The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies organizes a lecture entitled "The Works of Buildings in Engineering Sciences by Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjani." It will be delivered by Professor Ibrahim Maarouf, Professor of History and Theories of Architectural Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering - Alexandria University.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, in the BACC Delegates Hall.
The lecture will discuss the efforts of the mathematician and engineer Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjani, who excelled in his writings that selected from the engineering sciences what benefited construction works. He became one of the first to establish the engineering rules for construction works in many of its terms and clauses, especially in his book What the Craftsman Needs from Engineering Works, which is considered a rare book in the field of engineering and applied mathematics in Islamic civilization. The lecture will examine these writings and how they were able to present solutions to some of the current implementation problems. The lecture will also link between al-Buzjani's ideas and the building traditions and models built in his time and the eras that followed.