The architecture of home in Cairo : socio-spatial practice of the Hawari's everyday life
| 1. Verfasser: |
Abdelmonem, M. Gamal.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT, USA :
Ashgate,
[2015].
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| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction. Part I On Home and Architecture: Homes: a history of a human practice; The idea of home between social reality and cultural production; Architecting homes: a practice in question; Making homes in Cairo: constructing the socio-spatial architecture of home. Part II Homes of Old Cairo between Two Centuries: Cairo and the Cairene a,[yen]arah: structural and contextual consideration; The a,[yen]arah and the embodiment of home; Medieval homes of Cairo in 1800AD; The changing city 1880s-1930s; Contested territories of modernity; Narratives of spatial transformation in Cairo. Part III Modernity and the Architecture of Home in Cairo: Why architects fail in Cairo?; Architecture of home: from theory to practice; Architecture and the construction of memory; Closing the loop: gender, education and sustainable homes in Cairo. Afterwards: towards a progressive practice; References and bibliographies; Index.
