PORTFOLIO Academic | Professional | Competetion
NAZIUR RAHMAN CHOWDHURY
Workshop/ Seminar/ Conferences :
Present address : Lane : 22, House : B/142, Flat : 4B, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206. Contact : +8801795063509 E-mail : nrchowdhury1310@gmail.com Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/naziurrchowhudry/
Architect Associate Member, IAB (Institute of Architects, Bangladesh) Nationality : Bangladeshi Date of Birth : 01.01.1992
Academic Background :
Software Skills : AutoCad
Bachelor of Architecture (B.arch) - 2018 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh Higher Secondary Certi cate (HSC) - 2009 Chittagong College, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Sketchup
Adobe Premier Pro Corel Draw ArchiCad Rhinoceros Microsoft Office
Architect, Landscape Designer, Partner
07.2020 - 06.2021
08.2020 - 09.2021
08.2017-02.2020
Architect, Historical Researcher
BENGAL INSTITUTE (Dhaka) and Fargfabriken (Stockholm), Dhaka, Bangladesh
New Urban Topologies - Dhaka
2019
Laurie Baker Center and Costford, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Summer School - 2019 Sustainable and Cost effective building design and construction.
2018
Co-creation Architects, ALIVE, Jhenaidah Municipality. Jhenaidah,
Citywide water body revival workshop, Jhenaidah.
2018
Co-creation Architects, ALIVE, Jhenaidah Municipality. Jhenaidah, Bangladesh.
Community Based City Design Workshop, Jhenaidah.
2018
Co-creation Architects, ALIVE, CAN, ACHR, Jhenaidah Municipality. Jhenaidah, Bangladesh.
Settlement Proling Workshop, Jhenaidah, Jhenaidah.
2018
BENGAL INSTITUTE, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
“Building is Crafting” May 2018 Session
2018
BENGAL INSTITUTE, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mapping Workshop with Anthony Acciavatti
Cactus Consultants, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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2015 - 2016 : President, Architecture department Student Association (ArcSA) 2013 : Core Organizer, Liberation war olympiad for children called ‘Onishesh Ekattor’. 2002 - 2007 : Patrol Leader, Junior Boy Scout Group.
US-Bangla Assets, A Concern of USBangla Group. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Form.3 Architects, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Redesign of German Language Learning Classrooms at Pasch - Partner Schools in Bangladesh. Client - Goethe Institute, Bangladesh. Gatehouse Design of Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited, Ashuganj, Bangladesh Golpahar Mohashoshan Temple Complex competition. Golpahar, Chittagong. Designing and supervising the construction of a community park in the ‘Purbachal American City’housing complex, Purbachal, Dhaka. Lake side landscape design of ‘Purbachal American City’ housing complex, Purbachal, Dhaka.
Conservation of Old Dhaka Central Jail history, historical Buildings and development of surrounding areas. • Researching the historical background of Old Dhaka Central Jail. • Conservation methodology preparation. • Designing new elements and spaces. • Preparing construction drawings, 3dvisualizations, and presentations.
Freelance Landscape Designer
Yardzen, California, USA.
Designing house landscapes for offshore clients through online design consultancy service.
Research and Design Associate
BENGAL INSTITUTE, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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3. Voluntary Designer
2019
Leadership and Organizing Skills :
2.
08.2016 - 07.2017
Designing A Liveable Neighborhood : The Woonerf Concept
Major role
3. Architect, Landscape Designer
EIT Urban Mobility Academy
Employing organization
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03.2022 - 06.2023
2022
Lumion
Employment and Relevant experiences :
06.2021 - Current
Title of the Seminar
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator
Secondary School Certi cate (SSC) - 2007 Chittagong Collegiate School, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Position
Organizer
Contact Information :
Naziur Rahman Chowdhury
Period
Year
B-SCAN, Bangladesh.
Designing the landscape of the residential campus of a reputed private university (BRAC university) in Savar, Bangladesh. Worked as an associate designer and project Coordinator under Ar. Khondaker Hasibul Kabir and Ar Kazi Khaleed Ashraf. Rethinking The vegetable market In a clean and efficient way. Funded By FAO. Worked under the supervision of Ar. Saif-ul-haque. Narayanganj Multi modal hub. Design and visualization.
Designing Universally accessible toilets for government buildings.
Awards and Recognitions : 2021 : Winning Entry Redesign of German Language Learning Classroom at Pasch - Partner Schools In Bangladesh. 2019 : Urban Thinker Campus Exhibition_2019, Exhibition of Level 4, term 2 project jointly organized by DoA BUET and Dpt of URP Buet. 2015 : 2nd prize Dot Amber student design competition , For Level 4, term 2 project [Visioning Sustainable village (R)evolution]. 2012 : Winning Entry Berger Travel Grant, Daughter of earth and water : Where nature play dice with life. 2010 : Honorable Mention One day Idea Design Charrette by Department of Architecture, BUET
Professional Affiliation : 2019 - Present : Associate member, Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (membership no - Ac135)
Editorial and Writing works : 04.2020 : A spark of life inside our home, An editorial published in “The Business Standard” (a daily newspaper) on 28, apr 2020) 11.2019 : For the love of natural light, An editorial published in “The Business Standard” (a daily newspaper) on 20 nov, 2019) 02. 2016 : Daba Upakkhyan, Bangla Translation of ‘The Royal Game’ by Stefan Zweig published on 26 february 2019
References : Khondaker Hasibul Kabir Architect, Landscape Architect, Founder of Co-Creation Architect Email : khondaker.kabir@gmail.com Phone : +8801717-000864
Prof. Farida Nilufer Proffesor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Email : farida@arch.buet.ac.bd Phone : +8801819430517
My childhood began in a small, green, secluded suburb. It was a place where we spent our entire days carefreely wandering among the lush elds and trees. From there, I transitioned into a constrained life in a small city during my early adolescence, where I observed youth trapped within the boundaries of unplanned developments. As I re ect on this transformation over time, I wonder how much of our memories and consciousness we truly retain. Where does the spirit of unfettered childhood go when we step into the con nes of city life as young adults? The graph of these changes in my life, alongside the changes in the lives of others around me, has always fascinated me. The gradual connections of these thoughts have also witnessed alterations in the places of my memories. The abundance of greenery has diminished, the open sky is scarcer, and the competition for progress has intensi ed the reign of dust. My place of birth, my town, and my country are all gradually losing their individuality in the pursuit of globalization. Therefore, as I re ect on the question that has been following me from childhood until now, I wonder how much human development is necessary for us as individuals. Is it possible to harmonize human needs with the gradual progress of civilization, and where can we nd that balance? All these thoughts led me to pursue my undergrad degree in architecture. My thoughts and ideas have continued to evolve and become more structured since I joined the country's oldest institution for architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). While formally studying architecture, I have simultaneously developed a design sense for diverse projects. I have also become increasingly conscious of human needs, context, and the relationship between people and their surroundings. In addition to my academic pursuits, I have taken on various roles in organizing activities, serving as a departmental student representative, and participating as an organizer and volunteer in a variety of events, which has helped me develop communication and leadership skills. However, what has contributed the most to my growth as a writer, reader, and thinker is my involvement in volunteer work related to various environmental and social issues. It has provided me with the opportunity to engage with a wide range of people, understand the root causes of various civic problems, and analyze shortterm and long-term solutions. In the third year my report on “Daughter of Earth and Water: Where nature plays dice with life.” Which explores the habitats and lifestyles of the people of the Tanguar Haor received the Berger Travel Grant. Later with the learning from this travel, we formulated our design idea into a project called “Visioning Sustainable Village R(evolution)”. The project proposed a gradual systematic development of dispersed Bangladeshi villages following the agroforestry method without compromising their essence. We won the second prize for this project and it was published by a Local journal called 'DOT – Art, and Architecture Bangladesh' and was also exhibited at the 'Urban Thinkers' Campus, 2019' event. After completing my graduation, I joined the prestigious Bengal Institute speci cally for the opportunity to work alongside Prof. Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and a diverse team of architects, technologists, and geographers. With his lifelong experience as an academician and urbanist, Kazi mentored us in researching core issues related to the settlement and built environment of the Bengal Delta. The most transformative aspect of my time at the Bengal Institute was my involvement in projects that focused on the sustainable development of the Bengal Delta. These experiences, driven by Prof. Kazi Khaleed Ashraf's commitment to research and change, deepened my passion for landscape design, sustainable architecture, and the critical role they play in shaping the future of the region. My focus on landscape design grew particularly while working with the pioneer landscape architect of our country Ar. Khondaker Hasibul Kabir. I had the chance to work with him as an apprentice for more than two years on a large-scale landscape design project which was the landscape design of the residential campus of BRAC University in Savar, Bangladesh. Working under his guidance broadened my insight about using homestead plants in landscape design to create an entirely local ecosystem that grows with little or no maintenance at all. This grounded approach to landscape helps not only to create a sustainable ecosystem but also to preserve the endangered local plants. This project enhanced my
interest further in the importance of landscape design for a better physical environment.
Portfolio
Under his supervision, I also participated as a core volunteer in several city design workshops with people from different backgrounds in a small city in our country named Jhenaidah. There different teams of local and international architects, social workers, and NGOs collaborated with local people and authorities, where they discussed and proposed various ideas and solutions for a human-centered and naturefriendly city. After three years of those workshops, a riverside urban public space won the prestigious ``Aga Khan Award for Architecture” in 2022, which idea was initiated at that workshop. This small urban space opened up an abandoned riverside space to the city people as a place of a thousand possibilities. And this space brought a positive change in the day-to-day life of city dwellers.
Academic | Professional | 2009-2021
I was invigorated by the international summer school 2019 at Laurie Baker Center in Trivandrum, India, with hands-on sessions in Karimadom Slum, exploring the approaches of Laurie Baker in reusing vernacular senses and techniques within Indian urban fabric. Which enriched my knowledge further in sustainable and cost-effective design and encouraged me to pursue my practice in a down-to-earth way. In pursuit of that, in 2021 I joined as a partner in Cactus Consultants founded by a group of like-minded young architects whose goal is to serve a larger community sustainably and responsibly. Together we had the opportunity to design some large-scale projects where I performed as a lead landscape designer. I incorporated my learnings and experiences from my previous projects. I also had the opportunity to work as a freelance landscape designer with a California-based online landscape design rm named Yardzen. Their whole process of collecting data, collaborating with different professionals, communicating with clients and designers, and delivering successful designs according to clients' demands developed my skills to cope with cross-country and cross-cultural work scenarios. Through various online workshops, they trained me and other designers to work with their native plants, to create biodiversity, and to design by following different design styles. This whole process helped me to be a better designer and communicator. The academic and professional experiences from both on and off the eld with interdisciplinary teams along with the insight from the different types of exposure, inspired me to pursue a further area of knowledge about Landscape architecture. My specialist eld of interest in landscape architecture is sustainable and community-centered design. I am deeply committed to creating environmentally responsible landscapes that enrich the lives of the communities they serve. During my time in this program, I hope to re ne my skills and broaden my understanding of sustainable landscape design, ecological restoration, and community engagement. I anticipate that the program will equip me with advanced knowledge in landscape architectural theories, methodologies, and cuttingedge technologies. I also aim to explore innovative strategies for seamlessly integrating nature into urban settings and tackling pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity preservation, and the development of resilient and inclusive public spaces. Upon successfully completing this program, my ambitions include applying the expertise I have gained to my landscape architectural practice. I aspire to work on projects that exemplify sustainable and community-focused design principles. Additionally, I intend to actively contribute to the eld by conducting research, advocating for environmentally responsible design practices, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to create landscapes that enhance the well-being of both people and the environment. Ultimately, I aim to be a catalyst for positive change in the eld of landscape architecture, fostering sustainable, inclusive, and aesthetically pleasing landscapes that bene t society and the planet.
Academic 01. Embracing the legacy 02. Visioning Sustainable village (R)evolution Additional/Professional/Competition 01. Co - Create Jhenaidah 02. Memory Of A Place 03. Project Evergreen 04. Freelance Landscape Design 05. Children’s Park 06. Advance Architecture Contest_ 2016 Workshops 01. Summer School 2019 (LBC) Others 01. Onisesh - 71 02. Other Achievements 03. Photographs
EMBRACING THE LEGECY DESIGNING A MIXED USE BUILDING IN SADARGHAT AREA When it comes to design in the older part of Dhaka city, realizing the macro and micro contexts is a prerequisite. In the rst term of lth year we had to design a mixed use building at Sadarghat on an existing market place situated in the South West corner of Dhaka city. Sadarghat means the central boat landing station which has a history of more than 400 years. The site is located opposite to this terminal and required a very sensitive approach to merge a shopping experience with community or social programs as well merge the old essence of Dhaka with the new commodities of future. The site had to host various requirements like shopping area, community complex, cineplex, banks, office, mosque etc.
Project type : Individual project Design studio IX 12 Credits 15 hr/week Studio teachers : Dr. Nasreen Hossain Patrick De Rozario Syed Abu Su an Kushol Ahammad-Al-Muhaymin Md. Tariquzzaman Project Year : 2015 Location : Sadarghat, Dhaka, Bangladesh
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
Community
Business hub
Buckland bund
Transition
Tourist spine
Terminal
SITE AND SURROUNDINGS Site Sadarghat Launch Terminal Bulbul Fine arts Academy Ahsan Manjil Museum Gol Talab
Banglabazar Govt Girls High School
Dhaka Collegiate School
Banglabazar Book Market
Jagannath University
Beauty Boarding
Bahadur Shah Park
Northbrook Hall
Dhaka Govt Muslim High School
Ruplal House
The site is situated in the bank of river Buriganga just in front of the Sadarghat launch terminal and surrounded by a lot of important and historical structures and architecture. Jagannath University and Mitford College is near the site. The largest book printing and publishing hub of the country, Banglabazar is just beside the site. Local residential buildings are also historically very signi cant. As a result this site is in a very important place in terms of tradition, history, culture, festivals and day to day life of the Old Dhaka residences as well for the whole country.
Reference : Rahman, Farzana (2013). Interface Between The River and The City in a Historic Mixed Use Urban Context: Comprehensive Urban Waterfront Development Design Strategies in The Context of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS Dense Structure Terrace Verandas Arches Floral Patterns Co-existence of old and new
Connected roofs Mezzanine Courtyard Lattices Exposed brick Colors
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS Low class residential Middle class residential High class residential Central business district
Administration Educational Industrial River / Water
TEXTURES OF OLD DHAKA
Reference : Rahman, Farzana (2013). Interface Between The River and The City in a Historic Mixed Use Urban Context: Comprehensive Urban Waterfront Development Design Strategies in The Context of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Source : Mamun, M (1993) Dhaka: Smriti-Bismritir Nogori, Anannya Publishers.
Old Dhaka is all about culture and traditions. Here history and modernism are blending simultaneously. Colors, Flavors, Food, Festivals, Humans, Aromas, Odor, Traditions all are moving here side by side in a magical motion in everyday life. Embracing those strength through architecture is a very hard job to do. So at the time of designing a public complex in this tremendous environment primary concern should be facilitating all those spontaneous activities.
DESIGN OF THE COMPLEX The primary idea of the design is to capture the essence of old Dhaka by Creating a playfulness of space. Different types of spaces are created here to work and celebrate. A big open roof is provided to enjoy the view of Buriganga river and for holding different festivals like Shakrain and Holy (color festival). Central courtyard, open public plaza, rooftop restaurant, Cineplex, community center all those public spaces will help to create a vibrant scenario.
Cineplex
Art Gallery
Roof Terrace
Rooftop Restaurant
Courtyard
Shopping Mall
Community center
Mosque and Admin
Bank and Office
3rd Floor Plan
2nd Floor Plan
1st Floor Plan Social gathering
BIRDS EYE VIEW
FRONT ELEVATION
Different types of activities
Cultural activity
Local festivals
Community activity
Shopping
Ground oor plan
The front entry view
Iftar Iftar is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan of the Maghrib prayer. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar. Old Dhaka is very famous for it’s special ifter bazar and different types of ifter items.
FES TIV ALS
Holi is a popular and signi cant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colors, Love and Spring. It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the god Radha and Krishna. Additionally, the day also signi es the triumph of good over evil, as it commemorates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha Narayana over Hiranyakashipu.
Holi Festival
Time of the year : First week of March.
Time of the year : June - July
Top view of the courtyard
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Qawwali
Durga Puja
Qawwali is a form of Su Islamic devotional singing, originating in the Indian subcontinent. Originally performed at Su shrines or dargahs throughout the Indian subcontinent, it gained mainstream popularity and an international audience in late 20th century. In old Dhaka special Qawwali events are arranged by the locals especially in the month of Ramadan.
‘Boishakhi Mela’ is the celebration of Bangla New Year. It is a fair where traditional Bengali crafts and foods are sold and different types of play and activities are arranged for public recreation. Now Boishakhi Mela is celebrated in different parts of the world by Bangali immigrants. Time of the year : Mid to end of April
CEL EBR ATI ONS
Interior of the shopping compelx
Shakrain Festival is an annual Bengali Muslim celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, observed with the ying of kites. It occurs at the end of Poush, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar. This day is known as Poush Sangkranti.Shakrain Festival is one of the oldest annual festivals of Bangladesh. It is a famous and a signi cant event in Bangladeshi culture. It is the symbol of unity and friendship in Bangladesh.
Shakrain
Boishakhi Mela
Durga Puja also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsav, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura. It is celebrated all over the world by the Hindu community but it is particularly popular and traditionally celebrated in the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Tripura, Odisha, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (eastern parts) and some other countries like Nepal , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka, etc Time of the year : September - October
Time of the year : Mid January The weddings of Old Dhaka are famous for the grandness and festivity. Music, Color, Food, Band party, Fireworks, Horse chariot and lots of different events are arranged for weddings. Time of the year : Especially in winter season.
Weddings
Interior of the shopping compelx
The courtyard
The prime focus of the project is to facilitate different types of people who come to this area for different purpose. This is one of the biggest transportation, cultural and business hub of the whole country and one of the most important places of Old Dhaka. So I tried to create a breathing space for locals while making it the entry point for other people by presenting the culture and heritage of the Old Dhaka.
Section Through River
The rooftop terrace
VISIONING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE (R)EVOLUTION LAND, FOREST, ARCHEOLOGY Aim: An exploration of the jon-jomi-jol (people-landwater) relationship in an emerging urban in Bangladesh. Objective: Design Research for visioning sustainable village for living and livelihoods by preserving land amidst population increase in Kaliakoir Upazilla. This project explores the interrelationship among space, context, and profession. The site was a suburban area, not very far from the capital, Dhaka, which has experienced tremendous waves of change due to rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, and issues of socio-cultural discrimination. The primary focus group of the study was a disappearing rming community living in the highland of Borobari Mouza in Kaliakair Upazilla. Those rming community has been witnessing change of the traditional occupation more than ever before. To interpret the future of the settlement in this changed scenario, the traditional settlement patterns was minutely studied, analyzed and eventually reinterpreted incorporating the idea of compact township. The proposed master plan tries to infuse Agroforestry based programs in a modernized version as well as exploring scopes of non rming professions. It tried to reincorporate the former concepts of intimate neighbourhood within the modern morphology , simultaneously infusing the potential of tourism based neo-economical prospects. Project type :
Group project, Level 4, Term 2 Studio teachers : Prof. Dr, Shayer Gafur. Shamia Sharmin Labib hussain Nusrat Jahan Mim Project Year :
2015
Historical Background : The formation and functioning of villages had been instrumental in guiding civilization in South Asia since the ancient time. Villages consisted of homesteads, adjoining agricultural and grazing lands and common forests and wetlands. Villages were dispersed, linear or nuclear depending on the agglomeration nature of the constituting homesteads. They were sites of cultivation and habitation based on a rigid caste-system as well as sources of revenue extraction by the ruling elite living in the urban areas. A panchayat (group of ve elders) system looked after the day-to-day village affairs. As back as in 3rd century B.C.E. Kautilya's Arthashastra- an ancient Indian book on statecraft, economic and military strategy- outlined the rulers' relation to and dealing of the village. The concept of self 'sufficiency' and 'isolation' had tied the village(r)s in an unequal relationship with the ruling elite. Central rulers' appointed of local Jaigirdars for governing and collecting taxes from villages. However, until the Mughal Empire, many villages remained more or less unchanged. This brief narrative is but an oversimpli cation of the historiography of the South Asian villages considering their differences in geography, climate, language and culture. The fate of the village(r)s in the undivided Bengal, however, had changed drastically by the East India Company's introduction of the Zamindary system for revenue extraction through the Permanent Settlement Act in 1793. Villagers were exploited through forced taxation and cash-crop cultivation. The scares of this exploitation run deep in the Bengali psyche, even today. Yet villagers held a central position in the nationalist imagination set against the colonial hegemony. Tagore had not only romanticized villages within Sonar Bangla but also searched for its freedom by pragmatic means. Gandhi located the authenticity of India in villages, "The soul of India lives in its villages". While Nehru and Ambedkar thought of villages differently, as sites of (India's) backwardness and oppression respectively.
EPISODIC CHANGE IN CLUSTER
TYPICAL UNIT AND CLUSTER FORMATION
1915
1950
MAP OF BARABARI AND DAKURAIL MAUZA Present Context: The legacy of the nationalist imagination continued in Bangladesh through the successive post-colonial governments. An apparent rural bias had preferred modernization of agriculture, health, education, utilities and communications for people living in villages. Comilla Model had been a notable experiment during the 1960s despite the corruption by the large land-owning farmers. Investments in rural infrastructure, setting up of rural growth centers by the post-independence governments, aided by overseas nancial and technical assistance, ever-expanding coverage of mobile communication and cashtransaction have all effectively reduced the age-old isolation of villages to a great extent. Today's villages are featured by a greater presence of off-farm activities, increased connectivity and mobility. Self-sufficiency of food production, remittance sent by unskilled emigrant workers and supply of RMG sector workers have helped villages in removing the post-independence stigma of basket-case of Bangladesh. In short, villages' isolation is replaced by its linkage with cities and urban areas. 1985
Existing forest ministry land. Main tree is sal .
Archeological site ( pal dynasty)
School and Colleges Bazaar
Two ancient water source from pal dynasty
Baid is a low land area where rice are cultivated.
Existing school and primary school.
Existing highway passing through the village.
Mosque and Mandir Medical Centre
CONTEXT ASSESSMENTS
After
Before
Agroforestry based rural housing is a gradual process and it will take more than 20 to 25 years to build the system. The rst thing to do is to build awareness among the people. Then slowly people will be taken under the system . The old homestead places people leaving for the new housing system will be used for growing agroforest further. The rst image of the Left side is current scenario of the village. The second image is what will happen after 25 years when the agroforest system is fully developed. After 25 years we will get more continuous green belt which will both serve as ecological corridor and as high elastic crop cultivate area. So it can be said that the new system can bring more economic , land and environmental sustainability in the village than the current system.
Bangladesh is now in a position to think of her future not from scarcity but opportunity perspective. But the question is - how would a growth-driven economy accommodate and fed an (increased) 250 million population by the end of this century while losing 1 per cent arable land due to urbanization and river-erosion each year. Dominant development discourse is susceptibly silent on this issue. The concept of 'Compact Township' (CT), arguably offers an alternative from an economist's point of view. CTs are the agglomeration of houses, hospital, schools, market, rural industries and local government units with all basic services for almost 20000 people. CT argues to be a means to an end of achieving a “magical 10 percent “growth in Bangladesh. Having accepted Ct's basic assumption, we pose the problem a bit differently for our design research: what is the desired alternative to the persisting engineered 'second nature', beyond physical, economic and environmental determinism. Our design research objective is a challenge to envision an alternative within the idea on of CT, integrating an ensemble of human and non-human entities.
CLUSTER FORMATION
PROJECTED SETTLEMENT PATTERN
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
Current situation
Agroforestry Begin
Agroforestry Beginning
Agroforestry developed
The idea is to maximum the land use ( chala ) in a sustainable manner. Agroforesrty is a new farming way to develop land fertility, bio- diversity and as well as alternative income source. On the final stage of the development eco tourism will be introduced to generate more income from the area and to preserve the bio diversity. Total 1000 unit is provided for the housing. 54 building blocks contain 3 units with a nursery and cow shade provision. 22 building blocks contain 4 unit ( for migrant ) Museum area - 1 acre restaurant- 0.05 acre tourist cottage & facility- 2 acre medical center- 0.2 acre mosque-0.25 acre existing school & primary school - 1.1 acre
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Agroforestry developed, eco-tourism begin
Blighted Land
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The type of agroforestry system we will develop in the site is known as homestead agroforestry system .It will require three layers of plantation. Health facility Museum
Housing
Restaurant
Mosque
Tourist cottage
Existing school
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DWELLING UNIT TYPE
BASE OF TYPOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE ISSUES
CONNECTION WITH PROFESSION AND LIFESTYLE
PROFESSION ORIENTATION
ACCESS ROAD
Grazing land
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Type A
Ground Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
VENTILATION COMPACTNESS COST EFFECTIVE SOCIAL CONNECTION
Type B
4 UNIT / 1 STAIR MINIMUM CIRCULATION
OPTIMUM DESIGN --ORIENTATION --BUILT FORM --OPENINGS --MATERIALS --LANDSCAPING AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT
DWELLING FARM STEAD
Agroforest Homestead Plant
Ground Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
3-4 UNIT / 1 STAIR ROOFTOP PLANTATION PROHIBITION
Type C
Ground Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
NURSERY, CATTLE SHED, WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANT
Ground Floor Plan
Every four house clustered around a homestead tree plant in area.
Or reversely can be said every four homestead planting area clustered around a house. Different kinds of tree can be planted around four side of the house depending on the sites light, air and moisture.
SUSTAINABLE ISSUES Higher yields
COMMON ENTRY
Type D
Every house has a built in nursery and cattle shade.
At the corner of the house there is a heap (compost bin) to make compost by using cow dung, poultry litter, kitchen waste etc.
Higher quality crop
Typical Floor Plan
Economic Sustainability
Social development
CO2
Diversi cation Activity timber & fruits
Carbon Sequestration
Natural pest control
Crop pollination
Biodiversity bene cial insects
Wildlife habitat
Higher income
CLUSTER PLAN (GROUND FLOOR)
Native trees are planted & under layer plants are increased
Land fertility increase
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SECTION A-A’
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Water level restore
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Interception In ltration Water Retention
Soil Enrichment
CO-CREATE JHENAIDAH DESIGNING A SMALL CITY BY PARTICIPATORY APPROACH Jhenaidah, a secondary city with a population of approximately 2,56,000, is situated in the southwest of Bangladesh. A river named 'Noboganga' ows through the city centre of Jhenaidah. Like many other secondary cities of Bangladesh, Jhenaidah also lacked public spaces, whether in city-scale or in neighborhood scale, where men, women, children or elderly people could go and do activities for their physical and mental well-being. Jhenaidah municipality has around three hundred ponds. People used to face their house towards ponds and used these for bathing, swimming, shing and gathering around. Now these have become the backyards full of garbage as if there is no alternative better waste management system. A recent research shows that about 70% of children in the city do not know how to swim due to polluted water. This is alarming in a riverine country like Bangladesh. Since 2014, around 20 different groups got together and started to think about the possibilities of merging urban open spaces with the river, ponds, roads and pockets of lands. The objective is double-folded; to nd people-friendly urban open spaces and to protect the water-bodies from private encroachment and pollution. Together the city people have developed a design strategy to improve the city's relationship with the river, by creating public spaces and interactive actions. When the collective dreams are visualized by all, the city authorities eventually realize the proposed design step-bystep. Contribution : One of the volunteer Architects. Part of 4 different community workshop. 1. Planning, 2. Documentation, 3. Designing, 4. Visualization, 5. Preparing presentation Time line : 2017 - 2019
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JHENAIDAH CITY MAP
Jessore - Jhenaidah Highway
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Dhopaghata Bridge
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Hussain Shahid Sohrawardy Road
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Bir Sreshtha Hamidur Rahman Stadium
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Jhenaidah Municipality
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Sher-e-bangla Road
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Prerona Ekattor Node
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Agnibina Road
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Post Office Node
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Castle Bridge
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Nabaganga River Ghat
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Jhenaidah Old Jail and Court house
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9 There are many opportunities to make Jhenaidah truly people friendly city. Jhenaidah is a small city which have a ring road around it. A river running through the middle of the city. There are more than 300 ponds and waterbodies throughout the city. And there are many historical places which can be conserved and re-purposed as public space. The spine roads are not very wide and only small vehicles commute through these road. There is no pedestrian footpath and cycle lane for safe commuting.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS
VISION AND MISSION
I had the opportunity to participate and organize 5 different workshops with city people regarding the issue of a better city. Citizens of different age, gender, occupation and social class participated actively and shared their opinion about a people friendly Jhenaidah city. Most of the workshops were 3 to 4 days long and different national and international organizations joined and shared their experiences regarding city design. People drew their ideas, made models and presented their ideas to the municipality. These workshops not only helped ordinary citizens to understand the power of collective approach but also created a better connection with the authority to share there needs and demands.
The long term vision is to protect 5 kilometers of riverside from encroachment and pollution through connecting the riverside communities and developing required public open spaces for the communities or the whole city. This 'required' public space will vary from community to community. It can be a communal bathing space, a collective garden or a water garden dedicated for biological treatment of wastewater etc. Incorporating public open space protects the public water bodies from illegal privatization through communal surveillance . In addition, the wastewater treatment before releasing city's runoff and household wastewater to surface water bodies can be more controlled and effective. Beside this, protecting and re-designing the small waterbodies to make them accessible and developing people friendly streets throughout the city are other long time goals. When people become aware of their rights and have right information in their hand, anything could be possible.
Old jail and courthouse
Hussain Shahid Suhrawardy Road
Post office Node
Shatbaria Community Ghat
Nabaganga River Ghat
Aarappur C&B Pond Ghat
After gathering peoples’ insights and ideas from workshops a group of architects designed and prepared visualizations of different spaces for presenting the outcome of the workshops to the local authorities. Then ordinary citizens presented these ndings and demanded their needs to the municipality mayor. Here we can see some of the design outcomes of the different workshops.
DESIGN PROPOSALS
IMPACT Nabaganga River Ghat is partially and Shatbaria Community Ghat is fully constructed. This 115-metre-long “Nabaganga River Ghat” has two plateaus linked by various stairways and a ramp for the disabled, the lower plateau remaining at least 3.7 metres above the water. People of all ages and backgrounds, including some from nearby towns and villages, regularly come here to walk, sit, meet, or engage in sport, cultural or recreational activities. The upper retaining wall serves on the lower plateau as a vertical surface for public exhibitions, and on the upper one joins with a parapet that meanders around the pre-existing trees – some over a century old – to create semi-enclosed, shaded areas where people can sit facing each other. This ghat can also serve as a two-level auditorium for theatrical performances given on a oating deck or on the opposite riverbank. The “Shatbaria Community Ghat” is directly connected to the water’s edge via a few steps. Intended for and used extensively by one of the city’s largest low-income communities, where the majority are Hindu, it caters speci cally to their needs in terms of bathing, washing and practicing religious rituals, with a changing room and benches provided. Mobilised by the community’s enthusiasm, Jhenaidah Municipality employed local craftspeople to execute the project, the architects providing pro-bono consultancy services. The mayor reports that representatives of over 50 municipalities have visited to learn from these community engagement programmes.
Winner of the ‘Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022’ and ‘UIA 2030 Award’.
MEMORY OF A PLACE LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR A RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS OF A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY This residential campus is one of its kind, dedicated to experiential learning and promotes a broad range of diverse skills and qualities, to complement the theoretical development that students undergo. Located within a close proximity from the capital city of Dhaka, the place is surrounded by residential and several other educational infrastructures. With the continuum of time, the surrounding environment condition has been deteriorating day by day. Once highly enriched with ecological and environmental diversity, the site is now losing its spirit and the harmony among space, landscape and people are being lost due to gradual expansions. Hence, the main challenges is to bring back the faded essence and the memory connected to that precinct. The existing plan of the residential campus lacks a balance between human and natural environment. There is at least 15% area in this campus which is unused or underused. According to current statistics, the campus is mostly used by the regular students for about 9 months and for the rest of the time, this is occupied by the trainees of some extended training programs. As time is passing by, the number of occupants is increasing day by day and is expected that the number of students will be doubled within next couple of years. As a result, the additional expenses regarding utilities and other services are rising as well. In this situation it is a pressing need to re model the campus, integrating natural balance and the increasing number of learners. In the new landscape design, priority has given to native plant species and cultural aspects with the memory of the place to blend the built environment with surrounding context. Client : BRAC Site area : 10.8 Acre Construction team : BRAC construction team Principle Architect : Kazi Khaleed Ashraf ( Director General - Bengal Institute) Landscape Architect : Khondaker Hasibul Kabir Waste and water management consultant : Waste Concern Energy Consultant : Lab 1.6 My responsibilities : Directly working as an apprentice of Landscape Architect and Co-ordinating with other consultants as a project architect
Project Brief : BRAC Learning Centre (TARC) is a community living and learning space for BRAC University students. Students of every batch have to live therefor one trimester of their university life. It’s a place from where students can learn community living, lateral learning, learning by co-operating with each other. This campus is situated about 20 km away from Dhaka city. Away from city life it is kind of a retreat for students with an experience of living together in same place under same roof. Some of the old buildings of the site has been demolished. So There is a big empty land in the middle of the site. That will be the main space for landscape design. Beside that there is a large amount of unused negative spaces in the site. By planting those area it will help to create a biological connection between inside and outside of the site.
Various types of gardens are introduced in the design to give the experience of different environment. Different gardens and water bodies are designed to keep the memory of the old buildings which will help to teach the students about the history of this place. Natural gardens like Dense forest garden, Natural Pond garden and Orchard garden will create the space for local bio-diversity. Plant Nursery Area Staff Quarter Area Plaza Walkway
Demolished buildings
Orchard Garden Bangla Roof Pavilion
DEMOLITION PLAN
Multipurpose Hall Teachers’ Accommodations Dining Hall Meditation Pond Garden Dense Forest Garden
Project Goal : The goal is to Create a Diverse Ecoscape which will be Eco friendly, safe Habitat for a n i m a l s, a e s t h e t i c a l l y b e a u t i f u l a n d experientially pleasant and soothing. The choice of plants will create a wonderful variety of experience throughout the year. Students will learn the system of bio community from the different gardens of the campus. About the site : The campus is situated on Savar Upazilla. The land of the upazila is composed of alluvium soil of the Pleistocene period. The main tree of this area is ‘Shaal (Shorea Robusta)’. A biodiversity survey was held to know and analyze the Plant and animal diversity of the site. The study revealed that 220 species of vascular plants, 51 species of birds, 11 species of mammals, 6 species of reptiles, 5 species of amphibians and 18 species of butter ies were distributed in the campus area. Among the total plant species diversity, there were 64 trees, 88 herbs, 52 shrubs, 9 climbers and 7 palms.
Parents’ Pavilion is an oval shaped shaded structure just after the entry gate. It is surrounded by giant taro plants, Ferns and beetle nut trees. There are some large existing trees beside this pavilion.
Entry Garden Guard Room Entry Gate Primary Vehicular Road Parents’ Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge
Memorial Pond
Pond Ghat Natural Pond
Admin Building Open Plaza
Students’ Dormitory
Lily Pond Academic Building
Regenerative Pond Swimming Pool
Boundary Zone for Wild Plants
MASTERPLAN 0’
Primary vehicular road is shaded by tunnel created with local bamboo plant. It will help to create a visual barrier from buildings and will keep the focus to the landscape.
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Entry garden is designed as a memorial of the old admin building. Plinth and columns of the old building will be reconstructed as the foot print of the old building. This space will be used as an open exhibition area where students can display their works time to time.
Dense forest garden is a gravel walkway with densely planted trees and shrubs on the both side of it. This area is planted with variety of owering plants .
Meditation pond garden is designed in the footprint of old residential building. It is a space for the students where they can sit quietly and practice meditation or enjoy the surroundings without any disturbance.
Memorial Pond Garden is a semi shaded open pond area where students can sit and talk after classes and enjoy their leisure time together beside a calm lily pond. The footprint of the old building and columns are kept as the memory.
Plaza walkway is a pedestrian path that connects two open plaza space. Oval shaped sittings are introduced here encircling the trees.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF GARDENS
INITIAL IDEAS FOR LANDSCAPE
GROUND LEVEL GARDENS Creating different landscape experiences throughout the site and differentiating the activity pattern with landscape design. It is the main focus of the whole landscape design.
LANDSCAPE AS LONG DUREE & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Develop a landscape scheme for the site which is consistent with the philosophy of the residential semester of the BRAC university: where an understanding of the layered history of the site and the environmental ethics and justice of the territory are the fundamental principle of the design.
LANDSCAPE AS LEARNING LAB Create a living laboratory that works with the seasons and processes of nature and allows students to actively engage in the continual cultural transformation landscape.
LANDSCAPE AS PRODUCTIVE TERRITORY design a number of orchard and vegetable gardens that c an simultaneously add functions and beauty to the landscape.
LANDSCAPE AS SYSTEM OF WATER MANAGEMENT Combine water management of gray water and rainwater harvesting with re ective, recreational water use and irrigation for productive landscapes to create integrated landscape system.
LANDSCAPE AS REGIONAL IDENTITY Accentuate the local topography, native vegetation, and landscape traditions.
PROGRAMMATIC DIAGRAM WITH ACTIVITY BOUNDARY WALL GARDENS Total peripheral boundary wall is divided into four sections to introduce four different types of garden. The non visible and less accessible part of the boundary wall is designed as dense forest type. One of the visible portion is designed as productive vegetable garden and other part is as ornamental garden. And the wall that surrounded the nursery area is designed as experimental garden.
VERTICAL GARDEN The main function of vertical garden is to experimenting with different vertical gardening options and to create a new type of building fenestration system which will not only beautify the facade but also helps to protect the dust and heat.
Entry and reception zone Experimental zone Recreational zone Private/Residential zone Accommodation structures Educational Structures Refreshment and others Recreational structures
ROOF GARDENS Roof gardens are designed mostly for leisure and recreational purpose with the target of decreasing the heat and increasing overall green footprint.
ACTIVITY TYPOLOGY IN LANDSCAPE Celebrations
Sitting Spaces
Rethinking Vegetation
Temporary Open Fairs
Concert/Seminer
Different Layers Of Vegetations
PROPOSED MOVEMENT PATH
ENERGY EFFICIENCY Rainwater harvesting Surface water discharge Energy efficiency
Waste management Use of alternative solar energy Energy Audit
Solar Energy Calculation
Total Panel - 568 nos Produced Energy - 710 kwh Required Energy - 12500 kwh
Rain water harvesting and discharging
SCHEMATIZATION OF PATHWAY MATERIALS
PROJECT EVERGREEN LANDSCAPE PROPOSAL FOR A CONVENTIONAL PLOTTED HOUSING. ‘Purbachal American City’ is a plotted housing project developed by US-Bangla group. The whole housing is designed in a very conventional manner. The whole area is divided into many blocks in a grid pattern by connecting roads and streets. An arti cial canal is running through the project. Various types of local and foreign plants are planted through the whole area without any proper planning. Roads are mostly designed in a vehicle friendly way and there is not enough public space. The landscape proposal is a primary idea to show the owner of the project how to transform the whole scenario without changing the existing masterplan. How to make the whole project more human friendly by designing better streets and landscape. Design concepts were developed by following these four principle. Management and redesigning the concept of roads in the light of the gated community, where humans comes rst and cars comes second. Intelligent road design could provide extra play space, jogging area and well water permeability. Integrated Bio swale will enhance water drainage and add as an attractive part during the monsoon . Intelligent bio swale will enhance landscape quality. Shaded place of the whole complex needs special attention. Careful selection of tropical plants will ensure liveliness of the most shadowed place of the master plan. Reimagining the Landscape masterplan in the context of the site. Prioritizing Seasonal Color variation, Rainwater Management, Ecology and above all long term sustainability of the project. Thus we prioritize local plants for hardiness and ease of maintenance.
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SITE IMAGES 140’ Central Avenue • • • • • • • •
Not safe for pedestrian crossing. High speed traffic ow. Not enough shaded space. Will capture and re emit massive heat. No soak able space for storm water. No Bicycle lane Use of same species of foreign plants and trees. Absence of the sense of ecology
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Not safe for pedestrian crossing. High speed traffic ow. Not enough shaded space. Will capture and re emit massive heat. No soak able space for storm water. No Bicycle lane Use of same species of foreign plants and trees. Absence of the sense of ecology
40’ Block periphery street • • • • •
Not safe for children. No community gathering space. Not enough space for plantation. No storm water management system. No breathing space for residents
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Roads and streets Parks and open spaces Arti cial lake EXISTING MASTERPLAN
From existing masterplan we can see that overall public space and green space is less then 10% compared to the total masterplan. There is 12 feet green zone between buildings. But that won’t be enough for public access and creating a healthy environment. In order to make the best use of the current masterplan we have to create opportunities in between buildings and structures. Proper planning and landscape design of the roads, Lakeside and blocks can help to overcome the situation. As a hot humid tropical country it’s very important to have proper shaded space for preventing scorching heat in the summer.
Not safe for children. No community gathering space. Not enough space for plantation. No storm water management system. No breathing space for residents
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Not enough space for plant maintenance. Narrow 12’ space won’t be accessible for public. Chance to become a backyard garbage dumping space. Chance of water clogging in rainy season.
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No plantation for soil protection. No planning for soil erosion. Not enough shaded space. No polluted water management system. No space for public gathering. Lack of ecological plantation.
DESIGN PROPOSALS FOR ROADS
140’ Central Avenue
100’ Secondary Road
40’ Block Peripheral Road
30’ Block Internal Road
Thorough road vehicle speed: 60mph - 80mph Access road vehicle speed: 30mph - 40mph
Vehicle speed: 40mph - 60mph
Vehicle speed: 15mph - 20mph Following the ‘Woonerf’ Concept
Vehicle speed: 10mph - 15mph Following the ‘Woonerf’ Concept
• 12 feet wide footpath for comfortable pedestrian ow. • Plantation of canopy layer tree on footpath ensures shade for the pedestrians. • Vehicular road divided into two different sections. • One is 24 feet double lane central through section. • Other is 16 feet Access road with separate bicycle lane. • One 8 feet central median and two 14 feet Green median is provided for proper plantation, shade and public access.
• 12 feet wide footpath for comfortable pedestrian ow. • Plantation of Canopy layer tree ensures shade for the pedestrians. • 24 feet double lane vehicular road with 8 feet bicycle lane. • 12 feet central green median for proper plantation, shade and public access.
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Footpath and vehicular road is in the same layer but separated by material color. Paver material used for both vehicular and pedestrian access. Which will force the drivers to commute slowly. Green plantation patches are provided for blocking drivers clear vision thus to prevent high speed. Bio - swale is proposed for drainage.
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Footpath and vehicular road is in the same layer but separated by material color. Paver material used for both vehicular and pedestrian access. Green plantation patches are provided. 6 inch of level change from the peripheral road. Bio - swale proposed for drainage system.
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Terminalia bellirica
Cassia stula
Azadirachta Indica
Delonix regia
Saraca indica
Areca catechu
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Annona reticulata
Magnolia grandi ora
Dalbergia sissoo
Butea monosperma
Mimusops elengi
Phoenix sylvestris Borassus abellifer
Ixora coccinea
Ficus hispida
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Senna occidentalis
Lagerstroemia indica
Barleria cristata
Melastoma malabathricum
Withania somnifera
Lantana
Calotropis gigantea
Nerium oleander
PLANTING PALLET
Astonia scholaris
Saraca indica
Shrubs
Small public park
Spathodea campanulata
Terminalia arjuna
Under - story layer
Bio-diversity garden
Albizia richardiana
Palm
Floating wooden deck
Shorea robusta
Canopy Layer
Pedestrian Crossing Bridge
Layering plantation like forest ecosystem
Pocket of plants were created for generating dense garden and public space. Paver material used for both vehicular and pedestrian access. Wooden oating decks are provided for view. Pedestrian bridges are incorporated for public access. Forest like layered plantation is proposed for creating bio-diversity.
Water plants for slope protection
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Row of betel nut tree
LAKE SIDE LANDSCAPE
FREELANCE LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR AN ONLINE LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT FIRM Yardzen is a California based online landscape design platform that has a group of freelance landscape designer from different countries of the world. They developed a web based system where clients and designers both collaborate through the online. In the year 2020, while the whole world was affected by the pandemic, like many other companies Yardzen started to operate their work online. They try to provide Budget friendly, climate sensitive, contextual, modern design according to their clients tastes and wishes. For this they created a detailed work process. For which they developed a network of local botanist, vendors and international designers and other specialist. I had the opportunity to work with them as a freelance landscape designer from August 2020 to September 2021. This is one of the projects that I designed. As a designer I had to select project from their server website and go through all the available information before starting the design. We had project managers assigned to us to communicate with us. As a designer I not only designed those project but also prepared necessary drawings, visualizations, and budget to serve the client. In this project client wanted a vibrant color pallette with a cost effective solution. Client also wanted pollinator friendly plants to attract birds and insects. Site Location : Timberline Drive, Tillamook, Oregon, USA Site Area : 1.05 acre Client’s Budget : 65000 $
Client’s Process
PROJECT WORKFLOW Question answers and wish list
Budget
Photographs and videos
Preferences
Project selection
Site location
Client’s budget
Client’s Checklist
Photographs and videos
Client’s preferences
Existing 3D model
Project manager’s feedback
Client’s Feedback
Final Design
Visualisations
Layout plan
Planting plan
Legends
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Package selection
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Budget calculation
Plant selection
Material selection
Furniture selection
visualisations
PLANTING PLAN Lawn 2 Gravel Walkaway 1
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EXPLODED 3D VIEW
CHILDREN’S PARK A SMALL PLAYGROUND AND PARK FOR A HOUSING COMUNITY The site was a small corner land of a underdeveloped housing project. The context was a suburban one, very near to the capital city. There is a river named Karnatali just beside the site. The whole housing project is lack of good public facilities specially for children. there is no dedicated playzone for small children where their gurdians can sit and enjoy while they are playing. And the space for the site is in the back of the housing project. So it was neglected for a long time. The initial proposal addressed the lack of playspace issue by designing a open playspace with a playscape which includes various play instruments. Then the trees and plants were added as beauti cation, sense of boundary and for creating a soothing environment throughout the year. A riverside ghat was introduced for other people to enjoy their leisure time. Rather than incorporating large scape interventions, the future proposal adopted to conceptualize the public space as landscape event, keeping the green areas mostly open and compacting the other facilities to a minimum footprint. The choice of plantation deliberately adopted to re-infuse the native ora and fauna. Local fruit and ower trees were proposed to revive the local micro ecology. Client: Advanced Development Technologies Ltd Site: Fulbaria, Hemayetpur, Savar Site area: 9155 sqft Architectural Firm : Cactus Consultants Contribution to the team : Lead landscape Designer
Playscape
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Playful Earth Mound stepping stone
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The site is an unused negative space just behind the housing society. But as it is in the river front it has a great potential to be a good public space.
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Reclaiming the space and making it accessible for public by introducing a river front walkway with a Ghat and play scape for the children. Open grass meadow with an earth mound, fun stepping blocks, gravel walkway and different play instruments are used to make it attractive to children.
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Local ora and fauna has been introduced to make the park ecologically rich and to reclaim the local biodiversity. This approach will help to learn children about local plants and ecology.
ADVANCE ARCHITECTURE CONTEST - 2016 THE PRODUCTIVE CITY Project Brief: Making productive cities is not only a challenge, but a necessity, in order to sustain life on earth. Today’s urban centers are the largest producers of waste on the planet. In order to support city life, tons of goods have to travel thousands of miles and shipping containers feed our cities; at the same time millions of kilowatts travel through high tension lines over forests or underwater cables in order to satisfy the energy needs of city life. Millions of acres are used to produce tons of food supplies to keep supermarkets stocked. At the same time, our cities are losing the dynamic hubs of knowledge around “how things are made,” as cities become primarily consumers rather than producers with all the social consequences that follow from this reality. Yet cities are the pinnacle creation of humankind the principle means of supporting life on earth in the future…just as long as they are allowed to continue evolving under the same commitment to innovation guaranteed since the industrial revolution. The Productive City challenge aims to construct the rst race for cities to become self-sufficient by 2054. The rst city to become self sufficient will lead the future of urban development in order to keep environmental balance on the planet and will fundamentally rebuild the social structures that make cities work and serve residents.
Our Theme
DEVOTE TO DEVINE The journey of Homo sapiens started long long time ago. In the beginning of this journey, like other living creature, humans were also the children of the nature. But on the way of progressive development, this thoughtful creature slowly destroying its surrounding nature. Homo sapiens is the only species that causes the extinction of many other species of this planet. Man has changed the ecosystem in course of changing his surroundings for his own bene t and became the reason of another mass extinction on earth. So, now it is time to go back to nature before destroying everything. As a part of nature. Because mother nature doesn't refuse anyone.
"When life gets parched and dry Come to me in streams of compassion. When all beauty and goodness is obscured Come to me with the sweetness of song." -Rabindranath Tagore
Team : Naziur Rahman Chowdhury, A.K.M Saleh Ahmed Anik, Prottoy Roy chowdhury, Alok Das, Md. Mahmudur Rahman
As a Collective metropolis environmental diversity will substitute the political borders; whereas the resources in the environment will be the measure of the wealth, not the billlion doller golds stored in reserve or the currency notes. As a result, mother nature will bond all the entities inseparably. The earth will become a single spirit.
SUMMER SCHOOL 2019 At Laurie Baker center for habitat study Place: Vilappilsala, Trivundram, India Time : June 16 - June 29, 2019 Participant no : 35 Sessions: Classroom sessions, Hands on sessions and Site visits.
LBC Summer School is a two weeks extensive workshop on sustainable, environment friendly and cost effective architecture practice. Every year two session held on the month of May and June. Whole workshop can be divided into three types of learning activities. Classroom lecture session, Hands on session, and on site learning session. Here students learn about various techniques and materials for building and designing. As well as students also learn about the philosophy of late Ar. Laurie Baker and his works. Scholars of various subjects related to architecture, economy, environment teach here about different topics. It was a refreshing session for me .
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
ONISHESH 71
When it comes to the point of identity of our nation, history of liberation war is the most important thing that de nes us. So knowing and sharing the knowledge of our glori ed past is very important for our future generation. From the time of our independence till now the history of our liberation war was manipulated and distorted by different political parties for distracting the new generations .from the truth. . So it is very important to give young generation especially children the true history of our war through inspiring evens which are not in uenced by any political party.
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Focusing to that objective this Olympiad was arranged in 2013 to ame the re inside the youth. Children of different classes from many schools of the Dhaka city attended and participated in the event
: The Business Insider For the love of Natural light 20 November 2019 Dhaka, Bangladesh Architectural Feature : Author
The actual topic was about interior lighting. But as an author I took the liberty to write about the use of natural lighting in our day to day architecture. Natural light is the most available, sustainable and environment friendly solution in time of designing a building. As an author I tried to tell the story of light in our everyday situation.
Date : 20 September 2013 Time : 10 a.m.-5 p.m Venue : VIquarunnisa noon school and college, Shiddheswari road, D h a k a K e y r o l e : C o r e m e m b e r, O r g a n i z e r, G r a p h i c d e s i g n e r.
The Business Insider Op-ed People search and ght for freedom throughout their life. Yet they can not free themselves from freedom itself. The greater the freedom the greater the responsibility. As like smaller freedoms are the shadow to the path of greater slavery. Yet the man who freed himself from all responsibility also can’t free himself from his own thoughts. So, is the DEATH ultimate freedom?
One day Idea Design Charrette Design Concept : Opening for the freedom. Award : Special Recommendation. “And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a - Khalil Gibran
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lingers becomes a shadow to another light. And thus your greater f re e d o m .”
BDNEWS24 Publishing Limited (BPL) : The Royal Game ( ) : Stefan Zweig : February 2016 : Dhaka, Bangladesh : Translator : 978-984-91784-3-9
Translation of ‘The Royal Game’
Openning
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