Hassan Fathy (1900-1989, Arabic) was a noted
Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate
technology for building in Egypt, especially by
working
to reestablish the use of adobe and tradional as
opposed to western building designs and lay-outs.
Fathy was recognized with the Aga Khan
Chairman’s
Award for Architecture in 1980.
He's even noted for sustainable architecture. Hassan Fathy was born in Alexandria in 1900
He trained as an architect in Egypt, graduating
in 1926 from the King Fuad University (now
Cairo University).
2. INTRODUCTION:
Born : March 23, 1900
Alexandria, Egypt
Died : November 30, 1989 (aged 89)
Cairo , Egypt
Nationality : Egyptian
Occupation : Architect,writer
Awards : Aga khan Chairman’s Award for
architecture(1980), Balzan Prize (1980),
Right Livelihood Award (1980)
3. Hassan Fathy (1900-1989, Arabic) was a noted
Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate
technology for building in Egypt, especially by
working
to reestablish the use of adobe and tradional as
opposed to western building designs and lay-outs.
Fathy was recognized with the Aga Khan
Chairman’s
Award for Architecture in 1980.
He's even noted for sustainable architecture.
4. Early life :
Hassan Fathy was born in Alexandria in 1900
He trained as an architect in Egypt, graduating
in 1926 from the King Fuad University (now
Cairo University).
8. NOTETABLE WORKS-
He designed nearly 160 separate projects.
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His book -"ARCHITECTURE FOR THE POOR"
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21. FATHY S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
HIS ARCHITECTURAL PERSEPECTIVES -
¤ Ancient design methods and materials.
¤ Utilizing a knowledge of rural Egyptian economic situation.
¤ Space designed suitable to the surrounding environment.
¤ Low cost construction without using R.C.C and Steel.
¤ Training locals to build one's own house.
SIX MAJOR PRINCIPLES THAT FORM THE CRUX OF
FATHY 'S WORK -
¤ The belief in primacy of human values in architecture.
¤ The importance of universal rather than limited approach
¤ The use of appropriate technology.
¤ The need for socially oriented, Co-operative construction
techniques.
¤ The essential role of tradition.
¤ The re-establishment of cultural pride through the art of
buildings.
22. FATHY'S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
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23. FATHY'S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
HIS DESIGN ELEMENTS-
24. FATHY'S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
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26. FATHY 'S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE.
¤ He was influenced by most of monumental architecture in
the pharaonic period and strongly influenced intellectually
by the concept of the vernacular arch. of the Nubians
¤ Main purpose was housing the poor in developing nation
by applying the concept he was strongly influenced by
which is the vernacular architecture of the Nubians -opened
up his mind to discover the true essence of the heritage and
being inspired by the ancestors work.
¤ His goal was to combine between a comfy descent
housing and a poor being-after all home is where the person
should feel comfortable at ease serene and cool now matter
what the temperature and circumstances outside.
¤ He developed his own ideas, inculcating traditional Arab
styles like the MALKHAF (wind catchers), the shushaykha
(lantern dome), the mashrabaya (wooden lattice screens)
27. FATHY'S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
¤ He worked decade's in his beloved Egypt before he
designed and built for the homeless community of gourna,
Upper Egypt, which attracted international acclaim.
¤ One would enter a home made updated of local natural
resources with dome shaped ceiling and no electrical air
condition, to find a sudden peace and calm within a cool
atmosphere.
28. FATHY'S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
OVERALL UNDERSTANDING (BASED ON
MATERIAL)
¤ MUD BRICK - low heat radiation, low cost, availability.
¤ THICK WALLS - high insulation.
¤ Small windows not facing the sun.
¤ WIND CATCHERS -air circulation, a pressure gradient
used to get away with hot air.
¤ QANAT -used with the wind catchers to cool the interior
air by deep cut canal in the floor filled with water.
¤ SCREEN -restricts glare of light.
¤ No use of RCC N STEEL -causes high heat radiation.
¤ Courtyard with partial greenery, to screen dust and sand
29. FATHY'S VIEW ON VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
OVERALL CONCLUSION -
¤ vernacular architecture is a wise thought of generation
moulded by its culture and regions in which it flourishes.
¤ It's a region specific and cultural specific.
¤ Vernacular design is seen as a limitation by the
guidelines of region and culture or is it learning to live with
these limitations by the utilisation of its potentials to its
maximum.
¤ Therefore Vernacular architecture is result of factor that
frames it.
