MAFRUHA MANJUR RASHID - PROFESSIONAL

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Mafruha Manjur Rashid

professional projects

Imperial Automobiles ltd. design

Project type: High end Automobile workshop

Consultant Firm: VRL Studio Ltd.

Location: Tejgaon

Area: 17.8 Katha

Phase: Completed

Time-line: 2022-2023

Doreen Vincita

Mixed use building

Consultant Firm (design): Volume Zero

Consultant Firm (execution): VRL Studio

Role: Project Lead

Location: Rupnagar, Dhaka

Area: 2 Bigha

Phase: Finishing stage

Time-line: 2018 - 2023

Commercial façade redesign

Rooftop gymnasium design

Rooftop swimming pool design

Noor-E-Alam Siddique Jam e masjid design

Project type: Religious structure

Consultant Firm: VRL Studio Ltd.

Location: Savar

Client: M.N Nabi Textile Ltd.

Area: 7500 sft

Phase: Completed

Time-line: 2020-2021

OutfallStaffquarter park development

“Jol Shobuje Dhaka” Loosely translating to “Reviving green Dhaka” is a movement initiated by Dhaka North city corporation to revive 37 parks and 15 playgrounds. 31 Architectural firms were involved in working on this venture led by Shatotto and Vitti Sthapati Brindo. Atelier Robin Architects was assigned to work on one of the parks in Maniknagar named outfall staff quarter park.

Consulting Firm: Atelier Robin Architects

Role: Project Lead

As the project lead my role was to strategize the project from inception to construction.

In our investigation, we put most important to our youngest inhabitants. Thus, the small patch of brown field of the quarter has been offered to them to play and to enjoy their lost childhood in this dilapidated city called dhaka. We do not believe in walls and thoughtless fences. So, we as designers of the project, took the liberty to take out the hard walls around the play ground and replaced them with low fences and comfortable place to sit and enjoy the games, the misused community hall has been offered as newly founded community space.

It is also being thought of as a multi purpose hall. So, the space can be used as per user’s choices and desires. Part of the community hall has been given to the community to use it as a neighborhood gymnasium. Right above it, we have offered a unique structure, which will be used as a small library for the young minds of the neighborhood. To stretch their imaginations, the roof of the community hall has been designed as butterfly garden,

The beautiful water body, which gets used by the thousands of residences from all three areas around Maniknagar,can be even more enjoyable if we could make the experience in a more holistic ways. The Ecology of the water body is devoid of natural elements. Our intentions to introduce the water body with full biodiversity that it deserves then what it inhabits at the moment. The sounds of birds, frogs, and what not should be there. So that, our young generation can be in touch with greater nature that they are a part of.

The construction was completed and has been open for public since 2019. Although it is now managed by the city corporation the local residents take care of the premise like it is their own home.

Library and community building Butterfly garden

BRIGHT WASH LIMITED WASHING MILL

Consulting Firm: SILT

Role: The project was led and designed by principal architect Razib Hassan Chowdhury. As a project architect my role was to assist in the design process and preparing the construction details.

Creating resilient industries: Rejuvenation over massive new development

Bright wash Ltd was renovated from the existing production shed mill-02. The client required a functional and compliant production shed. Instead of demolishing the existing structure to accommodate this need, we opted for scrutinizing the structural failure and addressing the load distribution in order to work with the existing structure as much as possible. The resulting structure is a compact, lightweight production unit constructed with minimum cost and time.

Mafruha Manjur Rashid

Images during construction

Images after construction

professional projects

Periwinkle Showroom design

Project type: Interior design

Consultant Firm: DOT 5 Pvt. Ltd.

Role: Project Lead

Location: Banani-11, Dhaka

Client: Periwinkle

Area: 2500 sft.

Phase: Completed

Time-line: 2015

DOREEN DEVELOPMENTS SALES GALLERY

Project type: Interior design

Consultant Firm: VRL Studio ltd.

Location: Gulshan 2, Dhaka

Client: Doreen Group

Role: Project lead

Area: 3078 sft.

Phase: Completed

Time-line: 2022

Head office design

Project type: Interior design

Consultant Firm: VRL Studio ltd.

Location: Banglamotor, Dhaka

Client: Doreen Group

Area: 5200 sft.

Phase: Finishing stage

Time-line: 2021-2023

academic projects

NATUREINTERPRETATION CENTER

The specific objectives were:

• To Conserve & develop valuable & rare species through collection & raising plantation and support for SEP-dependent communities.

• To construct different infrastructure to create Institute like BFRI, Forest Academy, Chittagong and so on.

• To conserve biodiversity while supporting infrastructural developments to

• Alternative Livelihoods Development training

• promotion of eco-tourism.

• research & education facilities for the relevant institutions

An interpretation Center is supposed to be a representation of the specific specialty of a place. In this case which is 421 exotic plants. So I chose my concept to be derived by the exhibit itself.

A tree interprets its fruits yet contains its own functionality. In my project I emphasized to reflect this character of trees.

Green house for exhibition.

Outdoor exhibition space.

Green house for exhibition.

Aquatic Plant Exhibition.

Section through Aquatic Plant Exhibition

Dwelling in the Delta DESIGNING DHAKA

As part of the 12 weeks program jointly arranged by TU Delft (Netherlands) and Bengal Institute we worked on 9 sites located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The goal was to design a resilient housing in terms of a highly fluid landscape.

I was assigned to work on site number 8 with a partner on the team from Global housing studio of TU Delft.

ROLE: CO-LEAD

OTHER MEMBERS:

1. GIAMMARCO EMILI

CENTRAL BAZAR AREA

DAKKHIN PAARA

UTTAR PAARA

HOUSING TYPES

SINGLE GRID | FLEXIBLE MODULES

TYPE A – JOINT

FAMILY MODULE – 54 sqm.

TYPE B – SINGLE

FAMILY MODULE – 36 sqm.

TYPE C –BACHELOR/DOR M MODULE – 54 sqm/UNIT

COURTYARD

WALKWAY

TRANSITORY SHOPS

SINGLE CLUSTER VIEW

MULTIPLE CLUSTER VIEW

competition project

Rural Community Precinct

ROLE: PROJECT LEAD

OTHER MEMBERS:

1. TAHSIN AZAD

2. KHAIRUL ANAM APU

3. BAYJID ABIR

As part of the competition arranged by commonwealth Association of Architects to welcome inclusive spaces for the elderly we proposed a pilot project, that can be installed in the most regions of Bangladesh as considering its low cost and availability of materials. This community precinct will serve the by most means but will connect all generations. And give them a family in the disguise of an integral community.

>>Day school(for children)

From 7 am-12 pm

>>Night school (for all age group)

From 6pm-8pm

>>Library_ driven by local retired elder citizens

>>Central meeting area for elder People with seating arrangements. >> occasional meeting place, if any.

>>Primary health care center for elderly (from 8 am-3 pm)

>>Health post for women ( 3pm-6pm)

>>Chatting and knitting area for women(from 2pm-5pm)

Program:

•School(day & night shift)

•Health centre

•Meeting area

•club

•toilet

Choosing sustainable and local material:

• Bamboo is locally available in almost all regions in Bangladesh.

• bamboo is accepted to be a sustainable material in terms of both climatic consideration and durability.

• the green corrugated iron we are proposing to use in the roofing of this building is made of recyclable material. And also heat resistant.

Rainwater collection system:

• installing rainwater collection system in a community space like this makes it self contained in a way. This water can even be recycled immediately as to drink directly.

• the roof is treated and slightly inclined in the back to collect water directly from the roof.

• a PVC pipe is connected to numbers of interconnected earthen reservoirs.

Introduction of Accessibility in Rural context :

As being a part of a third world country, including accessibility in rural context is more of a luxury while they can hardly manage a homestead. But most accidents happening to the elder citizens are related to accessible issues. Our attempt is to introduce them to theses issues using local and affordable materials. These small sensitivity towards individuals can be a great step for the whole rural scenario.

Toilets made with local materials

Wheelchair access in meeting area