Abstract
The 1981 Design Studio, “Housing Design in Islamic Cultures,” was held jointly by the Unit for Housing and Urbanization at the Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and the MIT Laboratory of Architecture and Planning in August 1981.
Documents include a program syllabus, an essay on “Determinants of Housing Design” by Professor Vigier, an essay on the “Role of the Public Sector” by Ismail Serageldin, and a bibliography on “Housing and Housing Design in the Muslim World” by Aga Khan/MIT librarian Richard Dewey.
Supporting materials include background papers on M’Sila, Algeria; Dhaka, Bangladesh; El Mounira Imbaba, Egypt; Iraq National Context; Karachi, Pakistan; Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia; and Indonesia.
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- Design Studio 1984: “Design, Technology and Logistics for Large Housing Projects,” in Algeria, India, Iraq, Malaysia, Mali, and Singapore, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1984_07_001)
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- Design Studio 1990: “The Medina of Tunis,” Urban Regeneration for the Historic Hafsia District, Tunis, Tunisia, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1990_00_002)
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- Design Studio 1984: “The Revitalization of a Traditional Urban Quarter” for the Medieval Darb al Ahmar District, Cairo, Egypt, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1984_01_001)
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- “The Development and Morphology of Informal Housing,” Research Paper, Aga Khan Award for Architecture Seminar Proceedings, Mona Serageldin (Project ID: 1988_09_001)
- Design Studio 1990: “The Medina of Tunis,” Urban Regeneration for the Historic Hafsia District, Tunis, Tunisia, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1990_00_002)
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- Design Studio 1981: “Housing Design in Islamic Cultures” in Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1981_08_001)
- Design Studio 1984: “The Revitalization of a Traditional Urban Quarter” for the Medieval Darb al Ahmar District, Cairo, Egypt, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1984_01_001)
- “Upgrading and Conservation of the Walled City of Lahore,” Regional Report on the Preservation of Historic Lahore, Pakistan (Project ID: 1987_00_003)
- “The Development and Morphology of Informal Housing,” Research Paper, Aga Khan Award for Architecture Seminar Proceedings, Mona Serageldin (Project ID: 1988_09_001)
- Design Studio 1989: “Rabat’s Urban Fringe,” Urbanization Analysis of Rabat, Morocco, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1989_01_001)
- Design Studio 1990: “The Medina of Tunis,” Urban Regeneration for the Historic Hafsia District, Tunis, Tunisia, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1990_00_002)
- Design Studio 1992: “Cairo and the Medieval City” and ”Urban Regeneration in Medieval Cairo,” in Cairo, Egypt, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1992_00_002)
- Design Studio 1993: “Rabat’s Urban Fringe,” Rabat, Morocco, Seminar Curriculum (Project ID: 1993_00_001)
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