Senan Abdelqader

Senan Abdelqader
Abdelqader at his Jerusalem office, 2015
Born
Senan Hasan Qasem Abdelqader

(1962-11-30) 30 November 1962 (age 62)
Tayibe, Israel
NationalityArab, Palestinian
Alma materTechnical University of Kaiserslautern
OccupationArchitect
Parent(s)Hasan Qasem, Amina Omar
PracticeSenan Architects
BuildingsAl-Mashrabiya Building
Websitewww.senanarchitects.com
al-Mashrabiya Building
The Terrace House by architect Senan Abdelqader, located in Nave-Shalom

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