Salima Naji is an anthropologist and architect based in Southern Morocco. For the past two decades, Naji’s practice, atelier Salima Naji, has been advocating to protect the region’s vernacular heritage through adapting tradition to the needs of the present. Championing the use of natural materials such as earth and stone over carbon-intensive concrete, the architect approaches sustainable construction through a social lens, using her projects to train workers in communities around the Atlas mountains in traditional construction skills. From major undertakings including the large-scale rebuilding of Ksar of Assa and the Fortress of Agadir to bioclimatic public projects, Naji is proliferating an alternative model for building conservation in Southern Morocco, restoring the historic connection between communities and their local environments to build resilience for the future.