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Zevaco's filling station

Petrol station by Morocco's Niemeyer - محطة الوقود زيفاكو

Fans of modern architecture may care to give a second glance to the Shell filling station on Avenue Yakoub el Mansour and Avenue Prince Moulay Abdallah, just round the corner from the Majorelle Garden.

Erected in 1958, the filling station was designed by Moroccan-born French architect Jean-François Zevaco. A modernist who worked in his time with Le Corbusier, Zevaco is often compared to Brazil’s Oscar Niemeyer, who certainly influenced him.

Zevaco liked working with concrete, using bold, sweeping curves. Most of his important work was in Casablanca and Agadir, but here in Marrakesh this simple filling station with its elegant roof shows how his ideas can apply very gracefully to an everyday working utility.

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Rue al Madina, Guéliz, Marrakesh 40000 (at the corner of Avenue Yakoub el Mansour and Avenue Prince Moulay Abdallah aka N7 Route de Safi)

Open 24/7

Zevaco’s plans and model for the filling station on FRAC’s website

1956–present: Modern Times

Ville Nouvelle Sights

Marrakesh-In-2-Days (Day 1)

The Ville Nouvelle, the souks & the Jemaa

Image by Carl Ha (CC-BY-SA-3.0)