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Greater Tunis

Administrative center, layered urban fabric,

continuous circulation.

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Orientation Snapshot

  • National administrative and institutional center

  • Primary coordination node for governance, services, and regulation

  • Dense metropolitan area with expanding urban reach

  • Historic, residential, institutional, and coastal zones coexist

  • Main entry point for diplomatic, financial, and civic exchange

Operating Conditions

  • Daily tempo follows institutional, commercial, and residential cycles

  • Movement is organized around circulation corridors and access points

  • Administrative districts, residential neighborhoods, and historic areas operate side by side

  • Cultural institutions function as part of everyday urban life

  • The sea forms a continuous edge rather than a separate destination

  • Metropolitan growth produces multiple, overlapping urban rhythms

Reality Pins

  • The metropolitan area concentrates a significant share of Tunisia’s population

  • The Medina remains a lived urban fabric, not a preserved enclave

  • Archaeological sites coexist with modern infrastructure and housing

  • Museums and civic institutions are embedded within the city’s daily flow

Misreading Corrections

  • History is not separated from contemporary life

  • The coastline is not reserved for leisure alone

  • Administrative presence does not erase neighborhood life

  • Greater Tunis does not function as a single, uniform city

Material & Making Implications

  • Construction and restoration coexist across historic and modern zones

  • Craft activity aligns with repair, adaptation, and continuity

  • Objects circulate between domestic, institutional, and civic use

  • Finishing and refinement respond to diverse urban contexts

  • Making here favors integration over display

Handoff

​​Objects and materials move through layered urban systems.
Making reflects coexistence, continuity, and daily use.

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