Bangladeshi school wins int’l award for architecture

A Bangladeshi project named “Arcadia Education Project, in South Kanarchar” has won Aga Khan Award for Architecture-2019, which was announced yesterday in Kazan, Russia. Besides Bangladeshi project, Bahrain, Palestine, Russian Federation, Senegal and United Arab Emirates projects have also won the award. The winners will share US$ 1 million between them.

Aga Khan Development Network  (AKDN), in a press statement said that the Arcadia Education Project, in South Kanarchar, a modular  structure – incorporating space for a preschool, a hostel, a nursery and a vocational training centre – that takes a novel approach to a riverine site that is often flooded for five months every year.  Rather than disrupting the ecosystem to create a

mound for building, the architect devised the solution of an amphibious structure that could sit on the ground or float on the water, depending on seasonal conditions.

The others projects are: “Revitalisation of Muharraq” in Bahrain,  Palestinian Museum of Birzeit in Palestine, Public Spaces Development Programme in Russia, Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit of Bambey in Senegal, Wasit Wetland Centre of Sharjah in United Arab Emirates.

Earlier on April 26, two Bangladeshi architectural projects were selected among 20 shortlisted projects for Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019. These projects are Arcadia Education Project in South Kanarchor in Keraniganj and Amber Denim Loom Shed in Gazipur, says a press release. The Bangladeshi project was established by Razia Alam, who returned from United Kingdom. She established a school for underprivileged children, using her own pension funds. Wanting the school to be near water, she purchased a riverside plot which, it turned out, is submerged in up to 3m of monsoon water for a third of the year.

The building uses retaining walls of sandbags, earth and local brick infill, and used tyres fixed atop for cushioning. Bamboo posts sunk 2m into the ground serve as anchoring points for the school’s various independent but interconnected rectangular structures: three multipurpose spaces used mainly as classrooms, office, open-top platform, toilet/bathroom structure, septic tank and water tank structures, and a single corridor offering access to all spaces. Made of three types of bamboos, that are kept afloat by substructures of used 30-gallon steel drums within bamboo frames.

Bangladeshi school wins intl award for architecture

A Bangladeshi project named Arcadia Education Project, in South Kanarchar has won Aga Khan Award for Architecture-2019, which was announced yesterday in Kazan, Russia. Besides Bangladeshi project, Bahrain, Palestine, Russian Federation, Senegal and United Arab Emirates projects have also won the award. The winners will share US$ 1 million between them. Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), in a press statement said that the Arcadia Education Project, in South Kanarchar, a modular structure incorporating space for a preschool, a hostel, a nursery and a vocational training centre that takes a novel approach to a riverine site that is often flooded for five months every year. Rather than disrupting the ecosystem to create a mound for building, the architect devised the solution of an amphibious structure that could sit on the ground or float on the water, depending on seasonal conditions. The others projects are: Revitalisation of Muharraq in Bahrain, Palestinian Museum of Birzeit in Palestine, Public Spaces Development Programme in Russia, Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit of Bambey in Senegal, Wasit Wetland Centre of Sharjah in United Arab Emirates. Earlier on April 26, two Bangladeshi architectural projects were selected among 20 shortlisted projects for Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019. These projects are Arcadia Education Project in South Kanarchor in Keraniganj and Amber Denim Loom Shed in Gazipur, says a press release. The Bangladeshi project was established by Razia Alam, who returned from United Kingdom. She established a school for underprivileged children, using her own pension funds. Wanting the school to be near water, she purchased a riverside plot which, it turned out, is submerged in up to 3m of monsoon water for a third of the year. The building uses retaining walls of sandbags, earth and local brick infill, and used tyres fixed atop for cushioning. Bamboo posts sunk 2m into the ground serve as anchoring points for the schools various independent but interconnected rectangular structures: three multipurpose spaces used mainly as classrooms, office, open-top platform, toilet/bathroom structure, septic tank and water tank structures, and a single corridor offering access to all spaces. Made of three types of bamboos, that are kept afloat by substructures of used 30-gallon steel drums within bamboo frames.