Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian architect who designed over 160 projects utilizing traditional Egyptian architectural elements and materials like mud bricks. He focused on low-cost construction methods that incorporated passive cooling techniques and trained local people. Some of his notable projects included the Gourna Mosque in Egypt, which featured thick mud brick walls, vaulted roofs, courtyards, and screens to restrict light and ventilation systems like windcatchers and qanats.

2. By HASSAN FATHY Egyptian Architect (1900 – 1989)

3. Designed 160 separate projects from modest country retreats to fully planned communities, markets, schools, theatres, places for worship and for recreation.

8. Screens in Window

9. Vaulted roof at Gourna Theatre

10. Ventilation system -Kharga Market -

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