ABUL MAHFUZ
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About Me Let me introduce myself Who’s born in Bangladesh. I like to travel and also likes to work/Photography as much as eating, traveling, Reading, Music. Always friendly and confident.
Personal Information Name:Abul Mahfuz Birthday:2nd May, 1992 Religion:Islam (Sunni) Nationality:- Bangladeshi Language:Bengali, English
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Abdul Latif Gondapur Baksagong Nangolkot Comilla aymanalmahfuz@gmail.com +8801924443785
Social Network
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Educational Qualification
Technical Skill Auto Cad
2016 Bachelor of Architecture Stamford University, Bangladesh 2011 Higher Secondary Certificate Tejgaon Collage, Dhaka 2008 Secondary School Certificate Chowkury High School, Comilla
Sketch Up Corel Draw Lumion Working Drawing Adobe Photoshop
Hobbies & Interest Music Photography Reading Novel Traveling Collecting Learning Food Movie
References 1. Asst. Prof. Sonya Afrin Architecture Department Stamford University, Bangladesh Cell: +8801711-308717 2. Asst. Prof. Saniya Tabassum Architecture Department Stamford University, Bangladesh Cell: +8801755-568824
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Contact Information
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Visitor Center
Music Institute
Housing
Thesis Studio 14 & 15 Year 2016 Time Frame 8 Months
Studio 13 Year 2016 Time Frame 4 Months
Studio 12 Year 2015 Time Frame 4 Months
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he Best Design project are the ones where people broke the rules.
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Urban Design
Studio 08 Year 2015 Time Frame 4 Months
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High-Rise
Cultural Complex
Single Space
Studio 09 Year 2014 Time Frame 4 Months
Studio 08 Year 2014 Time Frame 4 Months
Studio 05 Year 2013 Time Frame 8 Months
Studio Project
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“Design is not For Philosophy it’s for Life”.
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Visitor Center
What Is Visitor's Center ? Visitor's Center is a physical location that provides tourist information to the visitors who tour the place or area locally.
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Visitor's Center ?
Proper Food Facilities
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Salban Bihar:Salban Bihar is about 6 km from the city of Comilla. Located on the south-west and east of the middle of Lalmai-Mainamati hill. This place has a lot of salads in the place, and this name has been named after it. At shalban Vihara, the main site situated about the middle of the ridge, the excavation has exposed a large Paharpur type establishment and a wealth of material objects datable from the 7th to 12th centuries A.D. A long time ago, on this side of Bihar there were many salads. There are still some carpets in it. The name of the village next to this monastery is also called Shalbanpur. Probably the name of this monastery has been named after Shalvan Vihara from Shalvan. This place was known as the house of 'Shalban Raja' before digging. But according to old data, its real name was 'Sri Bhabdev Mahavihara
Connected People Openness & With New Well Circulated Environment/society/culture Well Transport Facilities
Maximum Information
Informative Display
Well Secured Local Product/market Development
Visitor's Center
Research Facilities Proper Accommodation
Local People Development
Proper learning/ Reading Facilities Proper Health Facilities
Well Accommodation For Visitors Refreshment
Local People
From Different part of the world
From Different Cities of our Country
- They gather in that place - They want to know about the heritage - People also go there for refreshment - They want to see the archeological site
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“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without routes�. Marcus Mosiah Garvey
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Visitor Center at Comilla
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About Buddhism In general, Buddhism is a way of finding peace within oneself. It is a religion that helps us to find the happiness and contentment we seek. Buddhists develop inner peace, kindness and wisdom through their daily practice; and then share their experience with others bringing real benefit to this world. They try not to harm others and to live peacefully and gently, working towards the ultimate goal of pure and lasting happiness for all living beings.
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Visitor Center
Concept Analysis:The architecture of bangladesh has a long history and is rooted I Bangladesh's culture,religien and history. it has evolved over centuries and assimitated influences from social, religious and exotic community. The architecture of Bangladesh bears a remarkable impact on the life style, tradition and culture life of Bangladeshi. Bangladesh has many architectural relics and monuments dating back thousands of year. But its a matter of sorrow that we r not aware of to conserve our heritage, our history, importance of archrological site and how to conserve it. Because we have no that platform where we can know all of this. That's why the concept of this project is"Moinamoti visitor center is infact a platform. Where they can know all of this.....
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Visitor Center at Comilla
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Section B-B’
Not In Scale
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Not In Scale
Music Expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
Form Generation
Music Institute
Flattening the land and Extruding for Square Massing
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Flattening the land and Extruding for Circle Massing
Creating Punctures for Courtyard With Circle Void
Creating Punctures for Courtyard With Ellipse Void
Creating Punctures for Courtyard With Ellipse Void and Square Massing
Circle Massing With Ellipse Void and Square Massing with Green
Final Massing
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Victor Hugo
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Music Institute at Bhairab
My design site was situated in Bhairab .We had completed our site survey . My intention was design a music institute using a local approach. For this, I visited a local music program of my site area Bhairab & consulted with an aged man around 95 years old. He gave me some important information about their local music program, its style, approach, surroundings, context etc.
Music Institute
On that program I observed, their entire cultural program is arranged into the inner courtyard of their houses in touch of green surroundings and shaded areas. That's why I have tried to bring out this local effect in my design.
I arranged the main cultural program stage in the inner courtyard with the touch of green surfaces. My design intention was the installation of large courtyard surface as amphitheater & enables transparency, visual & physical connection with indoor outdoor relationship, frames , pathways when entering the building. It's not a listed building, it's a proportional amass fit's well with the surroundings.
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DESIGN IDEA:-
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Music Institute at Bhairab
Concept:-Music Institution is In-fact a Cultural Courtyard within Nature
Artists across the globe are coming to take part in this festival. The festivals are being held in venues like Women’s complex, B.I.C.C, Army Stadium etc. But the venues lack proper acoustics and space. if there was proper designed Center where music could be celebrated year long these artists could perform there, and afterwards give lectures, attend workshops, share and exchange ideas about music Culture and life itself.
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Music is an art form whose medium is sound for people in various cultures music is an important part of their way of life. Ancient Greek and Indian Philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonics. Bangladesh, is one of the fastest growing countries in the world and has become a host for sports, music and other activities celebrating life. Alternative to Cricket World Cup, other activities are taking place, such as the World Music Festival, celebrating Folk, classical, Jazz and Blues genre of music.
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We could learn a lot more about the artists and they could learn more about our culture, music, and perspectives, which could lead to a successful development in aspects of knowledge, culture and society. being a musician come architect myself I was Tkeen on undertaking this challenge for my thesis project.
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Housing Housing is In-fact a courtyard for social connectivity
In his words, in a tropical country, "space is a resource� . His experiments have always made full use of the ambiguous nature of space, light and shadow, in a tropical climate. By Charles Correa
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There are 2 types of HousingFormal Housing & Real State Development Informal Settlement & Social Housing
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Definition of Housing by WHO (World Health Organization ) An enclosed environment in which man finds protection and feels safe and secured from hostile forces and can function with increased comfort and satisfaction as regards to privacy to the individual and his family. The environment must include all necessity , services, facilities, equipments and devises needed for physical and social well being of the family or the individual.
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Urban Design Urban Design is In-Fact a Cultural Water Corridor
Urban design involves the arrangement and design of buildings, public spaces, transport systems, services, and amenities. Site
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Dhaka is a fastest growing city. It has a history of 400 years. From Mughel period, the city has been growing. But after 1960’s the city is growing very fast and unplanned. From 1960 to 2010,the city has lost its fabric and greeneries.
Urban design is about making connections between people and places, movement and urban form, nature and the built fabric. Urban design draws together the many strands of place-making, environmental stewardship, social equity and economic viability into the creation of places with distinct beauty and identity.
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Urban design is the process of giving form, shape, and character to groups of buildings, to whole neighborhoods, and the city.
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Highrise High-rise Building For Toyota Showroom at Panthapath Commercial Area
Vertical Landscape Beauty, Health and Wellness A Vertical Landscape is a public display of beauty, and a living, breathing work of art, adding life and a distinctive style to contemporary architecture.
Air Quality Improvement Vertical Landscapes absorb gaseous pollutants and breathe in carbon-dioxide through photosynthesis, while trapping airborne particulate matter. The plants breathe oxygen into the air leading to reduced air-conditioning requirements and reduced greenhouse gases, thereby lowering your carbon footprint.
High-rise a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators.
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Save Space Vertical Landscapes allow the planting of gardens in apartments, foyers, terraces and other places where floor space is limited.
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Highrise
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The style's premier practitioners include the British architect Norman Foster, whose work has since earned him knighthood, and Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, known for his organic, skeleton-like designs.
High-tech architecture, also known as Late Modernism or Structural Expressionism, is an architectural style that emerged in the 1970s, incorporating elements of high-tech industry and technology into building design. High-tech architecture appeared as a revamped modernism, an extension of those previous ideas aided by even more advances in technological achievements. This category serves as a bridge between modernism and post-modernism, however there remain gray areas as to where one category ends and the other begins. In the 1980s, high-tech architecture became more difficult to distinguish from post-modern architecture. Many of its themes and ideas were absorbed into the language of the post-modern architectural schools.
Ecological benefits Vertical Landscapes provide protected spaces for birds, bees and butterflies, contributing to biological diversity. Reduction of Heat Island Effect Heat Islands are a phenomenon caused by the centralized heat produced by our cities through vehicle exhaust, air conditioners, and massive quantities of heat-absorbing asphalt and concrete. Vertical Landscapes directly reduce this effect. When moisture evaporates from plants, heat is consumed.
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Structural Expressionist buildings reveal their structure on the outside as well as the inside, but with visual emphasis placed on the internal steel and/or concrete skeletal structure as opposed to exterior concrete walls. In buildings such as the Pompidou Centre, this idea of revealed structure is taken to the extreme, with apparently structural components serving little or no structural role. In this case, the use of "structural" steel is a stylistic or aesthetic matter.
Building Protection and Insulation Vertical Landscapes insulate buildings against noise and outside temperature changes, leading to significant air-conditioning savings and extension of the building envelope life. Vertical Landscapes shield buildings from ultra-violet rays and acidic rain.
Highrise
High-tech architecture, also known as Late Modernism or Structural Expressionism, is an architectural style that emerged in the 1970s, incorporating elements of high-tech industry and technology into building design. High-tech architecture appeared as a revamped modernism, an extension of those previous ideas aided by even more advances in technological achievements. This category serves as a bridge between modernism and post-modernism, however there remain gray areas as to where one category ends and the other begins. In the 1980s, high-tech architecture became more difficult to distinguish from post-modern architecture. Many of its themes and ideas were absorbed into the language of the post-modern architectural schools.
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Cultural Complex Cultural Complex Is In-fact An Atrium
Ground Floor Plan
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A cultural center is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts, Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organization, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist-run. Cultural complex at community level serves.
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Cultural Complex About Auditorium
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The design uses passive cooling strategies to ventilate its program of conference space, dining facilities, and an Assembly Hall, the latter of which takes the form of a flexible 1000-seat auditorium. Three carved out open-air interior courtyards, each planted with native species, are lined with African limestone louvers that allow further ventilation into the structure; similar louvers also wrap the building exterior. A sloping, light-colored roof both deflects heat and collects rainwater, which re-circulates through a waterfall before being re-used within the facility.
Cultural Complex Section A-A’
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Single Space
Ground Floor Plan
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