Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Anhalt) Dessau-roßlau, Germany
February,2015 -February 2021
Bachelor of Architecture
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),Dhaka, Bangladesh
GPA-3.06 out of 4.00
Membership April 2021
Associate Member Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB)
Exihibition ( Skinniest building ever in BERLIN)
M Arch design studio by Roger Bondschu
Publication
Housing Through Homesteads (Type design of affordable -resilient houses in Bangladesh) 2021
Design Research Documentation series I Book published by DOA ( Dept of Architecture) & BUET
Conference
Architecture in a changing landscape
ARCASIA Forum 2019,Dhaka
Voluntering July 2019-Sept2019
WORLD BANK PROJECT
(Developing the grey area beneath flyover)
The Mayor M Hanif flyover,Old Dhaka. Creating pop up urban space
Language Bangla (native),English (C1) Language, German (A2)
Extra Curricular
Sketches ( Conceptual Travel, Visual story)
Illustration for Newspaper Book covers design ( National Book Fair Bangladesh)
Painting ( Water, Oil ,Acrylic on Canvas)
Photography (Landscape, Street life & architecture )
Work Experience
July 2024 - current
Assistant Architect
Maik lesser Architects
Zurich Sankt Moritz
Switzerland
Jan 2023 – Aug 2023
Intern Architect
Smart Architects
Dresden, Sankt moritz
Germany,Switzerland
Feb 2021- August 2022
Junior Architect Zakiul Islam Architects Banani, Dhaka
Feb 2019-April2019
Intern Architect
Studio Spacejam Dhaka
Honours and Awards
26 Dec 2021
Winner
KSRM Awards for Future Architects: Best Undergraduate Thesis-2021
31 July 2021
National winner
ARCASIA Thesis of the Year Award (TOY)2021
1sept 2022
Winner (Best In Region : West & South Asia)
UnIATA ( World’s best graduation projects ever created)
30 sept 2021
Highly Commended The Global Undergraduate Awards 2021
Skills Manual
Sketching,Painting, Visualization
CAD
Auto CAD, Archicad
3D Modeling
SketchUp, Archicad, Rhinoceros
Rendering
V-ray for SketchUp, Lumion
Photo and Illustration
Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom
Adobe Illustrator, In-Design
Animation
Adobe After effect, Lumion
Artists’ Box
Page 3-6
Collective Chaos Page 7-9
Skinniest Building
Nano Nest 2.0
Ink On Paper
Florium
River Meets City
Page 10-11
Page 12-18
Page 19
Page 20-21
Garden City Page 12-23
DIY Home
Back to Earth
Professional Work
Page 24-25
Page 26-27
Page 28-29
Page 30-33
Artists’ Box
(Architecture Meets Arts)
Artists Atelier & Pavilion in Woods
At Waldfrieden Sculpture Park,Wuppertal.
Studio M Arch Thesis Studio
Teacher Prof Erik Helter
Prof Maik Lesser
Duration 6 Weeks
Year 2024
Location Waldfrieden Sculpture Park
Wuppertal , Germany
The basic idea of this design is thinking about the artists’ creative work process and functional needs to give them an environment to practice it. we shape our building and then the building shapes us. The human mind works in a complicated way. they can go beyond the physical environment. when talking about an artist’s mind, gets influenced by everything from nature to building objects to other artists’ works. but it’s surprising how simple the artists’ lifestyles are, when we see the great minds of the times, we see how simple their lifestyles were contrasting the work they produced, from Rabindranath to Einstein to Gandhi, they all are common in the matter of simple living, so while designing for them its important for the space to reflect their lifestyle. so a simple space with less distraction can work as the perfect canvas for the artistic mind.
All artists are very unique in their work and thought processes. They all work in a unique design process, but when they meet each other’s work they can realize how much they are connected and similar in the process of creativity. they all are connected in the creative language, nature had a great influence on the artists. So getting inspired by nature and collaborating makes their work extraordinary. This design seeks to find a simple blank canvas-like solution for the artists’ studio project, where the visitors can access to see the artists’ work to some extent without violating their privacy. and the complex has the opportunity for artists to collaborate. The interior space articulation can be adopted with the help of technology, and the pavilion is designed with the same architectural idea as the complex in the parks to give its visitors a purpose to gather and create a sense of space. The very simple and pure geometrical design in the woods makes it a perfect place for the artists to work on their creative purposes
Touching the ground with less footprint matters especially when the topography is so nice, in Wuppertal the suspension train also shows the same principle of respecting the ground. architecture is all about creating a sense of space. where nature is so amusing there the form should be visually minimized in the woods to enhance the surroundings. the voids are important as the voids are the space for communication and collaboration. and the artist’s mind works in a complex way. The space that holds them can be just a basic geometric box with no distractions like a blank canvas for them to go further. So all these major ideas can turn into architectural geometry as the optimization level as a built form.
For the preliminary design, the idea is simple. The artist’s mind and imagination work in a complex way. Their workspace will be a simple and pure geometric shape that acts like a blank canvas, which is also directly or visually connected to nature since they get inspired by nature. When their intellectual property comes to life it creates an extraordinary art form, and the visitors’ architectural form can be in a way that they climb up on different levels and see the artist’s workplace without disturbing them.
more environmental factors were considered and it was seen how feasible it was to design a compact building with cubes for artists rather than separate forms of cubes connected by open space. so the final form becomes more compact with a courtyard inside, which can work as a visitors’ space and artists’ collaboration and exhibition space. we shape our environment and then the environment shapes us, that is true for the building too. a compactly built form will save much more energy for cold months than those clusters of separate cubes.
Artists are highly influenced by nature. they come back to their blank canvas and put them with another inspiration and artist’s work and create something extraordinary. These processes were repeated over and over again. so the public and private space articulation has been rethought here. so the artists can be directly connected by nature. Where the middle courtyard space can be public, the peripheral space is private. These two public and private spaces are connected by the middle collaboration space so the 2 cubes are the main basic form which is elevated from the ground and are connected by the public plaza, when the interior partition walls move towards outside the middle courtyard space is reshaped as exhibition space, and the look of the exterior glass facade changes .
Space Transformation
The artists’ private studios, which workas blank canvases for artists, its shape and size can be changed by those moveable partition walls. The pink area is the semi-public or collaboration space and the yellow area in the middle is the public space for visitors, by moving those partition walls outside, the middle public space becomes enlarged by holding any kind of exhibition, that’s how the space articulation will be changed according to the functional needs over time. The 2nd photo indicates that
COLLECTIVE CHAOS
A New Living Environment
Studio M Arch Studio 3
Teacher Amelle Rost
Duration 6 Weeks
Year 2023
Location Oberbillwerder, Hamburg, Germany
Life is not the same after the pandemic. In the new normal, a house has become much more productive than just being a relaxing and resting place. Online offices, classes, or meeting relatives over webcams has changed household functional spaces. The Internet has made our physical travel less than before. so it’s time to rethink the new space articulation of it. This project seeks a new living environment where everything connects and overlaps from urban farming, recreation to work & rest. it’s just collective chaos.
Conceptual sketches tell the whole story :
In the new normal, it’s time to think “OURS” than “MINE”, CityLife can be so organic and peaceful to hold relaxation function, how to enjoy private time within the public domainant city, Can work from home be work from nature? Can working together be in a natural setting ,without getting lonely. Can fine dining & kitchen markets be a new recreation & meeting place? can urban farming & agriculture shape the new city scape? More people need more housing, the city looses green, farming land,can the city be an amalgamation of all these, where building and city isn’t the different entity anymore? coz pandemic teaches us to confine ourself within the home.
The idea is more people, more buildings, & more green & urban farming. In new normal people travel less, online -offline, hybrid work and balanced family life question about the previous functional setup of housing units. house is not defined into served and service spaces anymore. It has become more productive. People need more privacy within private space to connect public functions like home office or online classes. In the house, we need a place with a perfect backdrop and proper setup to perform all this online life.
So the house function can be divided into two sections. ON- STAGE area and OFF- STAGE area. On stage, area will have proper setup to connect remote functions online and the off-stage area is for more private functions and others.
In the new normal the biggest fear is of being less socialized and lonely as people are not meeting their peer groups in person, so why not all the on-stage areas are connected through some outdoor, semi-outdoor green space where people can work together and also have privacy while needed. Similarly, all the off-stage areas can be connected through a private garden, then all private gardens are connected to social urban farming and then to kitchen market to fine dine, so people will always travel through the gradient of public -private ,indoor-semioutdoor-outdoor spaces and functions, so the city and the building is not separate entity
1.What if Finedine is now within urban farming, fresh collection from the garden, having drinks and chill with friends in the green area within the concrete grey city, maybe kitchen markets are also nearby, perfect place to buy and meet people
2. Maybe private gardens are connected with urban farming so the green area becomes larger on every floor for more public gathings. On other side, private gardens are also adjacent to off-stage (kitchen and living )areas so habitats get an indoor-outdoor experience.
3. House is no longer
4. All the on-stage areas of different housing units may connect through some collective working area where people can meet others and work within privacy, semi-outdoor green space with some impermanent structure will be the perfect ambiance between work and relaxation.
5. What if this whole story is not just a linear horizontal connection, it’s also connected vertically & in different ways, so floors are connected so thus all the buildings. Connected to others horizontally and vertically by urban farming, recreation, and relaxing workspaces. People may always travel through the gradient of public-private, green, indoor-outdoor, and different kinds of spaces.
Work in All year Summer Cafe:
(Skinniest Office Building)
Research studio by Prof Roger Bondschu 2023
The studio aimed to research the history and type of the workplace from the beginning and how it developed till today in different cultures and environments. After the research, the main goal was to put that knowledge into a small site in the heart of Berlin and make the skinniest office building. Ultimately, the outcome was exhibited for the public on the site.
Idea: Berlin gets very gloomy and depressing in winter, it’s very grey and not vibrant most of the time of the year, the idea was to create an all year summer cafe setting workplace where one side is completely green, the glass box building can also control its temperature and maximize the use of daylight. It’s an open office system where people can come to work, have coffee, and feel the cafe ambience. The various height differences can translate the idea of Mediterranean narrow roads and small cafes on different heights.
EXHIBITION
At Linienstrasse 32, Berlin
NANO
Studio B ARCH Thesis project)
X (Level 5,Term 2
Duration 14 Weeks
Year 2021
Location Rampura,Hatrijheel,Dhaka
Supervisors
Dr. Mohammed Zakiul Islam
Ms. Brishti Majumder Coordinators
Dr.Farida Nilufar
Ms. Nayna Tabassum
1.Winner -KSRM Awards for Future Architects 2021: Best Undergraduate Thesis-2021 http://www.iab.com.bd/Site/News?nid=213
2.National winner -ARCASIA Thesis of the Year Award (TOY)2021
3. Winner (Best In Region : West & South Asia) -UnIATA ( World’s best graduation projects ever created) Thttps://uni.xyz/competitions/uniata-22/entries
4. Highly Commended -The Global Undergraduate Awards 2021 https://undergraduateawards.com/winners/highly-commended-202 AWARDS
Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh, is an attractive workplace with a population of 21 million. People migrate to the city mainly for better job facilities & economic condition.80% of the migrating people are tenants here. 57% of tenants are young professionals who live as individuals without their families ( According to Daily Star and ProthomAlo the leading newspaper of the country). But there is no living system (dorm, small-scale apartments) for this group of people. They are forced to live in those flats which are designed for families. Maximum spaces remain unoccupied as their requirements, space, and using patterns are different . Living in Dhaka is expensive, sharing a family apartment with 4 or 5 individuals is the only way to afford but they don’t get the output of the amount of money they spent there. Besides people have different functional needs and economical capacities. There is no scope for unique users’ preferences too ( Additional functions such as wife visiting for a few days, home office, online class or even doing some group works, etc).
In the existing scenario, they may live together but they don’t build any sense of community & belongingness. Often they feel neglected and can’t think of themselves as a part of the city for their inhuman living condition & lack of social interaction.
Nano Nest 2.0 is an advanced living system where young individuals can have living units according to their needs, economic ability, locations, and the partners they choose to share their units. Their information data will configure the units and can be reconfigurable over time with the changing needs. Users can also subscribe to additional spaces for a limited period of time. Connecting on a social platform, by sharing needs, expanse, schedule, ideas, information, and opportunities, individuals can live together in co-living as a big family according to the socio-cultural behavior and context. weather and lifestyle of this subcontinent will play a vital role to design their new lifestyle.
This generic solution will imply different sites with various contextual factors. Parametric building formation can ensure the site identity, contextual, and climatic factors in the generic solution on a specific site. This compact living system can have a great impact on the future urban fabric since cities are growing fast and becoming more expensive .
The Nano Nest 2.0 allows individuals to live in big cities within their ability near their workplace and have a large scope of socialization and opportunity to enhance their potentiality in a collective way. it’s also a controlled and open-ended solution so that further ideas and technological advancement can incorporate with it.
Concept: Data driven user centric design ( Users’ data help to form the basis of a new living system’s configuration and sustainable evolution of
economic and functional needs over time. )
information & preferences > data cloud
information > Space requirements ( personalization)
The Basic Module of Design (24 ft x 24 ft )
> Can be personalized according to users’ need( Different requirements & economic ability) > Reconfigurable over time with the changing needs ( Moveable interior walls)
> Variable Rent ( Depends on the number of unit mates and spaces(unique & shared)
A New Living System:
Merge between digital and physical world. Putting references on a social platform to find a better match for tenant units & become
community. By sharing ideas, knowledge, lifestyles with the same likely people, tenants will build a
by maintaining individuals’ privacy.
I.Users
II. Data cloud > Formation of small groups
III.Users
IV. Combinatioral personalization > Optimized units
The top view of the building, Hatirjheel, and the badda link road at the west, there is an open light well space courtyard space in the middle, which connects all the different floors visually and allows the building for cross ventilation. Although it seems like a compact mass, the parametric voids on different levels with the middle courtyard make the building more connected and give a homogenous feeling to the community. A
West Elevation
Compact Living , Spatial Connection & one system for all: Individual’s rental unit is compact & optimized where large spaces & services are being shared with others so the per person rent become less.
One system can staisfy various functional requirements,lifestyle & socio-economical condition. rents are variable within same co living .
Large gathering spaces, recreation & connection among same likely people, lower the perceived density ( crowding ) in this compact living.The central void visually connects all the floors.
Sectional Perspective
(Ground floor+First floor is open for public gatherings, food court, meeting the local community,cultural programs, and enjoying the lake view and skyline of Dhaka) The visual and physical connection between floors(2nd -14th) by stairs minimizes perceived crowding, enhances the recreational zone, and builds a sense of homogenous community and belongingness. The courtyard works as a connection factor to all the floors and units & makes a sense of collectiveness.
BIO-MIMETIC INSPIRATION :
Weaver ants are one of the leaf manipulating builders in nature, known for their unique construction technique. They manipulate the surrounding environment to find the accurate spot and with the technique of 3A’s - Aggregation - Asion - Amalgamation.Pavilion Floriarium draws it’s inspiration from the processes involved in the building of the weaver ant nest for it’s form and the building behavior of the weaver ants to define the construction. from this inspiration the forms got creadted through compution ( grasshopper and other plugins) and then later being processed for robot manufacturing.
FLORIUM
Computional Composite Pavilion (Grasshopper Process Design for Robotic Manufacturing)
Swarighat ( Old Dhaka) situated on the bank of BuriGanga River, used to be one of the major entry points of Dhaka city. Now it’s been neglected. The area consists of a heritage mosque, wholesale fish market, business hub( Godhi Ghar) & terminal . This project seeks to Enhance the potentiality of this place and make it a tourist destination for the city. A vibrant urban pop-up space works as a Business & fish market in the morning, a retail market throughout the day, and a tourist attraction point in the evening. So people may come here, have a boat ride, see the sunset, and most importantly have various type of fish food items. swarighat can be a new opportunity to enjoy city life in old Dhaka.
Wholesale fish market in the early morning and retail fish market throughout the day
Tourist areas in the afternoon and evening, opportunities to taste fish fries and other fish food items, fair, riding on the boat, and enjoying the sunset.
Sectional Perspective: Swarighat Mosque, Wholesale fish market, Business hub,godhi ghar building, the main road, bus stand, and the terminal and ponton on the riverfront. there is a long riverfront development for public gatherings, fairs, and public programs.
GARDEN CITY OF 21ST CENCTURY
Co living with Nature
Studio M Arch Studio 1
Teacher Peter Ruge
Duration 6 Weeks
Location Dresden,Germany
Human kind if becoming more and more developed, and their connection with nature is getting weaker. In the modern day the nature and park is confined into a particular place where we need to travel to be in nature, Dresden is a good example of garden city. the studio seeks the idea how the gardencity can be developed in new era where people and nature can colive and build a new kind of city experience.,
The idea of a garden city is simple: built form and nature are together or overlap with each other so there is no single entity of city or nature anymore, it’s all together on different levels and connecting the whole city in three dimensions with the close connection with nature. The ground floor is open, and the built form is uplifted so mother nature can be less disturbed. Some big vertical circulation goes up as the canopy of trees and the built structures connect by branches as if it looks like a giant big tree everywhere. In those built forms, people can live and have all the amenities with proximity and can move in the gradient of built form and nature.
DIY HOME
Affordable & Resilient housing in Gazipur,Dhaka
Studio B Arch studio 8
Duration 8 Weeks
Location Gazipur, Dhaka
Supervisors
Dr. Sayer Gafur
Dr. Cathrine D Gomez
Mr. Ruhul Amin
Mr. Tarequzzman Tomal
Ms.Simitha Roy
PUBLICATION
Housing Through Homesteads (Type design of affordable -resilient houses in Bangladesh) 2021
Design Research Documentation series I Design studio 8
Book published by DOA ( Dept of Architecture) & BUET
The Project shows how village women in Gazipur ( Dhaka) can build their own homes with the simple modular technique with small economic loan help. The project also shows the small home loan scheme for affordable housing. Since Gazipur is a drought area, the house has to be climatic and economically resilient. These houses have adaptable functional and flexible spaces with a mandatory production unit according to the user’s profession. Firstly with the small loan, they can build the base and make the prefab modular column for the main frame structure, later they can make a modular panel to infill the surroundings. Later homemade brick can replace those panels after repaying the first loan, they can build the second floor by themselves with those panels and the economic help from the ground-level production unit. No loan may not be needed this time, the infill materials may be used again in the second phase from the ground floor level. There are 3 types of housing units that are being shown and discussed in 3 phases of this project.
BACK TO EARTH
Design of Graveyard
Studio B Arch studio 6
Duration 7 Weeks
Location Magura,khulna
Supervisors:
Dr.Mohammed Zakiul Islam
Mahmudul Anwar Riyaad
Ahammad Al Muhaymin
Tariquzzaman Tomal
We are the children of Earth, will eventually return to Earth. In the end our body will rest in nature, rather than occupying the land, it will give the resources back and will return as blooming flowers, green leaves, and trees. Thus death no longer is just the end, it’s a beginning of a new. The project intends to mesh human emotions with architecture. The graveyard is no longer just a place for the deceased.It’s a place for remembrance, to feel the intimate connection with lost souls. The deceased will start a new beginning with traditional rituals. While the visitors will recall their past ilfe and memories with their lost ones and realize the present life, feel the existence and spiritual connection with nature where they belong. Thus graveyard can become an escape from daily hustle and bustle to feel inner self and to remember the past to have a peaceful future.
Tiny house, chur ,Graubünden,switzerland
5TH FLOOR PLAN ( WALL LAYOUT)
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
