New Gourna Village | World Monuments Fund
Designed by a pioneer of sustainable architecture, Hassan Fathy, the village of New Gourna in Luxor, or ancient Thebes, was commissioned by the Egyptian Department of Antiquities in 1945.
Hassan Fathy and New Gourna - JSTOR Daily
Aug 8, 2023 · Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy had high hopes for his design for New Gourna (New Qurna). In designing a new village for the residents being forced to move from “old” Gourna, Fathy sought to create a contemporary vernacular architecture for a post-colonial Egypt.
Revolutionizing Architecture: Hassan Fathy's New Gourna Village ...
Dec 26, 2023 · Explore The Visionary Work Of Architect Hassan Fathy, From The Iconic New Gourna Village To The Environmentally Conscious Ceramics Factory. Delve Into Fathy's Architectural Philosophy And The Historical Context That …
Hassan Fathy, Building With the People in New Gourna
Oct 8, 2020 · The New Gourna project is probably the most emblematic of Hassan Fathy’s career. Located on the west bank of the Nile, under the Theban Hills opposite Luxor, the village of Gourna was built between the 1940s and 1950s to rehouse the inhabitants of …
Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna Village - TIME
Jul 25, 2024 · In Fathy’s lifetime—he died in 1989—he completed projects in places as far flung as Mallorca and New Mexico, but it was in New Gourna, a village in Luxor built in the mid-1940s (current...
Hassan Fathy (1900–1989) - The Architectural Review
Feb 14, 2020 · Old Gourna was only one reference among many for the new settlement, which included buildings of Upper Egypt, palaces, streets and houses of medieval Cairo, Pharaonic architecture and drawings as well as a world consisting of stories, forms and figures that gave substance to Fathy’s architecture.
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The village of New Gourna also seemed to offer Fathy a perfect opportunity to finally test the ideas unveiled at Mansouria on a large scale and to see if they really could offer a viable solution to the rural housing problem in Egypt.
Safeguarding Hassan Fathy's architectural legacy in New Gourna
Mar 30, 2023 · New Gourna Village is located on the West Bank of the Nile in Luxor within the World Heritage site of Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis in Egypt. The Village was designed and built from 1946 to 1952 by Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy (1900-1989).
New Gourna Village – Luxor, Egypt - Atlas Obscura
Apr 30, 2021 · Discover New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt: There are ongoing efforts to preserve this village, the best known work of Egyptian architect Hasan Fathy.
Hassan Fathy - Wikipedia
Fathy gained international critical acclaim for his involvement in the construction of New Gourna, located on Luxor's West Bank, built to resettle the village of Gourna, which fell within the archaeological areas of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.