Why?
Revolution against Modernism
Wasted Aesthetic Values
Nationalism, dignity
Economic/ domestic technology
Local Climatic Adaptation (passive techniques)
Well known, locally accepted.
Attractive for tourism, defines an (Ethnic) atmosphere
Double encoding and symbolic metaphors
Why not?
Retarded,
Low quality: less durable, Cracks, pests…
Against people ambitions
Symbol of the Past (sometimes Symbol of the dead!)
Egyptian vernacular Architecture
Egyptian vernacular
Rural mud-brick housing
Neo-Vernacular Egyptian Architecture
The Godfathers: Remises Wisa wasef and Hassan Fat'hy:
Hassan Fat'hy:
The genius question!
Housing for poor…. Or housing for rich!
Al-Gourna: the complexity of sociological aspects in Architecture.
Ramsees Wisa Wasef, the success with the society
Mud bricks: Building from earth that gets back to earth
We can see Vernacular Architecture in the West Desert:
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Tenneda located in el Dakhlah Oasis,West Desert. |
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Sendadaya located in el Kargah Oasis,West Desert. |
Vernacular Architecture of the world
Western vernacular architecture
Natural Materials: Wooden pitched roofs, Wood or brick walls.
Wood windows
African vernacular Architecture
Mali, Burkina Faso, Nubia, Morocco
Earth vernacular housing: Recycling buildings,
Arabic-Islamic vernacular Architecture
Aseer, Yemen.
Tunis, Bosnia, Montenero
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