ABSTRACT
The High Atlas mountain range of Morocco presents an important architectural heritage built on earth that nowadays is still partially inhabited. The present research deals with the material, constructive and typological analyses of the tighremt n’Aït Makhat, a fortified dwelling located in Ighrem Aqdim, one of the six villages inhabited by the Aït Mraou, which is on the left shore of river Mgoun’s middle course, the main affluent of river Dades. This research goes deeper into the organic character of a building constructed during the first decades of the twentieth century, and shows the different manufactures and uses of the main materials employed in its production: earth, plaster and wood; looking into the constructive processes and specific technique nomenclatures in the local language. The study also allows analyzing the evolution and transformation processes of these systems, still surviving in the region.
