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Project Title:
Anondolok Residence Religious Instution
Project Type:
Residential Exterior
Designable Area:
3200 Sq Ft
Design & Construction Timeline:
February 2019 to October 2023
Location:
Bashundhara R/A
Design Team:
Muhammad Moniruzzaman, Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury, Mafi Hasan
Status:
Proposed
The project is conceived as a sequence of layered experiences, where movement through the site unfolds gradually, guided by shifts in scale, light, and enclosure. Rather than presenting itself as a single built form, the architecture is broken into roofs, columns, platforms, water, and landscape that assembled to choreograph everyday life. The building sits slightly withdrawn from the road, filtered through screens, trees, and low concrete edges. This controlled threshold slows entry, allowing the structure to be perceived first through its roofscape defining direction and orientation. The primary living spaces unfold beneath expansive roof planes, where interior and exterior dissolve into one another. Glass walls, deep overhangs, and shaded verandas allow the spaces to breathe, adapting to climate while maintaining openness. The roof does not simply shelter, rather it frames views, filters light and establishes rhythm through repetition and angle.
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Material continuity reinforces this rhythm. Exposed concrete, stone, metal roofing, and soft planting create a restrained palette where texture and light take precedence over ornament. Shadows shift throughout the day, animating walls, floors, and water surfaces. Ultimately, the project is an exploration of architecture as a deliberate sequencing of spaces that balances movement and stillness, solidity and transparency, structure and landscape. Life here is not confined within walls, but unfolds across thresholds, platforms, and open edges, shaped by light, water, and time.
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