Bangladeshi Contemporary Architectural Design and Projects with Context and Details of Works

  The traditional courtyard housing is rapidly disappearing from all suburban areas due to urban aggression. In tropics, the significant precipitation rate, humidity, bright sun, water bodies and vegetation all together help to prepare a comfortable life inside and outside with the wise arrangements and orientation of functions both horizontally and vertically, which are attempted to achieve in the Sabuj Pata Residence at Savar, Hemayetpur. The residence is skillfully designed by Asia Karim under the firm, Indigenous. Naim Ahmed Kibria, Proddut Basak, Md. Abdul Momit Talukder, Eva Akter worked in the design team while Mir Enayet Hossain did the structural design. The 12.08 katha land space has a ground coverage of 206.36 sqm. The open plans help cross ventilation through the building and the triple-height void acts as a stack ventilator. Along with this void, the courtyard is set to the east looking south to draw the light and breeze. The benefit of living in nature with urban faci...

  | Notes from the Architect | During the Liberation War of 1971, Feni was one of the most crucial war zones because of its geographical location. Feni Government College field was used as a mass slaughtering ground by the Pakistani invaders. Martyrs were inhumanly tortured, murdered and buried beneath the college field. Families were rushed to the college grounds as soon as Feni was independent on December 6 th , in the hope of finding their loved ones. Even after 52 years of independence, the people of Feni weeps recalling the horrors the martyrs endured during the war. Students of Feni Government College boldly portrayed the terrors of the war in a school play called “Goalpost”. They reminded the audience how their present college was converted into a torture cell by the Pakistani raiders in 1971. The  Muktibahini  and their supporters were brutally tortured and killed by gunshot while hanged by cords on the goalpost of the college field; later thrown in the pond or bu...

  Breaking the Mould: An Apartment Dissolving the ‘In-between’... Name: Studio Morphogenesis Ltd. Year: 2016-2019 Location: Road No- 84, Gulshan, Dhaka Client: Eastern Housing Limited (EHL). | Notes from the Architect | The client, namely Eastern Housing Ltd, considered this project as their most premium luxury development. The land was purchased at a very high price and it is situated in the most prestigious and exclusive part of Gulshan. It was emphasized that the project should be one of the landmark projects of EHL‘s new branding as one who undertakes high end luxury developments along with their mid-range and low- range projects. The high cost of the land also demanded that the quality and pricing of the apartments be exceptional to allow the project to be financially viable. The client did not restrict the building within any particular typology, which allowed us to explore the opportunity to ‘break the mold’ of the typical residential buildings of Dhaka inspired by an unor...