Hassan fathy devoted himself to housing the poor in developing nations and deserves study by anyone involved in rural improvement. Pdf on jan 1, 2014, ismail serageldin and others published hassan fathy. It was created to shelter the community of old gourna gournii who had lived above the tombs in the ancient cemetery of thebes and whose relocation was considered as a solution to reduce the damages to the pharaonic tombs. Home university of southern california dissertations and theses orientalism and the other. In this article originally published by the cairo observer as hassan fathy. Educated in cairo by a british educational system he practiced mostly in egypt, although. Hassan fathy 19001989 is arguably the most widely known and influential egyptian architect of the 20th century. 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. Hassan fathy is the middle easts father of sustainable. The goal was to use local materials and techniques to relocate old gourna, a. 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. If you were given a million pounds, what would you do with them. He was also the first architect from developing countries to receive. Experimental and unorthodox as his ideas were, more than twothirds of his projects were either partially or completely realised.
Set in the context of the newly independent egyptian nation, fathy s career encapsulates an anticolonial. Hassan fathy was born in alexandria, egypt in 1900. Here is an excerpt from a brief article in alahram weekly 1925 dec 2002, issue 617 written to coincide with a recent fathy retrospective in cairo. In this play, the egyptian writer criticizes the figure of a despotic and. Hassan fathy, an egyptian architect saw the value of natural building long before it became a fad in the west. For this reason, the first step in writing a narrative of cultural history for. Hassan fathys 117th birthday todays doodle celebrates hassan fathy, an egyptian architect known for pioneering new methods, respecting tradition, and valuing all walks of life. Fathy utilized ancient design methods and materials. Professor higham, of kansas state university, is the efficient editor.
Hassan 3 fathys adulthood started in a revolutionary atmosphere, and his western education was balanced by the rise of nationalist and independentist voices such as. Environment and architecture effect of climate on architectural form environment conscious modification of the microclimate trends in international architecture when an. Architecture for the rich, there is a critical relook and rework of the principles and philosophies of hassan fathys work in new gourna and his deliberates vis a vis personal ideologies. In his lifetime he designed more than thirty projects including several villages for the poor. Hassan fathys most available major text is architecture for the poor univ. He studied at cairo university and later became a professor at the faculty of fine arts and was head of the architectural school. However, when one looks at the photographs of his works, they do not look like modern architecture but traditional, moreover vernacular, buildings.
This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. At this point, it is important to indicate that architecture of hassan fathy is an innate. 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. Sustainable architecture for the poor here and there. An egyptian architect who devoted himself to housing the poor indeveloping nations. Hassan fathy some problems facing egyptian architecture. Architecture for the poor describes hassan fathys 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. He was an egyptian architect, artist and poet who had a lifelong commitment to architecture in the muslim world. The theme of this presentation relates to hassan fathy and the arts. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read the following biography. Environment and architecture hassan fathy equipo bonsai.
Hassan fathy, an egyptian architect, has taught on the faculty of fine arts in cairo and served as head of its architectural section. Hassan fathy was an egyptian architect, artist, and poet who had a tremendous impact on generations of architects and planners. 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 the villagers to. The village was designed and built between 1946 and 1952 by the famous egyptian architect hassan fathy 19001989. The first book on egyptian modernist hassan fathy wallpaper. Unesco then initiated a safeguarding project of hassan fathys new gourna village to develop a conservation master plan for the community. Before it was fashionable or even fathomable, he was championing earth architecture in the hopes of bringing decent housing to egypts. He is the father of amirhossein fathi, a young actor. He pioneered the use of sustainable materials and environmentally friendly design to build housing for low income families who were being relocated from their original village. Written by salma samar damluji, an architect and writer who worked directly with fathy, and architect and scholar viola bertini who researched a phd on fathy at iuav venice, the book takes on a personal approach from the very first pages with a series of. Collections architects archives hassan fathy archnet.
Hassan fathy received international awards for his architecture for the poor. Introduction hassan fathy was born in egypt in 1899. Early in his career he began to study the preindustrial building systems of egypt to understand their aesthetic qualities, to learn what they had to teach about climate control and. Published for the united nations university by the university of chicago press chicago and london. Hassan fathy believed in the social responsibility of the architect and acted accordingly throughout his life. Written by salma samar damluji, an architect and writer who worked directly with fathy, and architect and scholar viola bertini who researched a. In the first place, hassan fathy is often referred to as an artist, and.
Hassan fathy 19001989 was an egyptian architect and engineer who has been credited with bringing the vernacular architecture of egypt to a wider audience, and for putting neglected traditional building systems to work for the poor. Hassan fathy is an egyptian architect who was given the opportu. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. This thesis examines the career of the architect hassan fathy as a case study for. Directly or indirectly, his work inspired many young. Hassan fathys architecture and the decolonization of egypt. Hassan fathys new gourna model village lies shambles. However, a special award, the chairmans award, was created for him. Ucla electronic theses and dissertations escholarship.
Architecture and environment by hassan fathy since antiquity, man has reacted to his environment, using his faculties to develop techniques and technologies, whether to bake bread or make brick, in such internal psychological balance with nature that humanity historically lived attuned to the environment. Hassan fathy biography hassan fathy is egypts most wellknown architect since the famous imhotep, the worlds earliest known designer. We know you wrote in your book, architecture for the poor, that the peasants needed decent houses, but houses are. 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. Famous architect and artist, hassan fathy was born in alexandria in 1899 to an egyptian father and a turkish mother. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Hassan fathi born on september 2, 1959 in tehran persian. Fathy was recognized with the aga khan chairmans award for architecture in 1980. A question they were always asking us when we were young, one that would start our imagination roaming and set us daydreaming. 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. The village of new gourna was designed and built in the 1940s by the egyptian architect hassan fathy. Islamic art under european influence and contemporary trends.
Architects archives hassan fathy 1 name, 123 sites, 6 images, 25 files, 184 publications in collection hassan fathy alaa aldin mustafa house idfu, egypt 1981 fares school fares, egypt 1957 high institute for popular arts aswan, egypt 1962 prince sadruddin aga khan house aswan, egypt 1970. Having finally put an endpoint to a long lasting research on hassan fathy, which is. In 1946 hassan fathy, egypts green architect, built a model village near luxor called new gourna out of mud. A number of characteristics that constitute hassan fathys spatial language were identified, including spatial variety and richness, economic use of circulation space.
However, in actual fact, he was a modern architect, only three years. Hassan fathy served on the first steering committee of the aga khan award for architecture, and was technically barred from being considered for a prize. Pdf ma the architecture of hassan fathy ahmed ragab. Hassan fathy is best known for devising and promoting in arid areas the social organization of public housing built cooperatively by the ownerdwellers, with the guidance of the architect and under the supervision of craftspeople, using local preferably free materials such as earth, reed, straw or stone. Hassan fathy was born in 1900 in alexandria, egypt. An indispensable architect in the history of modern islamic architecture is the egyptian hassan fathy 1900 89. This thesis examines the career of the egyptian architect, hassan fathy. In the final analysis hassan fathys contribution to egyptian architecture has been his imagemaking. The countryside if you were given a million pounds, what would you do with them. Safeguarding project of hassan fathys new gourna village. New baris public buildings with the museum in the foreground and the market vaults in the background, 2010. Designed by a pioneer of sustainable architecture, hassan fathy, the village of new gourna in luxor, or ancient thebes, was commissioned by the egyptian department of antiquities in 1945. After new gourna was included on the 2010 world monuments watch, wmf joined forces with unesco to assess current conditions as part of the planning process. Hassan fathy biography childhood, life achievements.
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