Aug 11, 2023
To my mind, the way to evaluate any project lies in asking the question, "Is it for man, or is it for something else?" If it is for man, we can discuss it; we have this psycho-bio-physiological man, and we can see the project's impact on him. But if it is for anything else, if it is for politics or economics, then you can do what you like, but don't talk about man, because then we have discarded man.
Hassan Fathy, Building for the 800 Million, interviewed by John Feeney, 28-31 July/August 1999, Saudi Aramco World