A01=Hassan Fathy
adornment
architectural design
architecture
Author_Hassan Fathy
building
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claustra
climate
community
construction
crafts
decoration
egypt
enclosed courtyards
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folk art
hassan fathy
indigenous
kinship
labor
lattice
luxor
masonry
masons
materials
mud bricks
mudwork
native
neighborhood
new gourna
nonfiction
nubia
poverty
revival
rural
tradition
vaulted roofing
vaulting
village
Product details
- ISBN 9780226239163
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 17 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 2000
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This volume 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. 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 tailor his designs to their needs. He taught them how to work with the bricks, supervised the erection of the buildings, and encouraged the revival of such ancient crafts as claustra (lattice designs in the mudwork) to adorn the buildings.
