Framing a New Discourse on the Notion of Habitat in Transforming Societies

Mo Sedighi, Rohan Varma

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Abstract

This paper reveals how the second Iran International Congers of Architects (IICA), held in Persepolis- Shiraz in 1974, and the first UN Habitat conference, held in Vancouver, Canada in 1976 played an instrumental role in shaping a discourse on the notion of regionalism in the design for human habitats, especially in developing countries. Building upon a brief analysis of the works of Nader Ardalan, Kamran Diba, Charles Correa, Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi and Raj Rewal, this paper discussed the incorporation of the ideas published in the Habitat Bill of Rights within their private commissions for large scale housing schemes and master plans in their respective countries, Iran and India. More crucially, this paper argues that both events helped bring together these architects who later, in different capacities, played significant roles as members of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in fostering and promoting an alternative way of adapting modernism to industrializing countries.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 18th International Planning History Society Conference
Subtitle of host publicationYokohama 2018: Looking at the World History of Planning
Place of PublicationDelft
PublisherTU Delft OPEN Publishing
Pages1231-1241
Number of pages11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventIPHS 2018: 18th International Planning History Society Conference - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: 15 Jul 201819 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameInternational Planning History Society Proceedings
PublisherTU Delft OPEN Publishing
Number1
Volume18
ISSN (Print)2468-6948
ISSN (Electronic)2773-1626

Conference

ConferenceIPHS 2018: 18th International Planning History Society Conference
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period15/07/1819/07/18

Keywords

  • Iran
  • India
  • Habitat Bills of Rights
  • Aga Khan Award for Architecture
  • Vernacular Modernism
  • Large-scale Housing Design

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