Ayman G. Abdel TawabTanta University · Department of Architecture
Ayman G. Abdel Tawab
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Introduction
Ayman Abdel Tawab is a professor of urban renewal and urban conservation at the Architectural Engineering Department, at Tanta University, in Egypt. He has been awarded his Ph.D. degree from Egypt in 2004. Since then, Dr. Abdel Tawab has been lecturing on subjects, including History and Theories of Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Architectural Design. He has participated to some conferences concerned with urban conservation and has had some publications on the same subject.
Additional affiliations
June 2021 - August 2021
Position
- Professor (Full)
Description
- Has been involved with teaching some architectural courses, such as Architectural Design, and Architectural and Urban Conservation.
May 2014 - June 2021
Position
- Professor (Associate)
Description
- Has been involved with teaching some architectural courses, such as Architectural Design, and Architectural and Urban Conservation.
August 2010 - May 2014
Position
- Professor (Assistant)
Description
- Has been involved with teaching many architectural courses, such as Theories of Architecture, History of Architecture, Architectural Design, Architectural Working Drawings, and Computer Applications in Architecture.
Education
September 2001 - October 2003
September 1999 - June 2004
September 1993 - June 1998
Publications
Publications (49)
The Academic Publications and Accomplishments Submitted to:
The Permanent Scientific Committee of Architecture and Town Planning in Egypt, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
The Academic Publications and Accomplishments Submitted to:
The Permanent Scientific Committee of Architecture and Town Planning in Egypt, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Nominating heritage properties for listing as World Heritage Sites has become more challenging with the advent of the Operational Guidelines of 2005 that have construed the prerequisites of the Global Strategy. According to the Guidelines of 2005, States Parties, to the World Heritage Convention, are urged to nominate properties for listing as Worl...
Influences exerted by cultural heritage properties on developments in architecture, town planning, or landscape design represent one of the criteria that are used to evaluate the Outstanding Universal Value of the properties nominated for listing as World Heritage Sites, which is criterion (ii). In 1996, the wording of criterion (ii) was revised to...
A lecture in connection with the course: Architectural Design 2(A), the title of the presentation is: Design Project, a New Hotel inside “Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid” potential World Heritage Site
Motivated by the declining condition of New Gourna, the international association "Save the Heritage of Hassan Fathy" made an appeal to several international conservation organizations to help with the conservation of the village. Responding to this appeal, the World Heritage Centre embarked upon a study of the village and a conservation initiative...
![Figure 7. One of the peasants' houses in New Gourna (Source: [12]).](profile/Ayman-Abdel-Tawab/publication/328559971/figure/fig1/AS:686336000393219@1540646662372/One-of-the-peasants-houses-in-New-Gourna-Source-12_Q320.jpg)
The finding of the under-representativity of 20 th century heritage properties on the World Heritage List urged many States Parties to the World Heritage Convention to nominate heritage properties representing this pattern for listing as World Heritage Sites. One of these properties is Paimio Hospital in Finland designed by Alvar Aalto. One of the...
The recent interest in the conservation of modern heritage has stimulated further debates on the notion of the authenticity of modern heritage undergoing major development. Due to the late recognition of modernism architecture as a pattern of cultural heritage and the need to sustain this heritage’s efficient functions, modern heritage has always b...
Despite its location inside the World Heritage Site in Luxor, New Gourna Village has never been recognized as one of the elements that contribute to the World Heritage Site’s Outstanding Universal Value. In order to consider New Gourna among the World Heritage Site’s contributing elements, it should enjoy an Outstanding Universal Value and should a...
Hassan Fathy’s Humane Considerations in Design and the Significance of New Gourna Village
A. G. Abdel Tawab
Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
ABSTRACT: A vigorous nomination of properties representing vernacular and recent heritage for listing as World Heritage Sites has been motivated...
Presentation notes (Heritage 2016 conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 July 2016) Paper title: ”Evaluating the authenticity of traditional living communities’ ever-evolving heritage” Topic 9 Heritage and Authenticity
Evaluating the authenticity of traditional living communities’ heritage seems to be very challenging due to these communities’ ever-evolving nature. The continuous preservation works carried out to these properties’ vulnerable heritage, which usually result in continu-ous alterations to their built heritage, emphasize such challenges. The main aim...
The practice of launching international architectural design competitions to key and important buildings in Egypt is not a new trend. Once built, those award-winning buildings usually undergo a modification process either by their owners or occupants. Owners or occupants always modify these buildings so that their performance would be adapted to ce...
New Gourna Village, which is located inside one of the World Heritage Sites in Egypt, has never been recognized as an element contributing to the site’s Outstanding Universal Value. The recognition of the village as a contributing element is reliant on the successful assessment of its authenticity and integrity. Responding to the dramatically decli...
![The key elements in Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre [19,25,29, p. 1]. 1....](profile/Ayman-Abdel-Tawab/publication/265384052/figure/fig2/AS:267585270841357@1440808708991/The-key-elements-in-Ramses-Wissa-Wassef-Art-Centre-19-25-29-p-1-1-entrance-2-the_Q320.jpg)
![The sculpture works that reflect the genuine Egyptian identity [19].](profile/Ayman-Abdel-Tawab/publication/265384052/figure/fig3/AS:267757304414240@1440849724304/The-sculpture-works-that-reflect-the-genuine-Egyptian-identity-19_Q320.jpg)
The authenticity of earthen heritage has long been a challenge to the trials of the under-represented States Parties, to the World Heritage Convention, to identify properties for listing on their Tentative Lists, of potential World Heritage Sites. Many under-represented States Parties and regions, such as Africa and the Arab States, retain a large...
Abdel Tawab, Ayman (2013): Introduction to Urban Conservation. Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
The main features of the conservation project taking place at Taos Pueblo seem to agree with the concept usually referred to as “sustainable conservation”. Despite the recognition of traditional living communities, such as Taos Pueblo, as sustainable communities, some of the heritage values that Taos Pueblo enjoys might be argued to contradict with...
The practice of launching international architectural design competitions to key and important buildings in Egypt is not a new trend. Once built, those award-winning buildings usually undergo a modification process either by their owners or occupants. Owners or occupants always modify these buildings so that their performance would be adapted to ce...
The interest in securing and sustaining the townscape and urban values of the historic environment has escalated as a response to the writings of intellectuals, such as Kevin Lynch and Gordon Cullen. Such interest has been construed by the governments’ introduction of statutory tools allowing them the right to designate urban areas within the bound...
The identification of properties for listing on the Tentative Lists of the under-represented States Parties, to the World Heritage Convention, such as Egypt, has long challenged such States Parties. The under-represented patterns of the properties that are relevant to Egypt might involve earthen and recent architectural heritage. In Egypt, only one...
Abdel Tawab, Ayman G. (2011): Earthen Architectural Heritage in Egypt, The Conservation of the Works of Hassan Fathy and Ramses Wissa Wassef: Lecture at the School of Architecture, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 6, December.
Abdel Tawab, Ayman G. (2011): Modern Heritage in Egypt: Significance and Outstanding Potentials: Presentation at Suomenlinna World Heritage Site, Helsinki, 1, June.
Identifying properties representing the 19th and 20th century heritage for the nomination for the World Heritage Site status has long challenged developing States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, such as Egypt. Because of their assumed limited contribution towards the modern architectural movement, such States Parties have been encouraged...
Nominating cultural properties for inscription on the World Heritage List has become more challenging with the implementation of the amendments of the Operational Guidelines of 2005, concerning the conditions of integrity and authenticity. According to these amendments, satisfying the conditions of integrity has become a prerequisite for cultural p...
Evaluating proposals for new urban development has long challenged the agencies concerned with the management of historic towns. Such developments can enrich the urban experience of historic towns, and can contribute towards their adaptation to contemporary life. Nevertheless, new developments suffering from poor townscape and architectural qualiti...
The presentation of the paper presented during the 2nd HERITY Conference in Rome, December 2008
Experts to the World Heritage Committee have long acknowledged the significance of undertaking serious amendments to the Operational Guidelines to establish a representative, balanced and credible World Heritage List. Adopting a new section involved with the Global Strategy, which has been one of the key amendments carried out to the Guidelines of...
World Heritage Cities, WHCs, the well-established and well-represented form of World Heritage Sites, WHSs, seem to largely share the complexity of the world heritage phenomenon. The complexity and the challenges associated with the world heritage experience have been the focus of the workshop that has accompanied the "VII International Conference o...
Conservationists and planners have long acknowledged the significance of adopting efficient mechanisms to control the quality of new urban development inside conservation areas. The need to combat the overwhelming visual chaos that has blighted most of the urban areas in Egypt has also emphasized the importance of adopting such mechanisms in Egypt....
Conservationists and planners have long acknowledged the significance of adopting efficient mechanisms to control the quality of new urban development inside conservation areas. The need to combat the overwhelming visual chaos that has blighted most of the urban areas in Egypt has also emphasized the importance of adopting such mechanisms in Egypt....
Conservationists and planners have long acknowledged the significance of adopting efficient mechanisms to control the quality of new urban development inside conservation areas. The need to combat the overwhelming visual chaos that has blighted most of the urban areas in Egypt has also emphasized the importance of adopting such mechanisms in Egypt....
Conservationists and planners have long acknowledged the significance of adopting efficient mechanisms to control the quality of new urban development inside conservation areas. The need to combat the overwhelming visual chaos that has blighted most of the urban areas in Egypt has also emphasized the importance of adopting such mechanisms in Egypt....
Conservationists and planners have long acknowledged the significance of adopting efficient mechanisms to control the quality of new urban development inside conservation areas. The need to combat the overwhelming visual chaos that has blighted most of the urban areas in Egypt has also emphasized the importance of adopting such mechanisms in Egypt....
Conservationists and planners have long acknowledged the significance of adopting efficient mechanisms to control the quality of new urban development inside conservation areas. The need to combat the overwhelming visual chaos that has blighted most of the urban areas in Egypt has also emphasized the importance of adopting such mechanisms in Egypt....
تعبر مراكز المدن التاريخية – و التى تمثل النشأة المبكرة للمدينة و النواة الأولى لها – عن أصول المدينة و جذورها التاريخية – سواء أكانت جذور ريفية أو حضرية – و تظهر أنسجتها فى تباين واضح مع الأنسجة الحضرية الأحدث المتاخمة لها .
و لقد تعرضت مراكز المدن التاريخية الى العديد من الضغوط نتيجة لعوامل منها قدم الأنسجة الحضرية لمراكز المدن التاريخية و فشلها...
Projects
Projects (2)
1- The main objective of the proposed study is to develop guidelines that can help in improving the preservation works undertaken to earthen heritage in Egypt, particularly the properties designed by Hassan Fathy and Ramses Wissa Wassef, and to allow such properties the chance to qualify for a World Heritage Site status.
2- The proposed study also aims at developing a methodology that can be used to evaluate the level of significance, the authenticity and the integrity of earthen heritage.
