Architecture of Algiers by the Texts of Fernand Pouillon An Emblematic Figure

Résumé

The objective of this article is to highlight the history of the architecture of
Algiers after 1962, through the poems, stories and travels and the gaze of the great European
architects of the modern movement on the city of Algiers. The great names in architecture
have been marked by the splendor of the North African landscape, culture and customs, as
demonstrated by Le Corbusier through his correspondence and his sketches of 1931, trips that
will inspire his works and which become inexhaustible sources for his inspiration; but also
Fernand Pouillon's architectural memoirs, an emblematic figure in Algeria during the French
occupation but also after the independence of Algeria, as well as other builders of the same
period marked by Algeria, describing the important influence that this country had in their
architectural reflection and their personality, going as far as the feeling of belonging to the
latter.
Nowadays the heritage of the 20th century in Algiers presents a real alternative for the
development of the city, as the case of Climat de France by Fernand Pouillon, remarkable works are to be invested in particular in the energy transition approach that the city is
preparing.