28 RESUSTAIN
By Ahmed ElDakroury At the beginning of Hassan Fathy’s architectural career, many people doubted him and did not believed in his ideas about sustainability while others supported him, which slowly render him an established architect and an important representative of what we today call ‘sustainable architecture’. This article aims at presenting the sustainable aspect of Fathy’s architecture and the relation to local cultures and traditional building techniques.
Sustainable Architecture And Local Construction Tradition:
HASSAN FATHY’S WAY
Hasan Fathy- the right Livelihood award https://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/lau reates/hassan-fathy/
Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian architect born in March 23, 1900 and died in November 30, 1989. He is well recognized architect among the Arab architects especial for the dome structure and the hand-smoothed walls covered in adobe. His work was mostly noted for using adobe and traditional material. The use of natural material was inspired by the traditional architecture in Egypt. Hassan Fathy in his work insisted in revisiting traditional ways of building because he believed that the ancient ways of building for each country,
