2024-12-22T04:30:54-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150107481/an-open-letter-to-jean-nouvel Orhan Ayyüce 2018-12-21T15:15:00-05:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e0/e061be4adee186bd3200907f89c093b4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>All architects must be fully responsible for the political conditions and consequences of the projects they accept; any position that would make them only an executant constitutes an insult to their function and their ability to act.</p></em><br /><br /><p>"This Monday, we were many in Algeria, in France, and elsewhere to be shocked when we learned that the Wilaya (prefecture) of Algiers had signed a convention with the region of &Icirc;le-de-France (Paris&rsquo; region) whose President is a conservative Republican politician, and French architect Jean Nouvel to &ldquo;revitalize&rdquo; Algiers&rsquo; Casbah. The Casbah before being a UNESCO world heritage site is one of the most important sites of the anti-colonial history, as well as the home of thousands of residents who had no say in this decision. Three of us decided to write an open letter to him, asking him to renounce this commission, as part of what we believe is our strategy and our legitimacy (only one of us is from Algiers) from the Northern side of the Mediterranean Sea &mdash; we leave it to Algerians to form their own strategy against the Wilaya&rsquo;s decision if they decide to do s,o and we will bring them the support they will ask from us in that case. 410 people all around the world (including from the Cas...</p>