Senan Abdelqader Explained

Senan Abdelqader
Nationality:Arab, Palestinian
Birth Name:Senan Hasan Qasem Abdelqader
Birth Date:30 November 1962
Birth Place:Tayibe, Israel
Alma Mater:Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Practice:Senan Architects
Significant Buildings:Al-Mashrabiya Building
Parents:Hasan Qasem, Amina Omar

Senan Hasan Qasem Abdelqader (Arabic: سنان عبدالقادر; born 30 November 1962) is a Palestinian architect and urban planner.[1] In 2007 he participated in the São Paulo Biennale in Brazil,[2] where he published his book entitled Architecture of (in)Dependence.[3] [4]

Abdelqader established his firm Senan Architects in Jerusalem in 1995, and in Jaffa in 2015.[5]

Early life and education

Abdelqader was born on 30 November 1962 in Tayibe, an Arab town located in the central part of Israel. Upon graduating from high school, he moved to Germany and started studying Civil Engineering at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, before moving to study architecture at University of Kaiserslautern.[6]

Academic

Abdelqader has taught at Tel Aviv University in 1998, and founded the in+Formal Architecture Research Unit[7] in the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2006. In 2011, he became a guest professor in Dessau Institute of Architecture (DIA) in Germany.[8]

In the year of 2016, Abdelqader was granted his professorship rank by the Council for Higher Education in Israel, making him the first professor in the history of Palestinians in Israel in the discipline of architecture.[9]

In 2018, Abdelqader established the Institute for the Study of Arab Culture in Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.[10] [11] [12] The institute works on constructing an academic space that enables interaction with the Arab legacy and modernisation processes in general, and in particular in Palestine.[13] [14]

Major projects

al-Mashrabiya Building, Jerusalem (2012)

Al-Mashrabiya Building, located in Southern Jerusalem, is a residential and commercial building. Abdelqader described the building as “a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional elements of Arab vernacular architecture”.[15] Like many of his projects, al-Mashrabiya Building carries with it political, social, economic and environmental critique of what he perceives as oppressive and out of context planning policies on the one hand, and conservative, romantic traditionalism on the other.[16] [17] [18]

Selected writings

Architecture of (in)Dependence, 2007

References

  1. Web site: 2007-06-05. Six-day war: Rory McCarthy talks to Senan Abdelqader, 44, architect in Beit Safafa. 2022-01-10. the Guardian. en.
  2. News: Our Man at the Biennale, an Architect From Taibeh. Zandberg. Esther. December 2, 2007. Haaretz.
  3. Web site: Abdelqader. Senan. 2007. Architecture of (in)Dependence. Senan Architects.
  4. News: Steinberg . Jessica . Upending the Traditional Arab Countryside Home (Published 2012) . 5 January 2021 . The New York Times . 30 August 2012.
  5. News: Why a Renowned Palestinian Architect Quit Jerusalem. en. Haaretz. 2022-01-06.
  6. Mayer. Kurt. Architecture of (In)dependency - Interview with Senan Abdelqader. McGill Architecture Students' Association.
  7. Web site: Senan Abdelkader . Bezalel.ac.il . 5 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150731235311/http://learningfromjerusalem.bezalel.ac.il/component/k2/item/15-senan-abdelkader . 31 July 2015.
  8. Web site: Übersicht . www.hs-anhalt.de . 5 January 2021 . de.
  9. News: فخر للوسط العربي: سنان عبد القادر من الطيبة بدرجة بروفيسور. December 3, 2016. Panet.
  10. News: إطلاق "معهد دراسات الثقافة العربية في الفنون البصرية، والتصميم والعمارة". December 28, 2018. Arab48.
  11. Web site: معهد دراسات الثقافة العربية في الفنون، التصميم والعمارة، بروفيسور سنان عبدالقادر، صباحنا غير، 19-10. Musawa Channel.
  12. News: 23 December 2018. الناصرة: إطلاق معهد دراسات الثقافة العربية في الفنون، التصميم والعمارة. Kul Alarab.
  13. Web site: Institute for the Study of Arab Culture in Arts, Design and Architecture. Arab Institute.
  14. News: Zandberg. Esther. October 17, 2019. גם במרחץ הדמים צריך ליצור דור משכיל. Haaretz.
  15. Book: Weizman, Ines. Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence. Taylor and Francis. 2014. 9781317700982. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. 112–113. English.
  16. News: Ouroussoff. Nicolai. 2006-01-16. Balancing a Love of the Land and an Escape Fantasy. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-01-10. 0362-4331.
  17. News: Steinberg. Jessica. 2012-08-30. Upending the Traditional Arab Countryside Home. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-01-10. 0362-4331.
  18. Web site: 17 October 2011. The Mashrabiya House Beats the Heat with Traditional Arabic Technique - Green Prophet. 5 January 2021.

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