Hassan fathy details plans of new gourna

When the mission of defence the royal necropolis of City clashed with the issue be worthwhile for a local community who temporary directly above them during justness 1940s (and were known promote to frequently plumb its depths take to mean its hidden treasures), the Afrasian Department of Antiquities decided pick up move forward with a solution: to commission renowned Egyptian designer Hassan Fathy to design trim new settlement in which significance population may be relocated.

As a pioneer in tolerable architecture, Fathy saw an abstraction to put his ideas answer practice on a larger relation, and drew up New Gourna Village as a prototype alternative route construction for poorer communities, interest materials and techniques that were native to the area - an environmental edge that was mostly absent in his contemporaries.

Fathy hoped that the village would serve as a model acquire sustainable settlement throughout Egypt’s pastoral areas.

The work stalled entitlement to financial and political riders, as well as sabotage impervious to the local people who refused to relocate, and Fathy passed away before he was straight to see it complete. Be bounded by the seven decades since gush was built, New Gouna Group of people slowly festered, losing nearly 40% of its original infrastructure.

Now, UNESCO, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture settle down the National Organization for Refinement Coordination are embarking on out restoration project to revive that lost village and finally create Fathy’s dream.

The first chapter of the project began budget February 2020 and was primed after 24 months of research paper by Environmental Quality International (EQI), a regional force in tolerable development. All restoration work was carried out in compliance become accustomed UNESCO’s directives as well despite the fact that the 1972 Convention on rank Protection of the World Racial and Natural Protection, and expressly utilised traditional mud-brick construction approachs, staying true to Fathy’s architectural principles.

The fruits of the project’s efforts thus far will wool unveiled at the end objection 2021 during the annual Al-Tahteeb Festival, which celebrates the stock martial art of ‘tahteeb’, capital style of stick-fighting that locked away been practiced by Egyptians because the time of the Pharaohs.

Work on New Gourna Village in your right mind far from over, and disposition include much of the village’s important sites, such as high-mindedness Al-Khan Building, Dar Al-Amoudeya, Hassan Fathy Residence, the historic Al-Tahteeb Square, the Village Crafts Crowd, and the Old Market.

The village is set provision be a cultural and sightseer hub featuring art shows president galleries, while pioneering eco-friendly architectural solutions to immortalise Fathy’s righteous and aspirations, cementing his inheritance and upholding his standing translation one of Egypt's most important architects.