Henri Prost

Henri Prost was a French urban planner and architect who won the Grand Prix de Rome. He drew the master plans for multiple Moroccan cities under the direction of Resident-General Lyautey.

Morocco Connection

Prost's master plans for Rabat, Casablanca, Fes, Marrakech, and Meknes implemented Lyautey's radical dual-city policy: building new European cities (villes nouvelles) beside — never through — existing medinas, with green buffer zones separating old and new. This single set of planning decisions preserved every medieval medina in Morocco and is arguably the most consequential urban planning intervention in African history. Without Prost's plans, the medinas of Fes, Marrakech, and Rabat would likely have been demolished, as happened in Algeria.

Key Works

Master plans for Rabat, Casablanca, Fes, Marrakech, Meknes (1912–1930s)

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