GROHON

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.