Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian architect born in 1900 in Alexandria. He was interested in drawing and painting from a young age. After graduating from engineering school in 1926, he worked for the government designing schools. Dissatisfied with modern architecture, he was inspired by traditional Nubian designs using local materials like mud bricks. He felt these designs were better suited for the Egyptian climate. Fathy went on to design many mosques, schools and homes that incorporated spherical domes, thick adobe walls and natural ventilation to be comfortable in the desert heat. He encouraged community participation. Fathy received several awards for his work before passing away in 1989, and is considered Egypt's most renowned architect for promoting sustainable earth architecture

2. Hessen Fatty
By
Micheal Abebe
ID*0295/2006

3. Biography
Hassan Fat'hy was born in 23 March 1900, in Alexandria,
He went to Cairo, when he was 8 years old, and lived in Helwan with his family.
liked Painting, drawings
He wished to be an agriculture engineer, but he couldn't.
Hassan Fat'hy joined the faculty of Engineering to study Architecture as part of
Civil engineering. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering in 1926.
In the beginning of his life, he worked in the department of school buildings in the
local authority.
The first project he designed was a school in Talkha city.
He found the houses in this city were very ugly and it was not suitable for living in.
He tried to build his own house but he didn't like the style of it.
Then he found the beauty of the Nubian architecture.
Because it has its own character.

4. Nubian architecture

5. Personal Philosophy & Source Of Inspiration
Traditional material with modern architectural principles
especially by working to re-establish the use of mud brick (or adobe) and
traditional as opposed to western building designs and lay-outs.
Fathy’s approach of using traditional building materials and techniques. Both
institutions employ the owner-builder system in West Africa and the Middle
East. These are the Development Workshop of Lauzerte, which has helped to
introduce the Nubian technique of mud-brick dome and vault construction

6. • The elements and principles of designs in Hassan Fatty's
work are Line, Texture, Shape and Unity. His work has line
from the use of mud bricks. Texture because the buildings
have a rough surface. Shape is made by the domed roofs .
Finally, unity because his buildings look complete and
connected.
• Hassan uses spherical (dome) shapes on all his mosques.
He also uses rectangles, squares and arches in his
architecture. These shapes give his work a 3D and 2D look.

7. Majesty works

18. His Dwgs.

25. His elements

26. His elements

27. His elements

28. His elements

29. Awards
• Aga khan award for architecture
• Special Award the chairman award
• The 1st architect from developing country's to receive
the golden media of the UIA (international union of
Architect)receive the

30. • He’s designs and builds mosques, schools and homes
for Islamic Egyptian people
• Hassan likes to encourage people to participate in the
construction in their new homes or mosques. Hassan
uses thick walls, shade and natural animal skin to make
it comfortable living in a desert. Hassan Fat'hy died of
old age on November 30th, 1989. Just before Hassan
died, he was given the Aga Khan Award and became
Egypt's most well known architect

31. 1900-1989

32. Reference
• https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199904/elegant.solutions.htm
• https://architecture.knoji.com/the-response-of-western-architects-to-hassan-fathys-
earth-architecture/
• http://egyptarch.net/egyptarchitect1/hasanfathi/hfmain.htm
• http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80a01e/80A01E00.htm#Contents
• http://archnet.org/
• http://www.akdn.org/architecture/chairmans_award.asp?tri=1980
• http://www.akdn.org/akaa_chairman.asp
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Fathy
• http://www.remains.se/picturem.php?ObjectID=135&Browse=AREA
• http://www.rightlivelihood.org/fathy.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5QKLppxgbk

33. The End