Hassan Fathy
23 March 1900 – 30 November 1989
Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian architect and pioneer of appropriate, sustainable technology who revived traditional mud-brick building and vernacular design for the poor. He is best known for the planned village of New Gourna near Luxor and for his influential book 'Architecture for the Poor', which documented his ideas on affordable, climate-responsive housing.
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Life events
Hassan Fathy was born in Alexandria in 1900.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his architecture studies in Cairo in 1926.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe planned the mud-brick village to rehouse residents using traditional Nubian building techniques.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe collaborated on city and regional planning projects during a period working outside Egypt.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis book documenting the Gourna experiment became an influential text on vernacular and sustainable design.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was honored for his work in appropriate and humane architecture.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Aga Khan Award for Architecture recognized his lifetime achievement in 1980.
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