Salma samar damluji is an architect who worked with fathy. Hassan fathy s is a name that is instantly recognisable among arab architects and conjures up idyllic images of handsmoothed walls and domes covered in. Hassan fathy march 23, 1900 november 30, 1989, egyptian arabic. Vernacular architecture approach to achieve sustainability. Postwar discourses on science, development, and vernacular. Hassan fathy, architecture for the poor chicago and london. New gourna was a housing project masterminded by hassan fathy with the objective of rehousing the seven thousand people of gourna, a village built on the site of the tomb of the nobles, part of the ancient cemetery of thebes now luxor, egypt. Hassan fathy devoted himself to housing the poor in developing nations and deserves study by anyone involved in rural improvement. Still in use, and well cared for, are a series of modest private residences shaped by his profound understanding of vernacular design. Before it was fashionable or even fathomable, he was championing earth architecture in the hopes of bringing decent. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental,culturaland historical. He has received the union of international architects gold medal, the egyptian governments national prize for arts and letters, and the aga kahn award for architecture. He was an egyptian architect, artist and poet who had a lifelong commitment to architecture in the muslim world. As an intellectual, writer, humanist, architect and scientist, he.
Principles and examples with reference to hot arid climates hassan fathy chicago. Pdf on jan 1, 2014, ismail serageldin and others published hassan fathy. Hassan fathy free download as powerpoint presentation. Vernacular architecture hassan fathy, an egyptian architect, has taught on the faculty of fine arts in cairo and served as head of its architectural section. Architecture for the poor hasan f athy 1 prelude dream and reality paradise lost. He was far ahead of the thinking of the times and was widely known for his ideas. The use of earth in the architecture of hassan fathy and fabrizio. In fact, these repetitive elements in fathy s work represent a vernacular version of standardisation.
See more ideas about vernacular architecture, architecture and building design. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental,culturaland. Her publications include the architecture of yemen 2007 and al diwan al amiri, doha 2011, and has curated a number of exhibitions in london, paris and madrid. Hassan fathy 19001989 was among the most important architects of africa and the middle east. New gourna village, 1948, egypt by hassan fathy source. Hassan fathy egyptian architect 1900 1989 the master builder, hassan fathy 19001989 was one of the first architects to break with modern architecture and to found a new approach based on a conception of interpreting forms and masses from the past.
Abdullah nuridin durkee, hassan fathy in new mexico, via, 1984, 5875. An indispensable architect in the history of modern islamic architecture is the egyptian hassan fathy 1900 89. Hassan fathy egyptian architect 1900 1989 the master builder, hassan fathy. Abdelrahman ahmed and walter shearer, natural energy and vernacular architecture. This thesis examines the career of the egyptian architect, hassan fathy 19001989. Hassan fathy 19001989 is arguably the most widely known and influential egyptian architect of the 20th century. In 1946 hassan fathy, egypts green architect, built a model village near luxor called new gourna out of mud. Hassan fathy, natural energy and vernacular architecture. He is one of the few architects who gained his fame not through flashy and complicated structures but through simple, costeffective designs for the people.
Keywords adobe buildings, building technology, earthen architecture, vernacular architecture country egypt language english file type size pdf 48. Hassan fathys new gourna model village lies shambles. Hassan fathy, an egyptian architect saw the value of natural building long before it became a fad in the west. He worked to reestablish the use of traditional building methods and materials. He primarily applied a working knowledge of ancient. His major contributions were to socalled vernacular architecture which, inspired by traditional nubian and islamic materials and styles, urged an approach to the built environment that was economically and ecologically sustainable and responded to contextual needs of the. Using mud bricks, the native technique that fathy learned in nubia, and such traditional egyptian architectural designs as enclosed courtyards and vaulted roofing, fathy worked with.
Egypts visionary architect 9 it is somewhat ironic that hassan fathy, whose name is so closely associated with architecture for the poor, built much for wealthy patrons. She was elected member of the academie d architecture 2017, received the academie d architecture s restoration award in 2015 and the global award for sustainable. Cities for tomorrow 2015 social infrastructure with bjarke ingels duration. Nawal hassan, who helped me finding many of fathys houses, archivist.
In this article originally published by the cairo observer as hassan fathy. Principles and examples with reference to hot arid climates. Architecture for the rich, there is a critical relook and rework of the principles and philosophies of hassan fathy s work in new gourna and his deliberates vis a vis. Green prophet has railed against projects like dubai burj tower we have pounded our chests at the audacity of masdar citys zero footprint claim, and we have decried the potential consequences of unsustainable approaches to building and planning. Fathy pedestaled his vision of vernacular building traditions and promot.
Hassan fathy believed in the social responsibility of the architect and acted accordingly throughout his life. The complete works of hassan fathy earth architecture. Undoubtedly, the similarity in methods of design of both fathy and the founders of the modern movement, were not acknowledged because they had worked in different contexts. Richards authoreditor ismail serageldin authoreditor darl rastorfer authoreditor associated collections. This first dedicated and cohesive book on egyptian architect hassan fathy 190089 compiles an rich amount of diverse material on the modernist architect known for his work developing traditional arab architecture alongside principles of modernism. The substantial volume combines previously unpublished drawings, personal letters, interviews and. Laurie baker and hassan fathy s approach article pdf available july 2015 with 2,476 reads how we measure reads. Works of hassan fathy, egyptian vernacular architect. Hassan fathy was a noted egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technologies for buildings in egypt. Pdf natural energy in vernacular architecture 2009.
Fathy was recognized with the aga khan chairmans award for architecture in. Architecture for the poor describes hassan fathy s plan for building the village of new gourna, near luxor, egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as. Architecture for the poor describes hassan fathy s plan for building the village of new gourna, near luxor, egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. A question they were always asking us when we were young, one that would start our imagination roaming and set us daydreaming. This paper focuses on the complexity of fathys architecture and the. Fathy worked to create an indigenous environment at a minimal cost, and in so doing to improve the economy and the standard of living in rural areas. Hassan fathy is one of egypts most wellknown and revered architects. Introduction hassan fathy was born in egypt in 1899.
Doc hassan fathy and traditionalvernacular architecture. The countryside if you were given a million pounds, what would you do with them. Fathy also championed the inclusion and empowerment. Hassan fathys design efforts for new gourna nandy a 1 and nandy uk2 1chief managing director of the iso approved firm b. Architecture for the poor describes hassan fathy s plan for building the village of new gourna, near luxor, egypt, without the use of more. This beautiful, fascinating, and scholarly book will be essential reading for students, academics, and general readers interested in fathy, and the development of arab and vernacular architecture. To most near eastern architects, hassan fathy was the dominant figure in the architecture of.
However, when one looks at the photographs of his works, they do not look like modern architecture but traditional, moreover vernacular, buildings. Hassan fathys vernacular architecture linkedin slideshare. Hassan fathy egyptian vernacular architecture youtube. His major contributions were to socalled vernacular architecture which, inspired by traditional nubian and islamic materials and styles, urged an approach to the built environment that was economically and ecologically sustainable and responded to contextual. Hassan fathy is the middle easts father of sustainable. Vernacular architecture approach to achieve sustainability in informal settlements authors. Egyptian architect hassan fathy s use of traditional techniques and local materials is still studied across the world by a plethora of young designers yearning for a new architectural language. Vernacular architecture is a wise thought of generation molded by culture and. It contains an account of his family background, his childhood and education, the influences of the egyptian vernacular and islamic architecture which helped shape his identity and the influences of modem architectural movements on his. An egyptian architect who devoted himself to housing the poor indeveloping nations. Dearest hassan fathy, we know you are not alive anymore, although we wish you were, so you could continue designing unrivalled architecture, but we would like to take the time to dedicate a tribute to you by collating some of your most spectacular works in this article. He established a privatepractice in cairo where he also worked as professor of fine arts andhead of the architectural school, at the university of cairo.
See more ideas about vernacular architecture, architect, architecture. Architecture for the poor 1973, natural energy and vernacular architecture. Fathy s architecture is solar and communal, yet earthy and modest just like the traditional arab world that inspired him. Hassan fathy biography childhood, life achievements. Hassan fathy, the egyptian architect known for his recognition of the potential of vernacular forms as a vital force in contemporary architectural design, sought to integrate the traditions of islamic art with his modern visions for living. The first book on egyptian modernist hassan fathy wallpaper.
Hassan fathy and continuity in islamic arts and architecture book description. Principles and examples with reference to hot arid climates fathy, hassan, shearer, walter, sultan, abdelrahman ahmed on. Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs. Just like the great master of western architecture, frank lloyd wright, hassan fathy s genius was initially appreciated mostly by an intellectual.