Hassan Fathy

Hassan Fathi

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Egypt
Name in native language	حسن فتحي
Name wey dem give am	Hassan
Family name	Fathi
Ein date of birth	25 March 1900
Place dem born am	Alexandria
Date wey edie	30 November 1989
Place wey edie	Cairo
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	Arabic
Ein occupation	architect
Field for work	architecture
Employer	Cairo University
Educate for	Cairo University
Award e receive	Right Livelihood Award, Balzan Prize, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Robert Matthew Prize

Hassan Fathy (Egyptian Arabic: حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) na he be noted Egyptian architect wey pioneer appropriate technology give building insyd Egypt, especially by he dey work make he reestablish de use of adobe den traditional mud construction as dem oppose to western building designs, material configurations, den lay-outs. Na dem recognize Fathy plus de Aga Khan Chairman's Award for Architecture insyd 1980.

Ein life matter

Na dem born Hassan Fathy insyd Alexandria to a Middle Class Upper Egyptian family. He study den train as an architect insyd Egypt, wey he graduate insyd 1926 from de King Fuad University (now Cairo University). Fathy marry Aziza Hassanein, sisto of Ahmed Hassanein. Na he be influence by Upper Egyptian den simple rural architecture, he design a villa plus de southern style give ein wifey along de Nile insyd Maadi, wich na dem later destroy make e make way give de new corniche. Na he sanso design ein bro ein mausoleum (1947), along Salah Salem, insyd Neo-Mamluk style.

Death

Hassan Fathy die of natural causes for November 30, 1989, at ein home insyd Cairo, Egypt.

Collection

Dem house Hassan Fathy ein entire archive wich dey include ein architectural plans, photographs den documents for de Rare Books and Special Collections Library at de American University insyd Cairo.' De collection dey include around 5000 architectural plans, 15,000 photographs den ein correspondences, writings den oda collected papers den materials.

Publications

Hassan Fathy get a number of publications. Ein first book Architecture for the Poor Archived 2022-01-17 at the Wayback Machine na dem initially publish am by de Egyptian Ministry of Culture insyd 1969 under de title Al-Gurna: A Tale of Two Villages.

Der sanso be a growing number of books about Hassan Fathy. De list dey include:

• El-Wakil, Hassan Fathy dans son temps, Infolio, 2013 (edited volume)
• El-Wakil, L. 2018. Hassan Fathy: an architectural life Archived 2022-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. The American University in Cairo Press, New York; Cairo (edited volume)
• Damluji, S. and Bertini, V., 2018. Hassan Fathy: Earth & Utopia. London: Laurence King.
• Dávid, Dóra and Vasáros, Zsolt (2020) Publications of the Office of the Hungarian Cultural Counsellor in Cairo 2018-2019. Current Research of the Hassan Fathy Survey Mission in Egypt. Project Report. Department of Industrial and Agricultural Building Design and Office of the Hungarian Cultural Counsellor in Cairo, Budapest and Cairo.

De remains of a house insyd New Gourna

Bibliography

• Fathy, Hassan (1976) [1973]. Architecture for the Poor : An Experiment in Rural Egypt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226239163. OCLC 1020172729.
• Fathy, Hassan (1986). Shearer, Walter (ed.). Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture : Principles and Examples, With Reference to Hot Arid Climates. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226239170. OCLC 1036744049.
• Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy, Hassan Fathy: The Power of Belief. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2017.
• Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy, Hassan Fathy: The Language of Traditional Architecture. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2017.

Sources

• Curtis, Edward (2010). "Dar al-Islam community (New Mexico)". Encyclopedia of Muslim-American history. New York: Facts on File. p. 134. ISBN 9781438130408. OCLC 650849872.
• Fathy, Hassan (2008-11-21). "Dar al Islam Abiquiu Program Site". MIT Libraries. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
• Goldschmidt, Arthur (1999). Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt. Boulder, CO: L. Rienner. p. 56. ISBN 9781588269850. OCLC 841810840.
• Roth, Leland (1993). Understanding architecture : its elements, history, and meaning. New York, NY: Icon Editions. ISBN 9780064301589. OCLC 643834100.
• Schleifer, S. Abdullah (1984). "Hassan Fathy's Abiquiu: An Experimental Islamic Educational Center in Rural New Mexico". Ekistics. 51 (304): 56–60. ISSN 0013-2942. JSTOR 43620415. OCLC 5987894730.
• Steele, James (1997). An architecture for people : the complete works of Hassan Fathy. New York: Whitney Library of Design. ISBN 9780823002269. OCLC 9159872006.
• Stegers, Rudolf (2008). "Dar Al Islam Mosque". Sacred buildings : a design manual. Basel; Boston: Birkhäuser. pp. 210–211. doi:10.1007/978-3-7643-8276-6_63. ISBN 9783764382766.

External links

Wikimedia Commons get media wey relate to Hassan Fathy.

• Fathy, Hassan. "The wind factor in air movement". Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture. (free fulltext)
• Digital collection of Hassan Fathy's architectural drawings
• Fathy's the Father of Sustainable Architecture in the Middle East
• Biography and images of Fathy's architecture
• Picture gallery from Hassan Fathy's project "New Baris" in Kharga Oasis, Egypt at Remains.se
• "A Hassan Fathy Quotation". solarhousehistory.com. 23 March 2014.