American Cultural Heritage
“Restoring Traditional Architecture and Promoting Earth Building in the M’hamid Oasis”
Congrès International sur l’Architecture de terre en Afrique du Nord (CIAT 2015)
October 2015. Faculté des Sciences Semlalia. Marrakech. Morocco
“Terrachidia Association: activity and methodology”
I Conference on Traditional Architecture. Safeguard strategies.
March 2015. Institute of Cultural Heritage in Spain. Madrid.
2014
“Patrimonio Cultural y Desarrollo Local. La experiencia de Terrachidia en el Oasis de Mhamid” (Cultural Heritage and Local Development. The experience of Terrachidia in the Oasis of Mhamid)
ArCaDia III. 3rd Conference on Architecture and Cooperation. Madrid, Spain, 2014.
“Análisis Estratigráfico de la Mezquita de M’hamid el Ghizlane” (Stratigraphic Analysis of the Mosque of M’hamid el Ghizlane)
VERSUS 2014: International Congress on vernacular architecture, sustainability and architecture built with earth.
11-13 September de 2014, Valencia , Spain.
“Los Oasis del Valle del Drâa: consecuencias sociales y ambientales derivadas de las políticas nacionales de explotación del suelo”. (The Oases of the Drâa Valley: social and environmental consequences derived from the national policies of land use policies)
Research Project: “Integration of peri-urban agrarian spaces in urban and territorial planning from the approach of ecosystem services”
Department of urban and regional planning
Link to the publication: http://www2.aq.upm.es/Departamentos/Urbanismo/blogs/paec-sp/es
18th June 2014, Madrid
2013
“Nuevas oportunidades para el desarrollo sostenible de las ciudades tradicionales del oasis de M’Hamid, Morocco” (New opportunities for the sustainable development of traditional cities of the Mhamid Oasis)
I Biennial of Building and Sustainable urbanism
Link to the publication: http://aulagreencities.coamalaga.es/nuevas-oportunidades-de-exito-para-el-desarrollo-sostenible-de-las-ciudades-tradicionales-del-oasis-de-mhamid-Morocco/
October 2-3, 2013, Málaga, Spain
“La recuperación del patrimonio arquitectónico construido con tierra: experiencias en el oasis de M’Hamid, Morocco” (The recovery of the architectural heritage built with earth. experiences in Mhamid Oasis)
10th International Congress of Earth Architecture
Link to the publication: http://www5.uva.es/grupotierra/publicaciones/digital/libro2014/187-196-dominguez.pdf
September 29-27, 2013, Cuenca de Campos, Valladolid, Spain
“The socialization of rural heritage”
1st International Congress on Education and Socialization of theHeritage
September 18-21, 2013, Malpartida, Cáceres, Spain
“La experiencia de Terrachidia en el Oasis de M’hamid” (The experience of Terrachidia in the Mhamid Oasis)
Encuentros de Investigación transfronteriza Spain-Morocco.
Observatorio Medioambiente Urbano, Málaga Town Hall, Spain
2012
“Tecnologías aplicadas en la protección del patrimonio arquitectónico en oasis y asentamientos en el desierto” (“Applied technologies in the protection of the architectural heritage in oasis and settlements in the desert”)
ICOMOS-ICORP Congress: Heritage at risk
November 15-17 2012, Istambul, Turkey.
CONFERENCES
2020
“Traditional Buildings Knowledge and Local Communities”
International Congress of Construction, Architectura and Urbanism. November 2020
2019
“The experience of Terrachidia with traditional architecture in North Africa”
Workshop On Regeneration: Project TAAR2. School of Fine Arts, the University of Tehran, Iran
September 2019
2018
“The experience of Terrachidia with traditional architecture in North Africa”
Workshop On Regeneration: Project TAAR. School of Fine Arts, the University of Tehran, Iran
September 2018
“La experiencia de Terrachidia en el Norte de Africa” (The experience of Terrachidia in North Africa)
3rd Earth building and architecture workshop in Spain. Centro de Investigación de Arquitectura Tradicional (CIAT-UPM) – Boceguillas, Segovia (Spain)
July 2018
2017
“Contexto: Arquitectura e Innovación” (Context: Architecture and Innovation)
SOULSIGHT. Strategic Design. Madrid, Spain
December 2017
“Arquitectura en tierra: patología” (Architecture on earth: pathology)
Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio School of Architecture, Madrid, Spain
December 2017
“La Arquitectura de Tierra en Morocco: Preservación de un Rico Patrimonio” (Earthen Architecture in Morocco: Preserving a Rich Heritage)
Casa Árabe. Madrid, Spain
October 2017
“Arquitectura Tradicional en el sur de Morocco” (Traditional Architecture in Southern Morocco)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM-UPM) – Dign Class with Álvaro Soto
September 2017
“Terrachidia’s Project: Heritage Preservation”
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Reino Unido
July 2017
16th Canova International Architect Encounter
Canova Association. Ossola Valley, Italy
June, 2017
“The Work of Terrachidia in the South of Morocco”
University of Santo Tomás College of Architecture, Manila, The Philippines
May 2017
Judson University School of Art, Design and Architecture, Illinois, USA
March 2017
2016
“Workshops: A Key for Culturel Heritage Preservation”
Settled Topographies: from Gibraltar to the Ganges. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Reino Unido
July 2016
“La protección y recuperación del Patrimonio Cultural para la mejora de la habitabilidad básica” (The preservation and recovery of the Cultural Heritage for the improvement of basic habitability)
COAM, Architect Institute of Madrid, Spain
May 2016
“Aprendiendo de la Tradición Arquitectónica del Sur de Morocco” (Learning from the Architectural Tradition of Southern Morocco)
Conference on Urban Traditions: culture, heritage and urban landscape.
INTBAU Spain and Portugal. Vilanova de Cerveira, Portugal
April 2016
Learning from the Mhamid Oasis in Morocco
University of Miami School of Architecture, Florida, USA
University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, Indiana, USA
April de 2016
The Use of Photogrammetry in the Recording of the Ancient Mosque in Mhamid El Ghezlane, Southern Morocco
12th World Congress on Earth Architecture, Lyon, France
July 11-14, 2016
2015
“Conservación del patrimonio arquitectónico, una oportunidad para el desarrollo en el Oasis de Mhamid” (Conservation of architectural heritage, an opportunity for the development in the Mhamid Oasis)
Seminar “Heritage and development of creative industries for local development”, Agadir, Morocco
AECID and the Embassy of Spain in Morocco.
November 2015
“Restoring Traditional Architecture and Promoting Earth Building in the M’hamid Oasis”
Congrès International sur l’Architecture de Terre en Afrique du Nord: Architerre 2015. Faculté des Sciences Semlalia. Marrakech. Morocco.
October 2015
“Actividad Desarrollada en el Oasis de M’hamid” (Activities developed in the Mhamid Oasis)
First Encounter on Heritage and Tourism in the Mhamid Oasis, Morocco.
October 2015
“Asociación Terrachidia: Actividad y Metodología” (Terrachidia Association: Activity and Metodology)
I Conference on Traditional Architecture. Safeguard strategies.
Institute for Cultural Heritage in Spain (IPCE). Madrid.
March, 11-13, 2015.
“Terrachidia: Promoting Traditional Architecture and Construction”
INTBAU World Congress: Local Solutions to Global Challenges, London, UK
International Network for Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism (INTBAU)
February 2015
2014
“Traditional architecture and earth construction workshops in the M’Hamid oasis (Southern Morocco)”
Deserts, Drylands and Desertification Congress (Ben-Gurión del Néguev University), Beerseba, Israel
14 December de 2014
“Patrimonio cultural, una oportunidad de desarrollo” (Cultural Heritage, and opportunity to development)
ArCaDia III. 3rd Conference on Architecture and Cooperation. Madrid, Spain, 2014.
November 6-7, 2014
2013
“Aprendiendo de la tradición: la experiencia de Terrachidia en el sur de Morocco” (Learning from the tradition: the experience of Terrachidia in the South of Morocco)
Eco-building Conference (Cayrel, ETSAM – UPM)February 12, 13, 19, 20 , 2014, Madrid, Spain
Master degree in conservation and restoration of the architectural heritage (ETSAM – UPM)
December 18th 2013, Madrid, Spain
The Architecture in the age of austerity International Seminar (ETSAM – UPM)
May 19th 2013, Madrid, , Spain
Transboundary Research Meetings Spain-Morocco. Center of Hispanic-Moroccan Studies. Observatory Urban Environment. Malaga Town Hall, Spain
June 2013
“Proyecto de restauración del patrimonio arquitectónico del oasis de M’Hamid (Morocco)” (Restoration Project of the architectural heritage of Mhamid Oasis, Moroco”
UNESCO department of earthen Architecture (ETSA – UPV)
November 22nd 2013, Valencia
2nd Seminar “proyectar la memoria” (IPCE)
March 18-22, 2013, Nájera, La Rioja, Spain
“Nuevas oportunidades para el desarrollo sostenible de las ciudades tradicionales del oasis de Mhamid, Morocco” (New opportunities for the sustainable development of traditional cities of Mhamid Oasis, Morocco)
Green Cities & Sustainability Forum
Observatory Urban Environment. Malaga Town Hall, Spain
October 2013
“La Preservación del Paisaje Cultural en el Oasis de M’hamid” (The Preservation of the Cultural Landscape in the Mhamid Oasis)
II International Forum on ancient cities promoting cultural tourism, Tánger. Morocco
October 22-23 2013
“The socialization of rural heritage”
1st International Congress on Education and Socialization of the Heritage
September 18-21, 2013, Malpartida, Cáceres, Spain
Tierra, tradición y arquitectura actual (Earth, Tradition and Architecture)
Master degree in in energy efficiency and bioclimatic architecture, Universidad Camilo José Cela
September 12th 2013, Madrid, Spain
Centro de Investigación de Arquitectura Tradicional (CIAT – UPM)
June 24-28 2013, Boceguillas, Segovia, Spain
Degree in Architecture, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
March 13th 2013, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
2012
Óptimo local en el Valle del Drâa: tierra, agua, palmeras y cañas
III Jornadas de arquitectura low-tech (GICITED – UPC)
22 – 23 de November de 2012, Barcelona
“Protección del Patrimonio en Oasis y Zonas Desérticas”
Congreso Internacional sobre Patrimonio en Riesgo
ICOMOS. Universidad Politécnica de Estambul. Estambul. Turquía
November 2012
EXHIBITIONS
2017
Mhamid the last Oasis of the Draa Valley
Exhibition. Casa Árabe, Madrid, Spain
October 2-23, 2017, Madrid, Spain
2013
The colour of the South: Scraps of other realities
Photography exhibition. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
April 10th – May 10th 2013
INTERVIEWS
2018
RTVE: “Cooperación y Desarrollo” de la AECID
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/cooperacion-es-desarrollo/cooperacion-desarrollo-ano-europeo-del-patrimoine-culturel-07-01-18/4402843/
7 January 2018
2017
TELEMAROC. Documentaire “Le Patrimoine Culturel de la Vallée du Drâa. El Oasis de M’hamid”
https://www.facebook.com/telemarocweb/videos/343174229477718/
April 2017
2013
Radio 3 “Vida verde – Nuestro paréntesis. Cómo planear unas vacaciones”
18 May 2013
Radio 3 “Mediterráneo – Con los pies en la tierra. Arena y música en el desierto”
30 December 2012