Theorist
Hassan Fathy
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Details
- Nationality
- Egyptian
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- ObservationLived experience
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Islamic menaWestern philosophical
Notes
[DRAFT] Egyptian architect known as the 'Architect of the Poor'. Revived adobe and traditional mud-brick construction and participatory building methods, most famously at New Gourna (1946-1952). His 1976 book 'Architecture for the Poor' became a foundational text for vernacular and appropriate-technology design.
Connections
- authored Architecture for the Poor: An Experiment in Rural Egypt
- authored New Gourna Village
- proposed Appropriate Technology
- exemplifies Critical Regionalism
- associated with Critical Regionalism
Sources
- Hassan Fathy. Architecture for the Poor: An Experiment in Rural Egypt. University of Chicago Press, 1973.
- University of Chicago Press. n.d.. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo3641441.html.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Hassan Fathy." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/hassan-fathy/. Accessed July 17, 2026.