‘‘I believe the built environment of any civilization is its most persistent element. Therefore, it should be sustainable, responsive to its context, and capable of withstanding the test of time.’’
QUAZI MD FAZLE HASAN FAHIM
PROJECT NAME
PLAYFUL JUNCTION PARK
CORINTH NATIVE INTERPRETIVE GARDEN
VULNERABILITY TO RESILIENCE
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEMORIAL PROJECT
BANGABANDHU TEXTILE MUSEUM & JAMDAN COMPLEX, NARAYANGANJ
CONCEPT: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT THROUGH LANDSCAPE.
The proposed design incorporates socializing spaces for teenagers and young adults along with a children’s playground, providing a diversified communal downtown atmosphere. It promotes multifunctionality with an open green space while addressing a lack of connections to streets. Incorporating historic streetscape elements like arches, murals, wood, brick masonry, hanging lights, bright awnings, and so on with modern solutions like a water retention pond and nature-based approaches, the park bridges the past and present, responding to both historical context and contemporary user needs.
BIRDS EYE VIEW
DESIGN TOOLS
SITE ANALYSIS, MATERIALITY & STREETSCAPE
CONCEPTUAL STREETSCAPE SECTION
CONNECTIVITY & ZONING
Weir System
Fig: Public gathering and performance area covered by rusted metal frames with wooden shade, mural wall and brick wall seating with wooden top.
Fig: Children playspace with alligator shaped play structure, mary go round, earth mounds, gabion walls, stairs and sloped lawn.
Fig: ADA accessable entry, public plaza, restaurant patio and green space with hanging lights, mural wall & brick wall seating with wooden top.
Fig: Arched bridge with retention pond, weir system, wooden deck, wetland and flowering trees.
Drawing Name:
Drawing Scale: N/A
Bridge: Exploded Axon & Render
SS Arch
Metal Railing
Wooden Plank
Cast Iron Frame
Concrete Base
PHYSICAL MODEL
CORINTH NATIVE INTERPRETIVE GARDEN
PROJECT SITE: 405 S TATE ST, CORINTH, MS.
3RD SEMESTER - GRADUATE DESIGN III (MLA)
SITE DESIGN IDEA: CELEBRATING NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSESTEMS
The site offers a scope to promote biodiversity consistin of woodland, prairie-savannah, wetland and riparian ecosystems. So, my design idea was to accentuate these four different types of ecosystems in the site as a way to interpret them to the visitors and residents of Corinth.
To begin my design process, I did an in-depth site analysis, monitoring how water moves across the site, how hydrological conditions impact the plant communities, where the amenities are, and what some of the important views are that either need to be promoted or screened to create unique experiences. As I started placing my programs on site three distinct functional zoning emerged as a guiding principle. These three zones were: 1. Urban park zone 2. Multipurpose activity zone 3. Interpretive natural ecosystem zone
The urban park zone works as a gateway for both the park and downtown corinth. Programs that are formal and demand an urbanized condition such as plaza, food truck parking, on-street parking, seating, walkway, entry portal, constructed wetland, water feature celebrating a precious resource, and a dog park are included in this zone.
The multipurpose activity zone acts as a junction between the formal urbanized zone and the interpretive natural ecosystem zone. This zone includes space for the farmer’s market under a tree bosque, a parking area with ADA accessibillity, a natural play area for children, and an event lawn for diverse range of events such as weddings, birthdays, movie nights, concerts etc.
The interpretive ecosystem zone holds the four proposed ecosystems accessible by walkways, gravel paths, boardwalks, and natural surface trails. An 8-foot wide loop trail connects all the different zones and all major programs on site weaving them together. The design suggests a 3-foot wide mowed buffer from the tall prairie grasses along the walkways . A boardwalk overlook above the creek opens up to an open prairie along the riparian buffer. As we move farther away from the urbanized zone, the artificial material footprint becomes lighter and lighter, creating a less obtrusive natural environment. Educational signage along the loop trail on different junction nodes helps interpret the natural functions in play within these ecosystems.
This park in my opinion would become the crossroads for people of all ages as it offers something for everyone and has the potential to become a gateway symbol, an identity piece for downtown Corinth.
Fig: Multipourpose actieve zone with farmer’s market under tree bosque, pavilion, parking, multipourpose lawn.
structure, seating, and Nature Play for children along prairie and natural landscape beside multiporpose lawn.
MULTIPURPOSE LAWN
NATURE PLAY
WILDFIRE BLACK GUM Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wildfire’
WHITE OAK Quercus alba
Fig: Pargola
20. NODE POINTS WITH ART & SEATING 21. GRAVEL WALKWAY 22.
28. FULTON STREET MIDBLOCK CROSSING
29. ALCORN COUNTY OFFICE
30. STEPS LEADING TO CREEK
31. RAMP LEADING TO WATER
32. NATIVE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE 33. PRAIRIE OVERLOOK
34. THEATER ARTS BUILDING
35. ART PLAZA
36. SHAIRED BIKE & PADESTRIAN PATH
37. BIKE & PADESTRIAN BRIDGE
38. INTUITIVE CROSWALK
39. BUFFERED TWO WAY BIKE LANES
40. ON STREET PARKING
ECOSYSTEMS
UPLAND HARDWOOD FOREST
PRAIRIE
CONSTRUCTED WETLAND & FOUNTAIN
Quazi Md Fazle Hasan Fahim
PRAIRIE, REPARIAN FOREST AND BOARDWALK
INTERPRETIVE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM ZONE
NATIVE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE
Fig: Loop trail boardwalk between native prairie and riparian forest, creating accessibility to the interpretive ecosystem zone.
Fig: Boardwalk & trail along prairie, wetland, and forest, creating accessibility to the Interpretive ecosystem zone
Major species: Sycamore - Sweetgum - American Elm
SHORT FLORAL PRAIRIE
Little bluestem/ Schizachyrium scoparium
Prairie Dropseed/ Sporobolus heterolepis
Black-eyed Suazan/ Rudbeckia hirta
Goldenrod/ Solidago nemoralis
Stokes Aster/ Stokesia laevis
Lance-leaved coreopsis/ Coreopsis lanceolata
Wild bergamot/ Monarda fistulosa
WETLAND
Bushy bluestem/ Andropogon glomeratus
Cherokee Sedge/ Carex cherokeensis
Narrowleaf Cattail/ Typha angustifolia
Creeping spikerush/ Eleocharis palustris
Swamp Milkweed/ Asclepias incarnata
RIPARIAN FOREST
RIPARIAN FOREST
Fig: The physical model represents a portion of the site, including the pavilion, pargola, and nature play areas, as well as portions of the farmers market, parking, event lawn, prairie, and wetland.
SITE DESIGN IDEA: CELEBRATING NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSESTEMS
Corinth’s history revolves around the rail depot, the hospital, and the lack of pure drinking water during the Civil War. Water, a precious resource for Corinth, is yet to receive enough attention in its planning strategies. A boardwalk along the existing creeks which celebrates water as a precious resource, can be a learning opportunity for the children. The railroads, being the spine that connects most of the important facilities around Corinth, can be celebrated more with a Rail with Trail strategy. Thus, a bike and pedestrian network is proposed to connect major tourist attractions in Corinth using materials that reflect Corinth’s historic roots to its rail network.
LEGEND
BUILDING FOOTPRINT WATERBODY
WATER STREAM HIGHWAY ROAD RAILROAD
SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
NATIONAL CEMETERY SCHOOL
EXISTING PUBLIC PARK
PROPOSED AMENITY PARK
PROPOSED WILDFLOWER GARDEN
PROPOSED GATEWAY PLAZA
PROPOSED WETLAND PARK
TWO WAY BUFFERED CYCLE TRACK WITH SIDEWALK
MULTI-USE PATH ON STREET BIKE LANE
TWO WAY BUFFERED CYCLE TRACK ALONG RAILROAD
PEDESTRIAN BOARDWALK BICYCLE STAND
SCALE: 1” = 500’
0 250 500 1000 FEET
BIKE & PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
Materials selected for the signage package, bridges, and trails include brick, corten or weathered steel sheet, powder coated steel, railroad tracks, wood and crushed stone. These materials corelate to the materialit of Corinth’s railroad network and heritage.
Urban park zone with streetscape design, bike track, plaza, benches, bike racks, water feature, floral meadow, signage.
Fig:
Fig: Multipourpose actieve zone with farmer’s market under tree bosque, pavilion, parking, multipourpose lawn.
URBAN PARK ZONE
SHUMARD OAK
Quercus shumardii
PRINCETON ELM
PRINCETON ELM
Ulmus americana ‘Princeton’
Ulmus americana ‘Princeton’
WILDFIRE BLACK GUM Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wildfire’
SHUMARD OAK Quercus shumardii
VULNERABILITY TO RESILIENCE
SHORELINE TYPOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
Historic infrastructures around Biloxi, such as the Biloxi Lighthouse, sea wall, and Port of Gulfport, were developed based on the waterfront. Despite bringing prosperity, the shoreline has also been most affected by devastating events like Hurricane Camille in 1965 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Today, Biloxi’s coastline grapples with challenges from rising sea levels and more intense hurricanes, worsened by climate change. NOAA predicts a potential sea level rise of up to 2.1 meters (7 feet) by 2100, threatening vital infrastructure like the US 90 highway and sewer systems.
Field observations revealed a lack of public spaces along the shoreline along with casinos and structures obstructing access, creating segregation from the local community. The lack of proper pollution treatment is also evident. Surveys measured public perceptions of vulnerability and desires for improvements.
This project proposes sustainable landscape-based solutions to address vulnerabilities while promoting wildlife habitats and community resilience. The shoreline is divided into four typologies based on edge condition and adjacent land use: (i)open spaces with sea walls, (ii)natural edges near commercial buildings, (iii)natural edge adjacent to roads, and (iv)sea walls flanked by buildings. For each typology, representative transects have been identified to explore and implement resilient strategies for a sustainable future and increased public usage. By tailoring strategies for each coastal condition from a pool of strategies utilized, the project aims to mitigate coastal flooding and hurricane damage, enhance public activities, and stimulate economic revitalization ensuring the longevity and resilience of Biloxi’s shoreline community. PROJECT NARRETIVE:
TRANSECT 1 PARK
From our regional analysis and field trip observations, the shoreline is categorized into four distinct typologies based on edge condition and adjacent land use: (transect i) open spaces with sea wall edges, (transect ii)natural edges alongside commercial buildings, (transect iii)natural edges adjacent to roads, and (transect iv)sea wall edges flanked by buildings. For each typology, a representative transect was identified to further explore and implement resilient strategies specific to each site.
REGIONAL ANALYSIS AND SITE SELECTION
Historic images depicting previous conditions. Google Earth images, FEMA maps and site images showing vulnerabilities from hurricane, flood, lack of public space and pollution from sewers. Drainage study reveals vulnerability form backflow of sea water and flooding. Drawing from the insights gained during our research and field investigations, this project proposes sustainable landscape-based solutions to address these vulnerabilities while enhancing the environment for wildlife and community resilience.
PUBLIC SURVEY
Our public survey was conducted on 25th February 2024 at Edgewater Mall, Biloxi, Mississippi. Among the 172 responses most popular choices were Public Pool, Outdoor Exercise Equipment, Walking Trail and Safe Crosswalks. The programs represented with green bars are the ones utelized in our four transect designs.
SEA LEVEL RISE
A through analysis on the sea water levels has been conducted to identify the level of sea water rise. The major factors impacting the sea level rise are high tide of around +3 feet, sea level rise of around 2.2m or +7.22 feet and coastal flooding of +3 feet high waves due to hurricane. After rounding up these numbers, the sum goes up to +14 feet. For this project a +3 feet design buffer has been considered which sums up to the design high of +17 feet.
The project centers around three primary types of strategies implemented: 1) protecting the shoreline, 2) adapting habitats for wildlife, and 3) fostering a resilient community.
Protect: Beach protection strategies for each transect are (i)Berm, (ii)Dropdown Sea Wall, (iii) Mimicking Double Dune System and (iv)Buildings as Sea Wall. Protecting the road has three different strategies: (i)Unchanged, (ii)Retreat and (iii & iv) Raise. Combining these two types of strategy, we can adopt twelve unique combinations of protection strategies depending on specific site conditions.
Adapt: The new protection infrastructure provides scope for wildlife and natural processes to adapt. Some adaptation strategies are (i) planting large trees, (ii)provide infiltration of sewer water through wetland species in infiltration pits, (iii)stabilize the dunes with dune grasses and create habitat with shrubs and trees around the hind dune and (iv) using “ECOncrete” for sea walls to provide habitat for Oysters and marine species.
Thrive: to ensure a thriving community & economy, it is essential to provide public engagement with new infrastructures. Four different program strategies implemented can be identified as: (i) public activity space, (ii)connectivity, (iii)natural beach and (iv)amenities.
NATURAL DUNE SYSTEM CROSS SECTION
This section of the proposed double dune system shows different dune segments along with specified native plant communities. These plant communities along with the “ECOncrete” seawalls creates habitats for wildlife. The section also illustrates how the infiltration pit system works. The water table diagram shows the different water level conditions.
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEMORIAL PROJECT
PROJECT SITE: DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. INTERNSHIP WORK (2024) FOR GOODWYN MILLS CAWOOD
CONTRIBUTION: VISUALIZATION, DETAIL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION
Project Manager: Patrick Ritchey Software used: Sketchup, Concepts, Photoshop, Land FX, Autocad.
CONCEPT: RECONCILIATION SPIRAL
Fund raising for the Jefferson County Memorial Project (JCMP) began in 2018 after the Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened. The memorial honors African American lynching victims with 800 monuments representing 800 county’s where lynching was documented.
EJI’s Community Remembrance Initiative encourages counties to claim their monuments, host educational events, and erect similar markers acknowledging racial terror and injustice within those 800 counties and this project is a part of that initiative.
HARDSCAPE PLAN
HARDSCAPE DETAILS
BANGABANDHU TEXTILE MUSEUM AND JAMDANI COMPLEX, NARAYANGANJ
PROJECT SITE: TARABO, NARAYANGANJ
DESIGN STUDIO X (THESIS) - 5TH YEAR 2ND SEMESTER (B.ARCH)
I examined the principles to develop motifs and patterns on Jamdani fabrics and drew inspiration from these principles for generating my design concept for massing formulation.
In this project, I imagined the whole site as an underlying orthogonal grid and each architectural form as an interwoven motif, guided by Jamdani pattern generation principles and our traditional spaces such as courtyard, pond, ghat, semi-outdoor area and trees as landmarks.
geometric volumes
3. Breaking basic geometry to create solid
from.
Creating semi-outdoor spaces to connect indoor outdoor spaces. 5. Using traditional landscape elements to generate point of interest for outdoor activities.
TRAINING CENTER COURTYARD
1. Imaginary grid across the site. 2. Placing primary
along the grid.
void
SOUTH ELEVATION
MUSEUM EXPLODED AXONO
GALLERY FOR EXHIBITS
LOUNGE
USED BY FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
ETHNIC CLOATHING GALLERY
LARGE TRADITIONAL TEXTILES GALLERY
SCREEN WALL
COTTION GALLERY
SCULPTURE
SILK GALLERY
LARGE TRADITIONAL TEXTILES GALLERY
HISTORY & EVOLUTION GALLERY
LOUNGE
LOBBY MONUMENT
LIBRARY ADMIN OFFICE
EXHIBITION SPACE
MUSEUM LOBBY
ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SERVICES
CURATORIAL & STORAGE FACILITIES
SHOPS
1ST FLOOR
2ND FLOOR
3RD FLOOR
4TH FLOOR
URBAN REVITALIZATION
PROJECT SITE: BONDOR BAZAR, SYLHET.
DESIGN STUDIO VIII - 4TH YEAR 2ND SEMESTER (B.ARCH)
GROUP CONTRIBUTION: TECHNICAL DESIGN AND PRESENTATION.
IDEA: URBAN ACCUPUNCTURE
The intention was to create large impact with minimal interventions. The method was to pin point existing problems and proposing specific interventions for intended outcome.
Studio Instructors: Subrata Das Hossain Mohammad Nahyan
A CASE STUDY OF SUST CAMPUS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT SITE: SUST, SYLHET
DESIGN STUDIO VII - 4TH YEAR 1ST SEMESTER (B.ARCH)
Group contribution: conceptual design, technical design and presentation.
VISION: INNER CITY CAMPUS FOR FUTURE SYLHET
The idea was to develop SUST as an inner city campus for Sylhet city with a symbiotic relation between the city and the campus. The city provides liveability, convinience and the university providing the city with a intellectual development.
Studio Instructors: Mohammad Tanvir Hasan Gourpada Dey
DESIGN STUDIO III - 2ND YEAR 1ST SEMESTER (B.ARCH)
CONCEPT: MINGLING PEOPLE AND NATURE
Challenge here was to solve an atelier for a writer in a cylindrical volume with a height of 20’ and a diameter of 24’. The Idea here was to allow the writer to connect to people and with nature at the same time.
In Southern Senegal, a visionary educational project intertwines cultural heritage and modern learning. Inspired by the vibrant Griot storytelling tradition, the design incorporates the circular architecture of “dialo impluviums,” creating a multifunctional space for performances, workshops, and intergenerational knowledge exchange. Traditional motifs adorn classroom walls, painted by local artists using shells, limestone, and local-made colors. An edible landscape initiative aims to teach domestic agriculture fundamentals. The project seamlessly integrates cultural preservation, education, and community engagement, fostering a holistic environment that celebrates Senegalese traditions while imparting practical knowledge and sustainability to the younger generation.
FORM DEVELOPMENT
Team Contribution:
Conceptual Design, 3D modeling, Rendering & Visualization
Software used:
Autocad, Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator
PURE GEOMETRY
MODULAR WALL
HOUSING ESTATE, SYLHET, BANGLADESH
DESIGN YEAR: 2021
Project type: Professional Landscape Design
Project authority: Sylhet City Corporation
Projec status: Completed
Involvement: Conceptual Design
This wall was designed to prevent the passerby people from littering the water streams that flows underneath small bridges along the road. The idea was to incorporate green into an urban setting within the wall module. As this is a residential area where residents take evening walks, adding lighting and a low wall seating would make the area more pedestrian-friendly.
The wall has become a gathering place for for the local people. The green has covered the wall and instead of becomming a barrier it became an eye sooting experience.
A SMALL MODULAR WALL
MULTIPLE MODULES FOR LONGER WALLS
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A MODULER WALL
RENDER
Here are a few samples of my professional freelancing works including renders, diagrams and posters done on various occations. All hem are between 2020 to 2022.
DIAGRAM
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography, especially architectural photography is one of my hobbies. All photographs here have been taken using a mobile phone camera.
PRODUCT DESIGNS
Some of my undergraduate works related to product design. The sculpture depicts an abstruct of a man throwing a disk. Bottom two are Table organizer and 3d Composition respectively.
