Beginning on October 19, 1981, a four-day conference for the sixth Aga Khan Award for Architecture was held in Beijing. The topic of discussion was “The Changing Rural Habitat,” which remains a meaningful and relevant topic to this day. The conference was divided into two components. The first presented case studies: “Rural Architecture in the Yemen Arab Republic,” “Cave Dwellings of Henan,” “Socialist Village Experience in Algeria,” and so on. The second component explored technological resources, with presentations on “Rural Methane Use in China,” “Earthquake and Rural Construction,” “Research on Mud as a Traditional Building Material,” and other fields of research. Participants included architects, planners, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and experts on Islam, as well as doctors, writers, imams and other leading figures from all over the world. The participants aimed to implement academic research at a fundamental level, building from a wide variety of angles and perspectives.
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