Facing South with a "T" junction road created the opportunity of constant summer wind and winter inclined sunlight along with distant view of trees. Simultaneously borrowing the bust green tree view of the adjacent bus depot on the North along with layered painting within the house made this architecture a green patch within and without. Eventually carrying the nostalgic memory of Abbe Laugier understanding of architecture is an outcome of natural act.
Since the area seats very close to Dhaka international airport, there is a height limitation given 13m, which generated this idea of going below ground level in order to accommodate the functional requirement of the living area, audio visual room, sports and reading accommodated by our coming the challenge of entering the natural light as much as possible and needed.
As the house goes up, it started revealing towards nature more and more. Layered green, lawns with intertwined planting along with water body makes the house untamed and tropical
Project Name: NIKUNJO RESIDENCE
Office Name: SHATOTTO architecture for green living
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Contact email: shatotto.pdc@gmail.com
Firm Location: 95, Suhrawardy Avenue, Baridhara Diplomatic Zone, Dhak-1212, Bangladesh.
Completion Year: 2016
Gross Built Area (m2/ ft2): 16, 360.99 sft. (approx)
Project location: NIKUNJA, DHAKA, BANGLADESH
Program: Single Family Residence
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Lead Architects: Ar. Md. Rafiq Azam
Lead Architects e-mail: shatotto@gmail.com
Photographer
Photo Credits: HASAN SAIFUDDIN CHANDAN, RAFIQ AZAM, ROBIN LLOYD