Research into rural architecture in a historical context raises questions about the external influences and internal forces guiding the evolution of architecture, its typological characteristics, and the determining factors of spatial organisation and architectural production. Methods of different disciplines must be applied to understand the complex relationships between object, space, and human beings. An interdisciplinary approach is imperative. Ethnological, linguistic, archaeological, and sociological methods are just as important as exact measurements and documentation of the built environment, but a standardised approach does not yet exist. The purpose of the conference is to bring together scholars working on similar projects with regard to research questions or methods and to create synergies between the ongoing projects and experts. The conference is structured to include thematic sessions and aims to reflect and to highlight the complexity inherent in the topic of vernacular architecture. The conference is organized in the framework of the DFG-financed project „Nubian Architecture“ that is carried out jointly by the Chair for History of Architecture and Urbanism of the TU Berlin and the DAI Cairo.
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I will have the pleasure to present in this conference a keynote lecture the 5th of April 2019, 18h30, Hassan Fathy and Nubia: learning from the vernacular
après trente ans de carrière au sein de l’alma mater genevoise, ses collègues, amis et anciens élèves, historiens de l’art, professionnels et experts du patrimoine culturel, ont voulu lui rendre hommage en contribuant à cet ouvrage. D’une rive à l’autre : patrimoines croisés reflète les intérêts interdisciplinaires liés aux travaux de Leïla el-Wakil, dont la carrière se situe à la croisée des chemins entre l’architecture locale et le patrimoine bâti méditerranéen. Il fait également écho à son engagement pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine à Genève et ailleurs, de même qu’à ses multiples actions éducatives et culturelles menées au sein de la Cité. L’ouvrage a été édité par Silvia Naef, professeure ordinaire à l’unité d’arabe de l’Université de Genève, Pauline Nerfin, son assistante et doctorante à l’unité d’histoire de l’art de l’Université de Genève et Nadia Radwan, son ancienne assistante et professeure assistante à l’Université de Berne. »
The workshop held at the University of Zurich will address the challenging conservation status of orientalising architecture and the extensive losses of these monuments during the 20th century by discussing selected case studies from Switzerland and Europe.
