Marrakesh's artistic influences
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2023
- The medina of Marrakesh, which dates to the 11th century, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its historic influence across the Mediterranean. Today, Morocco's traditional dwellings, known as "riads," are having an impact on the design world. Correspondent Seth Doane pays a visit, and talks with designers who have been touched by Marrakesh's signature beauty.
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I just returned from a month's stay in beautiful, exotic Morocco. It's a little disappointing to see the report highlighting an American couple coopting the beautiful zelijj tile designs when there are already hundreds of local artisans doing them by hand. Nothing against them, just that it would have been nice to see local artisans perpetrating their traditional craft.
Exactement. Depuis le début des années 2000 on observe des oportunistes "décorateur" essentielement français mais dans d'autres nationalités aussi, qui exploitent les artisants locaux sans qu'il n'y est aucun apports de leur coté : Puisque le design est historiquement marocain, la main d'oeuvre et le savoir faire son marocains ! Qu'apportent donc ces "décorateurs" ?!!! Si ce n'est revendre les travaux des artisants 1000 fois plus que la misère qu'ils versent aux asrisants locaux.
The American couple is doing something fantastic. They're helping to preserve this Art, a real cultural heritage for mankind and also promoting it to other countries internationally.
@@ramys.4313 I disagree. They aren't doing it any better than the Moroccans themselves. And what a lost opportunity to highlight native Moroccan artisans who could use the exposure and income and deserve it even more so.
It needs balance. You’re correct.
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Proud to be Moroccan 🇲🇦
Me too.
This is such beautiful and smart architecture. I'd love to see something like this incorporated in American cities.
City official are not open minded and politics takes over. I have a dream, to build public housing with the Riad architecture design influence, with orange tree s, lemon trees, foundation and vertical organic garden hanging down maintain by the community.
So next life I want to be an urban planner.
I stayed in 4 different Riad converted into hostels during my visit in 2015 & 2017
morocco is so beautiful
I just returned couple weeks ago from Morocco and it’s a beautiful country. It feeds your sense… the smell , the sound , the gorgeous colors everywhere. And every region of the country was very different. I loved Fes the most …so much more tradition and culture in there unlike Marrakech is becoming more westernized with all this new hotels / clubs and even casino popping up in the downtown area.
Was there also for a month. I preferred Marrakech's medina. I found Fes' to be way too claustrophobic. It lacked the open spaces that Marrakech has. Fes has nothing like Marrakech's Jemaa el-Fnaa plaza that is a central meeting place where people can gather and relax and take in all the crazy sites. I also found the merchants to be much more aggressive in Fes than in Marrakech. But Fes is still incredible and has some stunning architecture as well mixed in all the narrow souks.
We moroccans like those night clubs.
Did you visit the Yves saint Laurent garden? I have been to Morocco in 2025 & 2017. I love Fez and chefchoucen, so much that I cancel my trip to Tanjir. I stopped by Rhabat briefly waiting for the next train, it's so green! I also spent a night each trip to different camps in the Sahara desert, with camel ride
I will be in the south os Spain this summer. I'd like to visit Morocco but was advised by someone not to go. She said she almost died of dysentery there because of something she ate. Is it safe?
@@breal7277 It is safe to eat any Moroccan food, do not worry. One of the best gastronomy in the world.
I love the Moroccan Architecture, it looks amazing ✨️✨️✨️
Marrakesh seems like a beautiful place to visit. I would enjoy seeing all the stunning architecture.
I LOVE RIAD architecture!!!
I have a dream, public housing 6 or 10 story tall build with RIAD architecture influence, huge courtyard in the middle with orange trees, lemon trees, vertical organic garden maintaine by the community efforts. Vertical garden can solve the food inflation and nutrition issues. There will be different small fountain ⛲ in the courtyard. Next life, i want to be an urban planner 😊
I have been to Morocco twice, April 2015 & 2017, Marrakech, Fez, Casablanca, Chefchauen. Each time, i accidently booked my hostel which turn out to be a Riad, I fell in love with the architectural concept. The breakfast area is always on the rooftop to see the entire city. I wonder why they didn't introduce Chefchauen, the Blue City. But I am glad it's not feature here, I don't want all the social media influencers flocking to the Blue City snd ruined with mass tourism like Santorini. I love strolling the narrow alley to discover craft shop. The Moroccan are very laid back. My first evening in Fez, a little girl across my hostel greeted me with a big smile "Salam!" Unforgettable!
I also spend a night each trip at different parts of the Sahara campground, 🐪 ride,, Berber music 🎵, they all speaks fluent English. The tour are well organized, they combined all the tourist from different hotels to fill out the mini vans, its actually good for green tourism. The Sahara campground is with solar panels and light up the path to the share bathroom. I would like to visit again!
Also, designer Yves St Laurent has a house in Marrakesh and its now a museum, the ticket was $10 to see the huge garden with plants from different countries.
Morocco is Italy of Africa, great culture und world class cuisine🥰🥰🥰
Riads (traditional Moroccan houses) are also found some other Moroccan cities such as Rabat, Fez, Meknes, Tetouan, Tangier… Moroccan culture and civilisation goes deep in history. 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦
I like the open courtyards and beautiful designs.
Incredibly fascinating country, detailed in the work of Paul Bowles in the Sheltering Sky, Rolling Stone Brian Jones musical ethnographic work, the wilder Gettys palaces, etc.
Great Report! I am from Marrakech and I live in LA. I always dreamed of building a little town here in California in the style of Marrakech and calling it "Little Marrakech" since California has almost the same weather as Marrakech and it's so similar in so many ways. (Hit me up if someone interested in something like this lol)
let's do it, I'm in LA, and I happen to be a Moroccan designer/Architect :D
Going to Morocco in 2 days and planning to stay there for 2 months. It’s very easy to get infatuated with this country and it’s rich culture. The architecture, the rich history, the food is just delicious and especially the people are just so warm and so welcoming. Two months may not be enough considering that I want to see it all.
I adore Morocco and yes, it is a sensory overload.
@Diro Niya براكة من لحيس
Dreamy! How I would love a home with an inner courtyard!
Always something special to learn with Seth Doane.
Happy to see CBS introduce other cultures, arts into the mainstream audience.
The tile makers in Marrakech, Fez are atistsan, trying to keep the art going on. I recalled The TH-cam channel called STILL STANDING features how individual tiles are made by hand. As well as the Fez tannery making leather the organic way, it's also a UNESCO world heritage sites.
I can't wait to re-visit that incredible country. The only real monarchy outside of Eurasia, the source of Occult science, and the 1st to recognize the USA. Mention more --
at the foot of the talest mountain in North Africa there's a little modest shrine suposedly that's where the king of Djins (demons) resides and judges demons. some ppl secretly hold weird rituals there. moroccan myths are very interesting and fun to read about
Beautiful! Would like to see more stories about this type of art and history. Thank you!
Kesh is a bit touristy but really enjoyed my five days there! Unforgettable.
I love you morooco...🇲🇦
I love you Marrakesh..🇲🇦
Thank you for sharing great homes here in Morocco!
❤️🇲🇦Kingdom Of Morocco🇲🇦❤️
Beautiful
You’re very welcome anytime to our beautiful country 🇲🇦
didnt know that we have a welcoming minister !
Marrakesh is magical , a simple city with a beautiful architecture
Love this segment
Inspirational!
When you are RICH.... you are RICH .... you can do & buy what you want ....😊
Such cool concept. Old Damascus homes (here in Syria) has a similar tradition of indoor courtyards open to the sky with a fountain in the centre, yet the material, colours and general feel are so different!
Assad agrees
As a moroccan i find the Damascus culture the most interesting in the middle east
I love morocco ❤❤❤❤
The guy who said it's like the longes legs of the most beautiful women, this (guy) has the Frensh disease. Those columns inspired from the Palm trees.
beautiful! thank you for this wonderful segment.
you are welcome
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Nice
I love the brige mix between spanish and arabic designs its really refreshing
The spanish moorish architecture was actually brought by Moroccans centuries ago
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I REALLY LOVEEEEEEEEEE THE ARCHOTECTURE ANS THE SPEICES AND THE FOOD THE SOOKS
Just beautiful and earth belonging, imaginations at it best....
Looking forward ~ an hour + away from Malaga where I reside; wonder how it all is after the earthquake recently?
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I wish they had explained how the rain water drains in a raid design, especially with tile flooring.
Tbh doesn't rain that much in Marrakech 😂😂😂
@@LEGl1999 but it does in fez and its full of riads
capitale impériale du Maroc , Marrakech est une ville dynamique malgré son âge de plus de dix siècles.
Omg sooo beautiful would love to stay in one looks peaceful tranquil one day 🤞🏻
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I like this
Long live the kingdom of Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
This is before or after the Earthquake?
Morocco is amazing.❤
I mean, I would put moroccan architecture everywhere
How is the airflow in these riads?
Its like magic
For some clarification, the patterns used by the American couple give off Western-European modern vibes, which are far from any traditional Morrocan tiles and beyond comparison to the original one.
From a business perspective, they might have come to benefit from the locals crafting ability but it's pretty bold to assume that these designs reflect the authentic or even close to the Moroccan one.
I love this. But this works mostly for cities Mediterranenan climates.
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I always enjoy Seth Doane's work, but Mo Rocca could've had fun with MoRoccan design.😂
But it’s time to see an American style homes and business of architectural presence in some city neighborhood in Morocco …
( in money world rarity is one of the absolute rules for anything that justifies economic value )
Im not an architecture expert but is a Moroccan riad somehow culturally related to the ancient Roman Peristylium?
Might be the source of inspiration !!!
There are roman ruins in morocco, check out volubilis
well the North of Morocco was part of the Roman empire for centuries, part of Visigoths kingdoms, part of the Byzentine Empire. so probably they got that from some of them, they still have public bath as very comon since the Roman times, the Moroccan language still have some greek words in it.
@@Yanzdorloph pouvez vous svp nous citer ces mots marocains d'origine greque ?!!!
@@hamidalhaiane6536 I can remember "Belarg" from the greec pelargos, meaning stork. that word don't exist in anyother dielect of arabic, only in Moroccan Darija and Greec.
Not att allno where in roman architecture do you find such design or planning this is uniquely Islamic and muslim...
Morocco is the only Arab country that still retains the luster of the Islamic golden age
Morocco is not Arab
This is targeting Americans' ignorance!
Better than french jalousie...
I love how ALL these series show mostly WHITE INTERPRETERS of ANY culture in the world. They'll find them and let them speak FOR the other people. ALWAYS.
Shame to see non-Moroccans taking over the design of Morocco.
They are
True 👏👏👏👏
you haven't seen Morocco's neighboor that now claiming everything Moroccan for themselves. despite 99% of artistants doing this work are Moroccans even inside their own country 😂😂 they do it with traditional cloths, food, architechture..etc
that being said, Moroccans don;t mind Americans or anyone really to start making Moroccan stuff, they would be happy about it thou
I'm moroccan and for me, it's alright, that's how designs are enriched and people get to live from it (by selling it, nothing wrong with that), unlike the algerians who claim that zellige is "theirs", literal cultural theft... the know how and the making is still in Morocco made by moroccans. Also these designs are "modern", the traditional one are much more intricate and not affordable for the average moroccan, so it's better to keep the craft alive with people having jobs doing different things with zellige.
@@Ssookawai Interesting… Well, look, I’m just an Englishman - (a devout Christian from another realm) - and I’m glad to hear a different perspective - and to wish a land I’ve never seen (and now never will in this life I imagine) all the best for the future.
It’s not my business anyway - but I always loved the old Moroccan designs, especially the old rugs and tiles - courtyards… all like an exotic dream.
I am a conservative, so wish it all could have been left as it was in the past - but that is part of an impossible dream, too.
God Bless.
She lies to Americans about colonization
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