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GROHON

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PROJECT TITLE: GROHON
LOCATION: HOUSE 74/A, ROAD 02, SOUTH KHULSI, CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH
OWNER: MR. BASHIR AHMED
COMPLETION YEAR: 2015

GROHON typically means acceptance of something else within itself in Bengali. GROHON is a project about conversations. Where the first dialogue between clients and architect was about the acceptance of each other’s needs and ideas. Being a single-family residence, GROHON is visually a stagger of masses metaphoric to its meaning. The mother form from which apparently the others seem to extrude signifies to be the parents who accept/ invite the other forms: their children and relatives for a well-bonded kinship. Accepting not only their own convenience but also boldly accepting the reality of their surroundings.

The house is meant to be a witness of time and space; about a balance of openness and privacy. The acceptance of the positives of nature as sunlight, and moonlight, and the man-made negatives such as the various pollution are GROHON.

Architecturally, the zoning of the house is separated into two parts, the frontal part is the place of performance, where guests are received, welcomed, and entertained. The rear part is the private space where the family can spend time internally and be themselves.

SOMPORKO

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PROJECT TITLE: SOMPORKO
LOCATION: HOUSE 09, ROAD 1, OR NIZAM ROAD, CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH
OWNER: MOHAMMAD ABDUS SALAM, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ASIAN APPEALS LIMITED
COMPLETION YEAR: 2016

It’s about a multi-family residence in the hilly areas of Chittagong. With the rise of individuality in this generation and the future, what role can an architect play?

SHOMPORKO means RELATIONSHIPS which seems to be simple but is hardly so! Relationships are not only between people but between roofs and walls, between nature and structure as well. Considering the building to be a part of the regular celebration architecture brings, SHOMPORKO means to mend all relationships: tangible and intangible, with a gentle push through our surface narrative. Keeping all this in mind, a multi-family residence in the hilly areas of Chittagong is designed, where the head of the family lives on the upper floor and the rest of the family members on other floors.

The 50 Most Beautiful Homes [AD50]

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A house is always conceived as a manifestation of the personality of those it is meant for. It’s an idea that fi nds appropriate expression in the austere concrete proportions of Jeebon-Anondo. Located in Dhaka, the house was built as a haven from the noise and the bustle of the city. The box-shaped outer shell is analogous of the overarching desire of parents to offer their offspring shelter and protection from the outside world. Its city location prompted the architectural fi rm System Architects to design interiors that brought in “spatial hierarchy and made the connections enjoyable and meaningful”. A consideration uppermost in the mind of the architect was to build a house that forged a connection with its inhabitants, and provided easy access across all four levels to the differently abled eldest son. The central space is dominated by fi ve circular pillars, a metaphor for the family being the “backbone and structure of the building”. The unrelenting opacity of concrete is relieved by circular openings that punctuate the shell and break from the otherwise angular geometries. “A circle is a symbol [for a] moment and a drop connects to that moment which brings light, water and drama into the living spaces,” says principal architect, Enamul Karim Nirjhar. Glass and concrete engage in a duet that results in an evocative play of light and shadow. The house, when seen as a whole, becomes an almost poignant celebration of daily life.

DOT ART & ARCHITECTURE BANGLADESH

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The House ‘Rivers’ is a collection of memorabilia of its residents. Riverine Bangladesh is sprawled with an intricate network of rivers all over its vicinity. When the river flows over her body it connects lives and at the end of the journey it merges with the sea surrendering its dynamics to the majesty of the sea. This colloquial among River, Land and Life during its passage inspired the architect to design this Multi-family Residence in an obstinate city like Dhaka. Hence the architect attempted to assume a connectivity with the endless streams of river that merges with the sea and the streams of daily life merges to become part of a place that we call Home.