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Chronicles Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy's attempt at building a model urbanisation scheme for Egypt's working class in the the 1940s-1950s, it's written in a kind of diary-like fashion and describes everything from the building methods, interactions with the future occupants, the bureaucratic hellscape of mid-century Egypt, and Fathy's own salty ramblings about the state of urbanism in the MENA.
Describes the principles guiding the shape of the pre-colonial townscape of Tunis by relating it to legal codes and proceedings of the period and their justifications. it's written in an attempt to show their relevance to urban planning today as an alternative to current methods, but it also talks a lot about the perceptions of the inhabitants and how the interactions of a neighbourhood can be shaped by different urban forms.