Vortrag, Dr. Yasser Elsheshtawy
Veranstalter: Titularprofessur Moravánszky
Datum : Freitag, 19. November 2010 bis Freitag, 19. November 2010
Zeit : 12:45 bis 14:15
Ort : HIL C 10.2
The talk examines the extent to which the built environment in the Middle East has been shaped by, and is an outcome of, socio-political conditions that emerged as a result of various independent movements starting in the 1950s with Egypt’s revolution, Algiers war of independence and so on. These events led architects and urbanists to search for an architectural style and mode of urbanity that would affirm their recently gained independence. Relying on both foreign and local models this search for a style oscillated between a reliance on tradition (e.g. Hassan Fathy) to an importation of western ideals. This changed in the 70s with a renewed interest in what is called Islamic Architecture and Urbanism, originating primarily from the Arabian Peninsula, and transformed again within the last decade into an adoption of neo-liberal principles leading to a pastiche architecture whose sole aim is profit. I am arguing that the dream of independence, to be manifested in architecture, has not been realized as of yet due to a misguided attempt and search for an illusive Arab-Islamic identity by both local and foreign architects. I will support this with a review of built and unbuilt projects in various Arab regions starting with the Gourna project in Luxor, up until the newly constructed dreamscapes of the Gulf.
Herr Dr. Yasser Elsheshtawy ist Ass. Professor am Departement für Architectur, United Arab Emirates University (UAE) in Dubai.
Veranstalter: Titularprofessur Moravánszky
Datum : Freitag, 19. November 2010 bis Freitag, 19. November 2010
Zeit : 12:45 bis 14:15
Ort : HIL C 10.2
The talk examines the extent to which the built environment in the Middle East has been shaped by, and is an outcome of, socio-political conditions that emerged as a result of various independent movements starting in the 1950s with Egypt’s revolution, Algiers war of independence and so on. These events led architects and urbanists to search for an architectural style and mode of urbanity that would affirm their recently gained independence. Relying on both foreign and local models this search for a style oscillated between a reliance on tradition (e.g. Hassan Fathy) to an importation of western ideals. This changed in the 70s with a renewed interest in what is called Islamic Architecture and Urbanism, originating primarily from the Arabian Peninsula, and transformed again within the last decade into an adoption of neo-liberal principles leading to a pastiche architecture whose sole aim is profit. I am arguing that the dream of independence, to be manifested in architecture, has not been realized as of yet due to a misguided attempt and search for an illusive Arab-Islamic identity by both local and foreign architects. I will support this with a review of built and unbuilt projects in various Arab regions starting with the Gourna project in Luxor, up until the newly constructed dreamscapes of the Gulf.
Herr Dr. Yasser Elsheshtawy ist Ass. Professor am Departement für Architectur, United Arab Emirates University (UAE) in Dubai.
