on continuity and identity
Future Footwear Foundation
BC architects
designing WITH and learning FROM communities
leesmateriaal Nubische cultuur
Learning from Nubian spaces
Nubian Vernacular architecture & contemporary Aswan buildings’ enhancement
aanzet intentieverklaring
Hassan Fathy
"Throughout the restoration process, contemporary needs were balanced with the necessity of preserving the architectural integrity and historic character of the house."
"designed by TC Plus, the house called G-LAB was the result of doctoral research into how new "strong places" for societies and communities can be developed."
"combining the oldest knowledge with the newest technologies"
"We have to search clay, not bricks"
"an Arab architect who has lost every point of reference in the Arab society, who has lost his arabité."
INTERACTION
TC Plus
Marije Vogelzang
"If someone feeds you, you cannot not like that person. If you can break bread with each other you can’t break each others neck."
Food as a tool to create understanding, a bond between different social groups
Polder TV
farm of the future: what happens when the farmer and the urbanist join forces?
‘Hassan Fathy, Egyptian Architect devoted himself to housing the poor in developing nations and deserves to be studied by anyone involved in rural improvement. He worked to create an indigenous environment at a minimal cost, and by doing so, to improve the economy and the standard of living in rural areas. In his works, Fathy wanted to pay tribute to nature, traditions, and man while seeking spirituality. All these qualities distinguish him from the traditional notion of a modern architect.’
indigenous ways
Why have we followed industry into a paradown of development so disassociated from nature and why are we ignoring local wisdom?
'Lo-tek: shows how humans have been dealing with the extreme conditions that we are now facing.'
The Shabonos: Circular Communal Dwellings of the Yanomami Tribes in Venezuela
ZAV Architects,
Presence in Hormuz 2
'Presence in Hormuz is a series of urban developments by a semi-public institution that hired ZAV Architects, in order to empower the local community of the island. Its second phase is a multipurpose cultural residence called Majara residence (meaning adventure) that ties together the lives of local people and visitors both culturally and economically.'
Design anthropology is not, and cannot be, ethnography
Tim Ingold