- John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection
- Arthur Erickson fonds
- Middle East projects
- Hamma Government Complex (Assemblée Populaire Nationale, Palais des Congrès, Bibliothèque nationale)
Hamma Government Complex (Assemblée Populaire Nationale, Palais des Congrès, Bibliothèque nationale)
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- Held by
- John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection via McGill University Archival Collections
- Dates
- 1984 (indexed as 1984)
- Level
- file
- Extent
- 17 drawings : 1 pencil on tracing paper, 2 ink on mylar, 12 ink and dry transfer on mylar, 2 watercolour on board 19 photographs
- Scope & content
- File consists of 17 drawings (1 site plan, 6 plans, 2 sections, 3 elevations, 3 exterior perspectives, 1 aerial view of site; 1 combination drawing: 1 plan I section) and 19 photographs (2 prints of model and 17 slides of model). The Hamma Government Complex was a colonial vision for Algiers following the spirit of Haussmann's Paris. The project included new buildings for the Assemblée Populaire, the Palais des Congrès, an imposing square, the National Library, and a hotel. The Hamma site sits in a privileged location due to its accessibility to transportation arteries, railroads, and future subways. The monumental group of government buildings terminate the capital's axis on a 10 hectare site. It is entered through a 12 storey triumphal arch building housing the Assemblée and the Congrès. Leading into the main square, the hotel and the library are connected to a botanical garden beyond.
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- Genre / form
- Governmental installations.; Competition drawings.
- Harvested
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