Aapravasi Ghat: the architecture of reception and transit

Useful to know

Aapravasi Ghat in Port Louis, Mauritius, was associated with the arrival of contract workers in 1834-1920. The remains of the reception complex attest to a system of migration associated with the plantation economy. [1]

The architectural interest is not in palace splendor, but in the organization of arrival, registration and temporary passage. In a plan, it looks for the sequence of service spaces. Do not describe the place as a tourist port: its historical function is different. The preserved fragment acquires significance through the connection with the people and processes for which it was intended.