e-flux Architecture
Positions
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Hassan Fathy, housing study, Korangi Project, Karachi, 1959. Fathy
worked for Doxiadis in Greece between 1957 and 1962, collaborating on
planning projects in Pakistan and Iraq, and designing the central area of
the Korangi scheme including the mosque, school, public buildings, and
typical housing units. Courtesy of Hassan Fathy Architecture Collection,
Rare Books and Special Collections Library, The American University in
Cairo, Egypt (Hassan Fathy Collection AUC RBSCL).
Doxiadis Associates Monthly Bulletin no. 25 (March 15, 1961), Korangi
Township, Karachi. Cover illustration showing plan of residential and
civic areas. © Constantinos and Emma Doxiadis Foundation.
Hassan Fathy, conceptual study (possibly for the school), Korangi Project,
Karachi, 1959. Courtesy of Hassan Fathy Architecture Collection, Rare
Books and Special Collections Library, The American University in Cairo,
Egypt (Hassan Fathy Collection AUC RBSCL).
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