Preferred Citation: Çelik, Zeynep. Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers Under French Rule. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1997 1997. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8c6009jk/


 

Index

A

Abu-Lughod, Janet, 5 , 15

Académie des Sciences Coloniales, 120

AEDAA. See Association pour l'Etude et le Développement de l'Agglomération Algéroise

Agence de Plan. See Association pour l'Etude et le Développement de l'Agglomération Algéroise

Agha Quarter, 62 -63

Alazard, Jean, 116

Algerian War. See Decolonization war

Ali Bichnin mosque, 19

Alleg, Henri, 108 , 210 n48

Allouache, Merzag, 192

Ambivalence, 5 -6

Amir, 26

Amrane, Djamila, 87

Anthropology, 196 n19

Arabisance, 131 , 214 n2

Arabization policies, 37

Art, 104 -7, 190 -92, 219 n23

Assemblée Algérienne, 114 , 119

Association pour l'Etude et le Développement de l'Agglomération Algéroise (AEDAA), 82 , 206 n51

"Atelier de la Casbah," 186

Athens Charter, 117

Atlantide (Feyder), 107

Auclert, Hubertine, 91 -92, 208 n14

Avenue du 1 Novembre. See Avenue du 8 Novembre

Avenue du 8 Novembre, 53 , 57

B

Bab Azzoun Quarter, 60 -61, 67

Bab el-Oued City (Allouache), 192

Bab el-Oued Quarter, 57 , 61 , 62 , 67 , 68 , 131 , 206 n48

Barthe, 167

Barthes, Roland, 21

Bastelica, 141

Battle of Algiers, 46 , 47 -49, 86 , 202 nn88,90,92,93

Belcourt Quarter, 68

Bellisent, 173 , 174 , 175 , 216 n48

Béri, H., 157 -61, 171 , 216 n45, 216 n50

Bernard, Auguste, 89 -90, 93

Bernard, Marius, 22

Bernard, Raymond, 107

Berque, Augustin, 90 , 92 , 100 , 109 , 209 -10n30, 210 n45

Berque, Jacques, 152

Bérthy, Louis, 131 , 133 , 167 -69

Bertrand, Louis, 122

Beurs, 193

Bévia, Jean, 41

Bhabha, Homi, 5

Bidonvilles , 8 ;

and decolonization war, 112 , 211 n56, 211 n57;

and grands ensembles , 82 , 150 , 166 , 173 -74, 216 -17n57, 217 n72;

and housing policies, 121 -22;

origins of, 45 , 79 , 81 ;

population density, 118 , 212 n14;

postcolonial era, 188 ;

and poverty, 109 , 210 n48, 210 -11n50;

and traditional Algerian house, 108 -12, 210 n45


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Bienvenu, François, 131 , 133 , 134 -35, 140 , 141 , 142 -43

Bilinguality, 183 , 218 n6

Bize, Georges, 167 , 169

Bois des Arcades, 110

Bonnefour, Louis, 139 -40

Bouali, Hassiba ben, 47 , 187 , 217 n78

Bouchema, Abderrahman, 218 n4

Boucle-perez project, 118 , 140 , 141 , 142 -43

Bouhired, Djamila, 47 , 217 n78

Boulevard Abderazak Hadad. See Boulevard Vallée

Boulevard Aquilina, 207 n56

Boulevard Che Guevara. See Boulevard de l'Impératrice

Boulevard de la République, 60 , 67 .

See also Boulevard de l'Impératrice

Boulevard de la Victoire, 30 -31, 41

Boulevard de l'Impératrice, 33 , 34 , 60 , 63 -64, 73

Boulevard de Verdun, 131 , 134 -35

Boulevard du Centaure, 64 , 65

Boulevard Gambetta, 37 .

See also Boulevard du Centaure

Boulevard Laferrière, 73 , 74

Boulevard Ourida Meddad. See Boulevard du Centaure; Boulevard Gambetta

Boulevard Vallée, 37 , 60

Boupasha, Djamila, 220 n26

Bourdieu, Pierre, 87 , 89 , 109 , 125 , 126 , 182 , 209 n15, 210 n48, 213 n46

Bousquet-Lefevre, Laure, 95 -96

Brahimi, Claude Haim, 208 n7

Brouty, Charles, 104

Bugeaud, Thomas-Robert, 123 -24

Buzon, Marius de, 105 , 106

C

Carmelites. See White Friars

Casbah, 7 , 11 -57;

aesthetics of, 12 , 26 , 197 n2;

and decolonization war, 47 -49, 202 -3nn88,90,92,93;

defined, 11 -12, 197 n1;

demolition proposals, 44 -45;

early interventions (1830-1846), 26 -31, 39 , 59 , 199 n32;

and grands ensembles , 134 -35, 142 , 163 -64;

historical development, 12 -15, 19 , 21 ;

myth of, 21 -26;

postcolonial era, 182 -83, 185 -87, 219 n12;

postwar, 43 -47;

preservation, 37 -43, 182 -83;

regularization plans, 31 -38;

and traditional Algerian house, 15 , 17 , 18 , 39 , 99 -100, 110 .

See also Population density

Casinos, 64 , 204 -5n11

Cazalet, 167 , 168

Centennial (1930), 8 -9, 38 -39, 130 -31;

and traditional Algerian house, 98 , 99 -100

Charmeuse nègre, Le (Rafaëlli), 104 , 105

Chassériau, Charles-Frederick, 33 , 62 , 63 , 205 n35

Chauveau, 171

Chevallier, Jacques, 54 , 85 , 150 ;

grands ensembles under, 82 , 131 , 143 -44, 156 , 167 -73;

urban housing policies under, 117 , 118 , 119 -20, 121.

See also Pouillon, Fernand; Simounet, Roland

CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne). See Groupe CIAM Alger

Cité Bisch, 108

cité Boucle-Perez, 118 , 140 , 141 , 142 -43

Cité Bugeaud, 61 , 62

Cité Carrière Jaubert, 161 -62, 165 -66, 216 n50

Cité Climat de France, 100 , 116 , 131 , 140 -43;

Pouillon complex, 150 -57

Cité de Nador, 169 , 170

Cité des Dunes, 174 , 175

Cité des Eucalyptus, 169 -71

Cité Dessoliers, 161 , 167 , 168

Cité Diar es-Shems, 174 -75, 176

Cité Faizi, 174 , 175

Cité Haouch Oulid Adda, 175 -76, 177

Cité Industrielle, 122 , 137

Cité Mahieddine, 112 , 173 -74, 211 n56

Cité Scala, 135 -39

Cité Taine E, 171 -72, 217 n67

Claro, Léon, 98 , 99 -100

Clifford, James, 208 n5

Climat de France, 100 , 116 , 131 , 140 -43;

Pouillon complex, 150 -57

Clos Salembier, 116 , 135 -39

Colonial Exposition (1931), 40 , 131 , 135 , 197 n25

Colonialism:

as cultural phenomenon, 1 -2;

and female ethnographers, 208 n14;

and housing policies, 114 -15;

and immigration, 109 ;

and myth, 21 -26;

postcolonial continuation, 181 -82;

resistance to, 87 -88, 195 n1, 207 n2, 207 n3;

terminology, 195 n1;

traditional Algerian house, 108 .

See also Decolonization war; Postcolonial era; specific topics

Colonna, Fanny, 208 n7


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COMEDOR, 26 , 186

Comité du Vieil Alger, 50 , 203 n97

Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM). See Groupe CIAM Alger

Constantine (town), 62

Cornaton, Michel, 128

Corsairs, 13

Cosmopolitanism, 14 , 198 n8

Côte, Henri, 85

"Counter space," 38

Courts, 15 , 18

D

Dahane, Kamal, 192

Danger, René, 41 , 49 , 71 .

See also Master plan (1931)

Dar al-Sultan. See Janina Palace

Daure, A., 157 -61, 171 , 216 n45, 216 n50

Decolonization war:

and art, 192 , 220 n26;

and bidonvilles,112 , 211 n56, 211 n57;

and casbah, 47 -49, 202 nn88, 90 , 92 , 93 ;

and grands ensembles , 143 , 149 -50, 157 , 173 , 176 , 178 -79, 215 n25;

and resettlement policies, 113 -14, 124 -25, 128 -29;

and urban housing policies, 79 , 117 , 119 -20, 121 , 123 ;

and urban planning, 85 , 86 ;

women's role in, 128 -29, 176 , 178 , 187 , 191 , 217 n78, 218 nn80, 82 , 220 n25

de Gaulle, Charles, 46 -47, 120

Delacroix, Eugène, 106 -7, 190 -92, 219 n23

Delaroche, Charles, 32 , 34

Deluz, Jean-Jacques, 82 , 86 , 141 , 172 , 187

Descloitres, Claudine, 108

Descloitres, Robert, 108 , 109 , 110 , 206 n51

Diar el-Mahçoul, 143 , 144 -50, 214 nn14, 17 , 215 nn19, 20

Diar es-Saada, 150

Di Martino, Nicholas, 175 -76, 177

Djebar, Assia, 190 -92, 218 n6, 219 n23

Djenan el-Hasan, 162 -66, 216 n54, 216 -17n57

Drif, Zohra, 47 , 217 n78

Duality. See European-Algerian separation

Ducollet, Jacques, 167 , 169

Dupin, 173

Duvivier, Julien, 107 , 199 n27

E

Early French interventions (1830-1846), 26 -31, 59 -60;

criticisms of, 39 , 75 , 204 n3;

and militarism, 27 , 31 , 59 , 60 , 199 n32;

and urban growth, 59 -60, 61

Echo d'Alger, L',85 -86, 150 , 174 , 217 n78

Education, 42 , 120

Emery, Pierre-André, 157

Enquête sur l'habitation rurale des indigènes de l'Algérie (Bernard), 89 -90

Espace contre. See "Counter space"

Esplande Quarter, 68

Ethnography, 6 , 88 -97, 208 n5;

Bernard, 89 -90;

Bourdieu, 89 , 209 n15;

female ethnographers, 91 -96, 208 n13, 208 n14;

and grands ensembles,137 , 139 ;

and housing policies, 96 -97, 113 ;

Masqueray, 88 -89, 208 n7;

photographic documentation, 92 , 209 n17;

and women as guardians of tradition, 92 , 96 , 208 -9n15

European-Algerian separation, 2 -5, 26 -27, 38 , 78 ;

and casbah myth, 25 , 199 n27;

changes in, 70 , 118 , 150 , 205 n21;

greenbelt, 40 , 43 , 73 ;

and housing policies, 115 -17;

and immigration, 81 , 206 n48

F

Fabian, Jean, 46

Fanon, Franz, 2 -4, 4 -5, 38 , 185

Fauve, Jean-Pierre, 51 -52, 203 n103

Favre, Lucienne, 22 , 104

Femme chaouia de l'Aurès, La (Gaudry), 91 , 92 -93, 94

Femme Kabyle, La (Bousquet-Lefevre), 95 -96

Femmes arabes en Algérie, Les (Auclert), 91 -92

Femmes d'Alger (Dahane), 192

Femmes d'Alger (Picasso), 190 -91, 192

Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement (Delacroix), 106 -7, 190 -91

Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement (Djebar), 190 -91, 219 n23

Femmes d'Alger sur les terraces (Meunier), 105

Feyder, Jacques, 107

Film, 107

FLN. See National Liberation Front

Formation des cités chez les populations sédentaires de l'Algerie, La (Masqueray), 88 -89

Fort-l'Empereur Quarter, 77

French cities, 8 , 37 , 192 -93

Friends of Algiers, 73

Fromentin, Eugène, 25 , 37 -38, 63

G

al-Gabal, 13

Garnier, Tony, 122 , 135 , 137


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Gaudry, Mathéa, 91 , 92 -93, 94 , 208 n14, 209 n17

Gautier, Théophile, 11 , 26

Geenen, G., 152

Gender segregation, 15 , 19 , 162 .

See also Women

Goichon, Amélie-Marie, 91 , 92 , 93 , 208 n14, 209 n17

Gomis, 169 , 170

Goraguer, 173

Gouyon, 173 , 174 , 175

Grands ensembles,6 , 8 , 9 , 59 , 130 -79;

and bidonvilles,82 , 150 , 166 , 173 -74, 216 -17n57, 217 n72;

Boucle-Perez project, 140 , 141 , 142 -43;

Boulevard de Verdun project, 131 , 134 -35;

and casbah, 134 -35, 142 , 163 -64;

and centennial, 130 -31;

Cité Carrière Jaubert, 161 -62, 165 -66, 216 n50;

Cité Climat de France, 140 -42, 150 -57;

Cité de Nador, 169 , 170 ;

Cité des Eucalyptus, 169 -71;

Cité Dessoliers, 161 , 167 , 168 ;

Cité Scala, 135 -39;

Cité Taine E, 171 -72, 217 n67;

and decolonization war, 143 , 149 -50, 157 , 173 , 176 , 178 -79, 215 n25;

Diar el-Mahçoul, 143 , 144 -50, 214 nn14, 17 , 215 nn19, 20 ;

Djenan el-Hasan, 162 -66, 216 n54, 216 -17n57;

Groupe des Cyclamens, 167 -69, 217 n62;

and Hanning's plans, 54 , 83 , 204 n110;

La Montagne, 157 -61, 216 nn45, 47 , 48 ;

locations, 132 ;

Maison-Carrée project, 139 -40, 214 n7;

and Plan de Constantine, 130 , 131 , 173 -79;

and plan d'urbanisme (1948), 82 ;

political motives, 143 -44;

and popular media, 86 ;

postcolonial era, 188 ;

and traditional Algerian house, 131 , 133 , 141 , 153

Greenbelt, 40 , 43 , 73

Groupe CIAM Alger, 111 -12

Groupe des Cyclamens, 167 -69, 217 n62

Guérineau, 141

Guevara, Ernesto "Che," 185

H

Habitations à Bon Marché (HBM), 100 , 116 , 211 -12n4

Habitations à loyer modéré (HLM), 117 , 119 , 120 , 131 , 134 -35, 212 n17

Hamma Quarter, 68

hanning, Gérald, 55 , 56 , 57 , 82 -84, 169 , 207 n56;

and grands ensembles,54 , 83 , 204 n110

HBM. See Habitations à Bon Marché

HLM. See Habitations à loyer modéré

Hobsbawm, Eric, 1 , 5

Housing by People (Turner), 108

Housing policies, 8 -9, 113 -29;

and "backwardness," 89 ;

and bidonvilles,121 -22;

and colonialism, 114 -15;

and decolonization war, 79 , 113 -14, 117 , 119 -20, 121 , 123 , 124 -25, 128 -29;

and ethnography, 96 -97, 113 ;

habitations à Bon Marché, 100 , 116 , 211 -12n4;

habitations à loyer modéré, 117 , 119 , 120 , 131 , 134 -35, 212 n17;

and hygiene, 97 , 116 ;

Marine Quarter, 54 , 204 n110;

Plan de Constantine, 47 , 116 , 120 -21, 125 -26, 213 n25;

plan d'urbanisme (1948), 79 -80, 81 , 82 , 117 ;

postcolonial era, 188 -90;

Prost-Socard plan, 53 -54;

Redon plan, 35 ;

resettlement policies, 113 -14, 124 -29, 213 n46;

rural, 113 -14, 123 -29;

urban, 115 -23.

See also Grands ensembles

Hulme, Peter, 6

Hussein-Dey Quarter, 80

Hybridity, 5 -6

Hygiene, 8 , 35 , 45 , 97 , 116 ;

and grands ensembles , 140 , 148 -49, 216 n53;

and preservation, 40 , 41

I

Îlots insalubres. See Hygiene

Immeuble-Pont Burdeau, 205 -6n38

Immigration, 45 , 109 , 117 -18, 193 .

See also Bidonvilles

Indigenous House of the Centennial, 98 , 99 -100

Institut d'Ethnologie, 91

International Congress on Urbanism in the Colonies (1931), 40

Isfahan, 155

"Islamic city," 15

Izmir, 205 n28

J

al-Jadid Mosque, 19 , 36 , 51 , 53 , 198 n6;

demolition proposals, 28 , 200 n49

Janina Palace, 13 , 28 , 61 , 198 n6

Jeanneret, Charles. See Le Corbusier

K

al-Kabir mosque, 19 , 20 , 36 , 51 , 53 , 200 n49

ketchaoua mosque, 19

Kheireddine Zenouda. See Rue de la Grenade


233

Klein, Henri, 104

Kodjo, Leonard, 218 n5

Kostof, Spiro, 2

L

Lacheraf, Mostefa, 185

Lakdari, Samia, 217 n78

La Montagne, 157 -61, 216 nn45,47,48

Laoust-Chantreaux, Germaine, 96

la Pointe, Ali, 47 , 49 , 183

Lathuillière, Marcel, 115 , 121 , 135 -39, 175 -76, 177

Le Corbusier, 7 -8, 107 , 157 , 205 n35;

criticisms of, 49 , 203 n103, 214 n14;

on European-Algerian separation, 4 , 78 ;

and gender, 22 , 23 -24;

and grands ensembles , 157 , 163 , 165 , 171 -72;

on Marine Quarter, 51 , 52 -53, 54 , 77 -78, 203 n103;

and master plan (1931), 49 , 73 , 75 -78, 205 n28;

motives of, 4 -5;

Obus plans, 76 -78, 205 n35, 205 -6n35;

and preservation, 42 -43;

on traditional Algerian house, 100 -101, 102 , 103 , 104 , 110

Lefebvre, Henri, 2 , 4

Leiris, Michel, 6

Le Maire, Maurice, 143

Lemercier, Lt. Col., 28

Lentin, Albert-Paul, 156 , 157

Les Annassers, 85 , 217 n70

Lesbet, Djaffar, 38 , 47 , 186

Lespès, René, 39 , 42 , 50 , 61 , 67 , 71 , 97 , 108 -9, 114 , 115

Lichtenstein, M., 61

Loeckx, A., 152

Lorraine, J., 22

Loviconi, P., 54

Lumumba, Patrice, 185

Luvini, 28

Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve, 7 , 39 -40, 43 , 117 , 131 , 143 ;

and grands ensembles , 131 , 143 , 172

Lynch, Kevin, 2

M

MacCarthy-Génévay plan, 62

Madania, La. See Cité Scala

Magrou, 171

Mahieddine Quarter, 84

Maison-Carrée project, 139 -40, 214 n7

Maisonseul, Jean de, 87 , 101 -3, 157

Marçais, William, 91 , 208 n13

Marine Quarter, 35 , 49 -57;

demolitions, 53 -54, 72 , 203 n106;

Hanning plan, 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 ;

housing construction, 54 , 204 n110;

Le Corbusier's plans, 51 , 52 -53, 54 , 77 -78, 203 n103;

population density, 54 , 57 , 60 ;

Prost-Socard plan, 49 -52, 53 -54, 55 , 72 ;

and Redon plan, 35 , 36 , 67 ;

regularization proposals, 35 -36

Masqueray, Emile, 88 -89, 208 n7

Master plan (1931), 41 , 51 , 71 -73, 74 , 79 ;

Le Corbusier challenges, 49 , 73 , 75 -78, 205 n28;

Prost-Socard plan, 49 -52, 53 -54, 55 ;

zoning, 71 -72

Maunier, René, 79

Mauri, 169 , 170

Maydan-i Shah (Isfahan), 155

McLeod, Mary, 78

Megherbi, Abdelghani, 107

Mémoires (Pouillon), 145

Messerschmitt, Paul, 118 , 119 , 212 n14

Meunier, Jules, 105

Militarism, 35 , 86 , 204 n3;

and early French interventions, 27 , 31 , 59 , 60 , 199 n32.

See also Decolonization war

Miller, Christopher, 196 n19

Mille villages policy, 125 -28

Modernism, 7 -8;

and grands ensembles , 130 , 131 , 134 , 137 , 141 ;

and traditional Algerian house, 103 , 104.

See also Le Corbusier

Modernization, 45 -46

Modulor (Le Corbusier), 165

Montaldo, 113

Mosques, 19.

See also names of specific mosques

Moudjahid, El , 49 , 124 , 125 , 128

Municipal Council of Algiers, 46

Mustafa Quarter, 60 , 65 , 67 , 68

N

Naert, N., 152

Napoleon III, 37 , 39

Napoléonville, 62 , 63

Nationalism, 195 n1.

See also Decolonization war

National Liberation Front (FLN), 47 , 49 , 124 , 128 , 202 n88, 203 n93.

See also Decolonization war

O

Obus plans (Le Corbusier), 76 -78, 205 n35

Old city. See Casbah

Orientalism, 21 , 26 , 88 , 103 , 104 , 107

Ottoman Algiers, 12 , 13 -15, 198 n8, 198 n9

Overpopulation. See Population density


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P

Pasquali, E., 44 -45

Pépé le Moko (Duvivier), 107 , 199 n27

Perret, Auguste, 141

Picasso, Pablo, 191 , 192 , 220 n26

Piracy, 13

Place Abdelkadir, 183 , 184

Place de Chartres, 30

Place des Martyres, 183

Place du Gouvernement, 29 , 31 , 52 , 57 , 59 , 183 ;

regularization of, 28 , 30 , 200 n39

Place Impériale, 54

Plan de Constantine, 46 -47, 84 -85, 86 ;

and grands ensembles , 130 , 131 , 173 -79;

resettlement policies, 125 -26;

urban housing policies, 47 , 116 , 120 -21, 213 n25

Plan directeur , 78

Plan d'urbanisme (1948), 79 -81, 82 , 117

Plan Giuauchain (1846), 60 -61

Plan Régionale d'Urbanisme, 81

Poésie sur Alger (Le Corbusier), 22 , 24

Poirel, 31 , 33

Pons, 169 , 170

Population density, 8 , 42 , 60 , 68 , 166 ;

bidonvilles , 118 , 212 n14;

and immigration, 81 , 206 n47;

Marine Quarter, 54 , 57 , 60 ;

postcolonial era, 186 , 187 ;

postwar, 44 , 45 , 202 n78, 202 n79

Population mixing, 70 , 118 , 205 n21

Postcard industry, 107

Postcolonial era, 9 , 181 -93;

architects, 183 , 218 n4;

and bilinguality, 183 , 218 n6;

casbah, 182 -83, 185 -87, 219 n12;

defined, 181 -82;

demographics, 187 , 219 n16;

French cities, 192 -93;

housing policies, 188 -90;

symbolic changes, 183 -85, 218 n5;

urban planning, 187 -88;

women, 189 -92, 219 n22

Pottier, René, 120

Pouillon, Fernand, 119 , 143 -57;

Climat de France complex, 150 -57;

Diar elMahçoul, 143 , 144 -50, 214 nn14, 17 , 215 nn19,20;

and Simounet, 157 , 215 -16n43

Prefecture, 68 , 70

Preservation, 8 , 37 -43, 50 , 203 n97;

and hygiene, 40 , 41 ;

postcolonial era, 182 -83, 185 -86

Prochaska, David, 209 n17

Project de transformation, d'extension et d'embellissement de la ville d'Alger (Redon). See Redon plan

Prost, Henri, 40 , 41 , 49 -52, 71

Prostitution, 50 , 203 n96

Prost plan. See Master plan (1931)

Prost-Socard plan, 49 -52, 53 -54, 55 , 72

R

Racim, Omar, 53 , 203 n106

Racism, 41 .

See also Colonialism

Rafaëlli, Jean-François, 104 , 105

Randau, Robert, 104

Ravéreau, André, 186

Raymond, André, 13

Reconquista , 12 -13

Redon, Eugène de, 35 , 36 , 67

Redon plan (1884), 35 , 36 , 67

Régeste, 173 , 174 , 175 , 216 n48

"Religiose" movement, 189 -90, 219 n22

Resettlement policies, 113 -14, 124 -29, 213 n46

Réverdy, Jean-Claude, 108

Reynaud, Paul, 76

Rivière, Thérèe, 93 , 95 , 139 , 209 n17

Rooftops, 19 , 20

Rossi, Aldo, 152

Rotival, Maurice, 41 , 49 , 71 , 73 .

See also Master plan (1931)

Rouiba-Reghaia, 85 , 217 n70

Royaume arabe , 39

Rue Ahmed Bouzrina. See Rue de la Lyre

Rue Bab Azzoun, 28 , 32 , 35 , 59

Rue Bab el-Oued, 28 , 51 , 59

Rue Caton, 47

Rue de Chartres, 28 , 35 .

See also Rue d'Isly

Rue de Frères Bachara. See Rue Kléber

Rue de la Grenade, 44 , 47

Rue de la Liberté, 64 -65, 66

Rue de la Lyre, 36 -37

Rue de la Marine, 28 , 35

Rue de l'Intendance, 42

Rue des Colons, 183

Rue des Consuls, 28

Rue des Libérés, 183

Rue de Télemy, 65

Rue de Vialar, 35

Rue d'Isly, 68 , 73 , 81

Rue d'Orleans, 35

Rue du Rampart, 60

Rue Emile Maupas, 42

Rue Joinville, 61

Rue Kléber, 44

Rue Marengo, 41

Rue Militaire, 33

Rue Randon, 41 , 67


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Rue Rovigo, 60

Rue Sidi bin Ali, 47

Rue Sidi Mohammed Cherif, 44

Rural housing policies, 123 -29

S

Sadi, Yacef, 47

Said, Edward, 1

Salah Bouakouir. See Rue de Télemy

Sari, Djilali, 207 n3

Sarrault, Albert, 8 , 114 , 143

al-Sayyida mosque, 19 , 28

Scelles-Millie, J., 103 , 116 -17, 122

Seiller, Albert, 115 , 135 -39

Service Municipale de l'Urbanisme, 71

Shantytowns. See Bidonvilles

Shohat, Ella, 41 , 181

Simounet, Roland, 108 , 111 -12, 157 -66;

Cité Carrière Jaubert, 161 -62, 165 -66, 216 n50;

Djenan el-Hasan, 162 -66, 216 n54, 216 -17n57;

La Montagne, 157 -61, 216 nn45, 47 , 48 ;

and Pouillon, 157 , 215 -16n43

Sintes, Joseph, 50 , 203 n96

Sister to Scheherazade, A (Djebar), 192

Smithson, Alison, 211 n53

Smithson, Peter, 211 n53

Socard, Tony, 49 -52, 116 , 140

Solivères, 167 , 168

Square d'Istanbul. See Square Nelson

Square Nelson, 68

Stam, Robert, 41

Stamboul, Jacques, 118

Street network, 14 -15, 60 , 163 -64, 198 n9

Street widening, 28 , 30 , 31 , 35 , 52 , 59

Sur les pavés d'Alger (Randau), 104

T

Tartarin de Tarascon (Bernard), 107

Terraces, 19

Tlemcen, 219 n12

Toillon, 173

Tournier-Olliver, 169 , 170

Tout l'inconnu de la casbah d'Alger (Favre), 104

Traditional Algerian house, 9 , 87 -112;

architects on, 97 -103;

art on, 104 -7;

Bernard on, 89 -90;

Berque on, 90 , 92 , 100 , 209 -10n30;

and bidonvilles , 108 -12, 210 n45;

and casbah, 15 , 17 , 18 , 39 , 99 -100, 110 ;

colonial influence on, 108 ;

female ethnographers on, 91 -96, 208 n13, 208 n14;

and grands ensembles , 131 , 133 , 141 , 153 ;

and housing policies, 96 -97;

Le Corbusier on, 100 -101, 102 , 103 ;

Maisonseul on, 101 -3;

and Masqueray's research, 88 -89, 208 n7;

postcolonial era, 189 ;

prototype of, 103 -4;

and resistance to colonialism, 87 -88;

and rural populations, 88 -89, 208 n6, 208 n7;

and women as guardians of tradition, 92 , 96 , 208 -9n15

Trame d'Alger , 82 -84.

See also Hanning, Gérald

Travaux nord-africains , 149

Trois Algériennes (Buzon), 105 , 106

Turner, John, 108

200 Colonnes, 151 , 152 , 154 -56

Type évolutif , 148 , 215 n20

U

UNESCO, 186

Urban form, 2

Urban growth, 12 , 58 , 59 -70;

and civilian rule, 65 , 67 ;

and early French interventions, 59 -61;

and 1850s plans, 62 -63;

and 1860s plans, 63 -65;

and 1896-1914 plans, 67 -68

Urban image, 2 , 19 , 21

Urban planning, 6 , 7 , 58 -86;

city extension, 31 -32;

and decolonization war, 85 , 86 ;

Hanning's plans, 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 82 -84, 204 n110, 207 n56;

hindrances to, 58 -59;

plan d'urbanisme (1948), 79 -81, 82 , 117 ;

Plan Régionale d'Urbanisme, 81 ;

and popular media, 85 -86;

postcolonial era, 187 -88;

trame d'Alger , 82 -84.

See also Urban growth; specific topics and plans

Urban process, 2 , 5

V

Van Eyck, Aldo, 211 n53

Venture, Jean-Michel de, 198 n9

Vie féminine au Mzab, La (Goichon), 91 , 92 , 93

Vigourous-Caillat plan, 62

Ville radieuse, La (Le Corbusier), 75

Vivier de Streel, M. E. De, 58

W

Waqf system, 19 , 198 -99n18 al-Wata, 13

White Friars, 108

Women, 9 ;

in art, 104 -5, 190 -92, 219 n23;

and "backwardness," 89 ;

and casbah myth, 22 -25;

and colonialism, 88 ,


236

207 n2;

and decolonization war, 128 -29, 176 , 178 , 187 , 191 , 217 n78, 218 nn80, 82 , 220 n25;

female ethnographers on, 91 -96, 208 n13;

and grands ensembles , 146 , 155 -56, 158 , 216 -17n57;

as guardians of tradition, 92 , 96 , 208 -9n15;

and housing policy, 116 ;

and photographic documentation, 209 n17;

postcolonial era, 189 -92, 219 n22.

See also Gender segregation

Woodhull, Winifred, 22 , 192

World War II, 44 , 79 , 119

Z

Zamoum, Col. Salah, 183

ZHUN. See Zone d'habitat urbaine nouvelle

Zone à urbaniser en priorité (ZUP), 85 , 173 , 188 , 207 n60, 217 n70

Zone d'habitat urbaine nouvelle (ZHUN), 188

ZUP. See Zone à urbaniser en priorité


 

Preferred Citation: Çelik, Zeynep. Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers Under French Rule. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1997 1997. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8c6009jk/