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ARCH4385-1 / Spring 2020

Yasser Elsheshtawy

Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present

Canvas

Bulletin

One of the most striking aspects of housing projects developed across the Middle East in the second half of the twentieth century is their rejection by users and inhabitants. Conceived by well-intentioned architects, planners and city officials they were meant to usher a newly liberated people into modernity; in other instances, they were introduced by colonizing powers as a way to subjugate the population. Irrespective of motives transformations occurred, shifting their initial pristine visions into an informal assemblage of sorts that nevertheless was an expression of their culture and lifestyle. This aspect of encountering modernity in the developing world lies at the very heart of this course. The disconnect between professionals and the needs of the population is glaring; by unpacking this dissonance the course aims at understanding the various processes that underlie the foundation of the Arab City. In other words, examining housing in the Arab world, is at its most elemental also an interrogation into the nature of urbanism in this region.

Overall, the seminar aims at: 1) enabling a nuanced understanding of Arab cities – i.e. a comprehension that there were multiple forms of modernisms; and 2) appreciating the extent by which housing remains a salient issue impacting policy and urban development across the Arab world.

Location & Time

200 BUELL

M 11 AM - 1 PM

Session & Points

FULL SEMESTER

3 Points

Sequence

History & Theory

Post-1800

S/E

Call Number

11356

Programs

M.S. Real Estate Development

Master of Architecture

M.S. Advanced Architectural Design

New York / Paris

M.S. Urban Planning

M.S. Architecture and Urban Design

M.S. Computational Design Practices

M.S. Historic Preservation

Other Semesters & Sections

Course	Semester	Title	Instructor	Syllabus	Requirements & Sequence	Location & Time	Session & Points	Call No.
ARCH4385‑1	Fall 2025	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy		History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	200 Buell North TH 11 AM - 1 PM	Full Semester 3 Points	19935
A4385‑1	Spring 2025	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy		History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	200 BUELL M 11 AM - 1 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	11313
A4385‑1	Spring 2024	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy		History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	200 BUELL M 11 AM - 1 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	11081
ARCH4385‑1	Spring 2023	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy		History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	200 BUELL M 11 AM - 1 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	11402
ARCH4385‑1	Spring 2022	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy		History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	200 BUELL NORTH M 11 AM - 1 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	14254
A4385‑1	Spring 2021	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy		History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	REMOTE M 11 AM - 1 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	13275
A4385‑1	Spring 2019	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy		LECTURE History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	200 BUELL M 11 AM - 1 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	93629
ARCH4385‑1	Spring 2018	Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present	Yasser Elsheshtawy	Syllabus	Lecture History & Theory Post-1800 S/E	200 Buell M 11 AM - 1 PM	Full Semester 3 Points	79032