Occupation Architect | Name Sami Angawi Role Architect | |
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Sami Angawi is the founder of Hajjiology or Hajiology (the holistic approach that balances between the totality and the details of every aspect of the journey from all over the world to the Two Holy Sanctuaries of Makkah and Madinah by using all means of science and knowledge including biology, sociology, psychology, etc. in one center. The center (Hajj Research Center) founded by Dr Angawi in 1975 was evolved to eventually have 150 full-time scholars in all fields cooperating with many part-time researchers from different institutions in the Muslim world and outside. Hundreds of field studies and research were done by the center on all aspects of related to the pilgrimage such as the movement (including pedestrian and traffic), housing (permanent and temporary shelters in the holy cites; tents), environmental (water, air, chemichal and biological content), safety and hazards (fire, crowd management), socio-economic studies were done in different centers in the Muslim world)
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He is a prominent architect in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. He studied architecture in the United Kingdom and the United States, .
Dr. Sami Angawi has a Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Architecture from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Since 1988 he has been the founder and General Director of the Amar Center for Architectural Heritage which became The Al-Makkiyah Al-Madaniyah Institute in 2011. In 2013, Dr. Angawi co-founded makmad.org e.V. in Germany where he serves as President in charge of supervising all activities in areas of architectural designs, planning, conservation and development of architectural heritage, documentation of traditional architecture and analyzing its elements, research work in the fields of restoration of traditional architectural heritage and its relation to environmental and socio-economic factors, traditional arts and crafts. The Al-Makkiyah Al-Madaniyah Institute is a private organization located in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. makmad.org e.V. is a German non-profit organization headquartered in Hannover. His specific activities include the following:
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Bridging nations and faiths
For decades Saudi Arabia has been generally considered a somewhat closed society, eager to protect its own traditions from external cultural influences.
While preservation of traditions is of great concern to Angawi, his desire is balanced with a passion for building bridges between nations, cultures and faiths.
His architectural designs assert the importance of his HIjazi heritage with the common cultural heritage shared by both western and Islamic societies; believing that a “clash of civilizations” need not lead to misunderstanding, but rather friendship, trust and peace.
Angawi developed the concept of balance, known in Arabic as mizan, which is the essence of Islamic tradition and of many of the world’s religious beliefs. The aspiration of Angawi to reflect this historic principle in his life and work is important. It has made him a leader in building bridges between the Middle East and the rest of the world. “More balance can be achieved through respect for the past,” Angawi says. “In our Al Makkiyah mansion, modernity and tradition, privacy and openness, stability and dynamism are equally represented to generate harmony.”
To carry out these activities the organizations developed an architectural library containing more than 50,000 images of traditional architectural elements and buildings stored in the computer using the laser disc technology, as well as a library of architectural drawings of many elements with varying designs and styles. The organizations have close contact and collaborates with various universities, research institutions and professional organizations on both local and international levels.