INSTITUE COMPLEX 03

Design of research institute complex of BUET

Studio VII I 2014 Group project

Responsibility: Site survey, formulation of design and preparation of drawing

Supervisor : Dr. Shahidul Amin, Dr. Nasreen Hossain, Asst. Prof. Mohaimeen Islam Badhon

Site : Gazipur, Dhaka

Site Area : 3.48 Acres

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study of engineering, architecture and urban planning in Bangladesh, BUET has an urban campus located in the Palashi area of Dhaka. The campus houses academic and administrative buildings, resarch institutions, Accomodation facilities and other amenities. As the university is expanding its student capacity to serve country’s need, it has planned to relocate its research institutes, who mainly focuses on to conduct scientific ressearch as well offers postgraduate diploma, master’s and doctoral degree to the outscart of Dhaka. These four institutes are Institute of Appropriate Technology (IAT), Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT), Accident Research Institute (ARI), BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS). The core purpose of the project is to generate a master plan concidering urban issues and its infrustructural and environmental impact.