HASSAN FATHY 2003   1من اصل4

A CASE OF CONTROVERSY
We can’t know the value of the human be ing unless we get that the impact of his work
which has an area of communication and sustainability that exceeds the stage of his life
as an individual and exceeds an extended generations and for communi ties which he
don’t live in but have an idea based on his presence or his absence. And sustainability of
thought and idea doesn’t mean to follow or the dependency of the individual or his
works, but it the denial of the work itself and criticizing it is the value which leaves a
space to think and to re-read it for facing scientific, practical, conversa tional, and
critical challenges. The dialectic case here is between with or against which represents
a value for the individual and for his work in life and history.
Hassan Fathy in the Human History is one of those controversial cases in the courtyard
of Architecture and Urbanism and life in Egypt and the world wide and recommended as
one of the pioneers of architecture and philosophy. His works and studies for build ing,
helping the poor, building the environ ment, his ability to blend the heritage and
civilization of Egypt and the teachings of the Islamic architecture, thoughts and the
study of the Western schools, witnessed a state of controversy in his life and to this day
and in the future, whether by a fanatic or a rejecter and in between these cases; the heir,
trader, student, fascinated person, deplorable, and the one seeking to cause harm. His
works were described between the absolute success and the extreme fail ure to remain
Hassan Fathy a dialectic case.