TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fathy,Hassan
TI  - Architecture for the poor: an experiment in rural Egypt 
SN  - 977424575X
U1  - 307.720962 22
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Cairo
PB  - The American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Community development
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Qurna
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - GGEN
KW  - COMAME
KW  - ENGARC
KW  - February2019
N1  - Originally published : Gourna. Cairo : Ministry of Culture, 1969; Includes glossary
N2  - Architecture for the Poor 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
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