Tour Maroc Telecom : Le projet

In 2005, Jean-Paul Viguier wins competition to design Maroc Telecom's tower in Rabat. The concept was the "Uniqueness of the architectural object". A concept related to the relation between the inside and the outside. And instead of opposing them, Viguier decided to bring them closer to each other, the same as the traditional buildings of rabat where we find, gathered, day and night, light and darkness, sobriety and wealth, warmth and freshness etc...  

" The tower rises from a large, pure parallelepiped-shaped volume covering the whole surface area. Two prisms are formed by sliding two halves of the volume diagonally, thereby revealing the “original” interior of the form. Only the base of the tower remains intact as if rooted in the ground. This creates an architectural style combining shade and light, delicacy and power. The building is topped off by a 27-metre overhang, which makes a powerful impression on the observer." archdaily.com