TRADITIONAL GULF ARCHITECTURE WEEK Traditional Gulf Architecture Conference is organized by the Qatar National Library in collaboration with Liverpool University’s School of Architecture,

TRADITIONAL GULF ARCHITECTURE WEEKAn exhibition and conference at theQatar National Library, April 22–25, 2018

The house of Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani (built c.1905-10), Umm Salal Mohammed, Qatar

(photograph by Vincent Aïtzegagh, Paris, France)

Qatar National Library (QNL)

welcomes you to a week-long look

at the architectural heritage of

Qatar and the Gulf.

The program begins with the

opening of an exhibition of historical

photographs taken in 1984–85 by

the French Archaeological Mission

in Qatar, and recently acquired by

the QNL. A member of this mission,

Dr. Claire Hardy-Guilbert, will deliver

a lecture on Qatar’s traditional

architecture at the opening.

This will be followed by a

conference examining the Gulf’s

architectural identity and its

wider cultural and economic

history through the story of its

traditional architecture from the

1700s to the 1960s. Scholars will

discuss architectural projects, the

varieties of vernacular buildings,

the influence of pre-oil trade and

migration flows between the Gulf

and the wider world, the state

of traditional Gulf architecture

today, preservation practices and

debates, and architecture’s ongoing

significance for national identity in

the GCC states.

These events form part of the QNL’s

Traditional Gulf Architecture Project,

which seeks to create a digital

archive of historical photographs,

architectural maps and drawings,

and publications relating to the

region’s architectural heritage.

The Traditional Gulf Architecture Conference is organized by the

Qatar National Library in collaboration with Liverpool University’s

School of Architecture, Qatar University’s Department of

Architecture and Urban Planning, and Ibrahim Jaidah, CEO and

Chief Architect, Arab Engineering Bureau, Qatar. It is funded by the

QNL with support from the Qatar National Research Fund.

DELEGATES:

Qatar National Library:

1. James Onley (Lead Convener)

University of Liverpool, School of Architecture:

2. Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (Co-Convener; Sir James Stirling Chair

in Architecture)

3. Giamila Quattrone

4. Haitham Al Abri

Qatar University, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning:

5. Fodil Fadli (Co-Convener; Head of Department)

6. Shaibu Bala Garba

7. Djamel Boussaa

8. Salim Ferwati

9. Raffaello Furlan

10. Ibrahim Jaidah (Co-Convener; Arab Engineering Bureau, Qatar)

Others:

11. Nader Ardalan (Harvard University)

12. Mohammed Ali Abel (Private Engineering Office, Government of

Qatar)

13. Nadia Maqbool (23 Degrees North, Muscat, Oman)

14. Nikolaus Knebel (German University of Technology, Oman)

15. Robert Carter (UCL-Qatar)

16. Daniel Eddisford (Field Director, Origins of Doha Project, Durham

University, UK)

17. Claire Hardy-Guilbert (CNRS, Universite Paris I, France)

18. Vincent Aïtzegagh (photographer, Paris, France)

19. Christophe Graz (HYDEA SpA, Firenze, Italy)

20. Ali A. Alraouf (Urban Planning Authority, MME, Government of

Qatar)

21. Samia Rab Kirchner (Morgan State University, USA)

22. Mariam Al-Hamadi (Qatar University)

23. Rogaia Abusharaf (Georgetown University in Qatar)

24. Remah Gharib (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

25. Harriet Nash (University of Exeter, UK)

26. Gizem Kahraman Aksoy (University of Exeter, UK)

DAY 1: April 22, 2018 (Sunday)SPECIAL EVENTS AREA, QNL

18:00 WELCOME TO TRADITIONAL GULF ARCHITECTURE WEEK

CHAIR: James Onley (Director of Historical Research & Partnerships, QNL)

• Sohair Wastawy (Executive Director, QNL)

OPENING OF QATARI ARCHITECTURE PHOTO EXHIBITION

CHAIR: Stephane Ipert (Acting Director of Distinctive Collections, QNL)

TALK: Qatar’s Traditional Architecture

Claire Hardy-Guilbert (CNRS, Universite Paris I) & Vincent Aïtzegagh (photographer)

19:00 END

DAY 2: April 23, 2018 (Monday)SPECIAL EVENTS AREA, QNL

08:30 COFFEE / TEA

09:00 CONFERENCE WELCOME

CHAIR: James Onley (Director of Historical Research & Partnerships, QNL)

• Sohair Wastawy (Executive Director, QNL)

• Abdellahi Hussein (Program Manager, SAH, QNRF)

• Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (University of Liverpool)

• Fodil Fadli (Qatar University)

09:30 PANEL 1: The Traditional Gulf Architecture Project

CHAIR: James Onley (Director of Historical Research & Partnerships, QNL)

• Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (University of Liverpool)

• Ibrahim Jaidah (Arab Engineering Bureau, Doha)

• Nader Ardalan (Harvard University)

• Fodil Fadli (Qatar University)

10:30 COFFEE BREAK @ QNL RESTAURANT

11:00 PANEL 2: Major Research Projects (part 1)

CHAIR: Fodil Fadli (Head, Department of Architecture & Urban Planning, Qatar University)

• The Centre for the Study of Architecture and Cultural Heritage of India, Arabia and the

Maghreb (ArCHIAM), University of Liverpool

Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (University of Liverpool)

• Gulf Sustainable Urbanism

Nader Ardalan (Harvard University)

• Recording the Vernacular Architecture of Doha (The Origins of Doha Project)

Robert Carter (UCL-Qatar) and Daniel Eddisford (Durham University)

12:45 LUNCH BREAK / COFFEE AFTER @ QNL RESTAURANT

14:15 PANEL 3: Major Research Projects (part 2)

CHAIR: Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (Chair, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool)

PROGRAM

• Digitizing Built Heritage; Towards the Use of HBIM in Qatar

Fodil Fadli (Qatar University)

• HCK: A New Approach/Methodology for Geo-Referenced Onsite Surveys

Christophe Graz (HYDEA SpA, Firenze, Italy)

15:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 PANEL 4: Building Types and Their Influences

CHAIR: Ali A. Alraouf (Head of Research, Urban Planning Authority, MME, Government of

Qatar)

• Qatari Architectural History and Material Culture

Ibrahim Jaidah (Arab Engineering Bureau, Qatar)

• Identity of Architecture in the Gulf

Mohammed Ali Abel (Private Engineering Office, Government of Qatar)

•EfficiencyandIdentity:The(Re-)DiscoveryofPassiveCoolingStrategiesintheNew

Architecture of the Gulf Region

Nikolaus Knebel (German University of Technology, Oman)

• The Static and Dynamic Aspects of Qatari Architecture

Salim Ferwati (Qatar University)

18:00 END

DAY 3: April 24, 2018 (Tuesday) AUDITORIUM, QNL

09:00 COFFEE / TEA

09:30 PANEL 5: Connections, Exchanges and Influences

CHAIR: Rogaia Abusharaf (Georgetown University in Qatar)

• Qatar, the Gulf and the Exchange of Religious Architectural Traditions

Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (University of Liverpool)

• History, Cultural Flow and Architectural Heritage in the Sultanate of Oman

Shaibu Bala Garba (Qatar University)

• Between Trade and Tribalism: Oman’s Distinctive History of Traditional Settlements and

Architecture

Haitham Al Abri (University of Liverpool, UK / Ibra College of Technology, Oman)

11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 PANEL 6: Interior Settlements and Architecture

CHAIR: Samia Rab Kirchner (Morgan State University)

• The Traditional Liwan-Type House of the Sinaw Oasis, Oman

Giamila Quattrone (University of Liverpool)

•TheAflajofOman:CommunityStructuresandUses

Harriet Nash (University of Exeter, UK)

12:30 LUNCH BREAK / COFFEE AFTER

13:30 PANEL 7: Preservation of Traditional Architecture (part 1)

CHAIR: Haitham Al Abri (University of Liverpool)

• Traditional Architecture and the Heritage Industry in the Gulf

Mariam Al-Hamadi (Qatar University)

• Resilient Historic Centers in the Gulf: Cultural Heritage, Urban Regeneration and Sustainability

Djamel Boussaa (Qatar University)

• The Souq Waqif Heritage Site in Doha: Spatial form and Liveability

Raffaello Furlan (Qatar University)

• Gulf Architectural Heritage from Documentation to Rehabilitation: Contesting the Fake and

the Authentic

Ali A. Alraouf (Urban Planning Authority, MME, Government of Qatar)

15:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 PANEL 8: Preservation of Traditional Architecture (part 2)

CHAIR: Giamila Quattrone (University of Liverpool)

• What is Authentic About Port Cities along the Arabian Coast of the Gulf? Questioning the

“Lens of Culture” through Three Urban Regeneration Projects: The Pearl Trail of Bahrain, the

Heart of Sharjah, and the Heart of Doha

Samia Rab Kirchner (Morgan State University)

• Policies for the Preservation of Built Heritage in Islamic Contexts

Remah Gharib (Hamad Bin Khalifa University)

• The Preservation of Traditional Architecture in Oman

Nadia Maqbool (23 Degrees North, Muscat)

• Surviving Early Oil Era Domestic Architecture in Doha

Gizem Kahraman Aksoy (University of Exeter)

18:00 END

DAY 4: April 25, 2018 (Wednesday) AUDITORIUM, QNL

10:00 COFFEE / TEA

10:30 PANEL 9: The Traditional Gulf Architecture Project: Feedback and Discussion

CHAIR: James Onley (Director of Historical Research & Partnerships, QNL)

• Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (University of Liverpool)

• Ibrahim Jaidah (Arab Engineering Bureau, Doha)

• Nader Ardalan (Harvard University)

• Fodil Fadli (Qatar University)

12:30 END & LUNCH

THANK YOU