MONOLITH

Type: Professional Studio Morphogenesis Ltd. Status: Construction On-going

Role: Detail design and architectural drawing, rendering, construction drawing, material prototype analysis, site supervision and documentation

Lead Architects: Saiqa Iqbal Meghna and Suvro Sovon Chowdhury

The mosque is located in a factory compound in the outskirts of Dhaka city, Ashulia. Site is overlooking a serene lake on the West. The idea was to create a monumental built form with pure natural ventilation and singular material. This is achieved placing green courtyards in the corners and carefully designed perforations on the shear walls. A very detail oriented design approach leading into sculptural built form which will result in an uplifting break from labour-some time of the workers in the factory. The west side of the prayer space merges into the lake with a shallow infinity water body. The water from ablution and water body will be filtered in a below and released into the green space, reducing water consumption. Pigmented concrete is selected as structural and finish material with rigorous prototyping and testing.

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