TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fathy,Hassan
TI  - Architecture for the poor: an experiment in rural Egypt 
SN  - 9780226239149 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HN790.Q7 F33 1976eb
U1  - 307.72/0962 22
PY  - 1976///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Community development
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Qurna
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Rural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - სოციოლოგია
KW  - სოციალური პირობები - ეგვიპტე
KW  - ეკონომიკური მდგომარეობა -ეგვიპტე
KW  - არქიტექტურა ღარიბების თვის - ეგვიპტური - ექსპერიმენტი
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Published in 1969 under title: Gourna: a tale of two villages, in a limited ed., by the Ministry of Culture, Cairo; Foreword; Preface; 1 Prelude: Dream and Reality; 2 Chorale: Man, Society, and Technology; 3 Fugue: Architect, Peasant, and Bureaucrat; 4 Finale: Gourna Dormant; Appendix I: Cost Analysis of Labor and Rates of the Execution of Works; Appendix II: In-Service Training; Appendix III: Organization of Work; Appendix IV: Foundations; Appendix V: Brick Making; Appendix VI: Cost Analysis at the Moment when the Project Was Handed Over to the Ministry of Social Affairs; Glossary; Illustrations
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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