Sundar Bari
Design Competition | 2020
Project Type: Competition Entry
Ar. Shahriar Mahmud, Ar. Arif Mahtab Kabir, Ar. Maurid Hasan
Hand sketches from the design process: bamboo arch-structure placement studies, the reasoning behind choosing arches (tension and compression), an emergency revolving wall, a rope-tied bamboo joint and an interior perspective of the proposed structure.
All rights reserved by Kalparekha & The Architects worked on this compettition entry.
“অ-বাঁধ” (Au-Bandh)
Because nature knows no bunds.
As the Lush greenery meets the Himalayan precipitation and a sedimentary flow of water, the life on this part of the countries flows on, from the post colonial “land” preparation to the present day cyclone-devastated civilization that’s still holding on.
As different govt. and non-govt. organizations are working for the drinkable water and salinity, it is a clear step to take to make shelters withstand the cyclone wind and the saline-water tide that floods the entire area.
So, we have these two major problems to deal with during a cyclone; for example, “Amphan”:
1. Water
2. Wind
Then,
We tried to stop water from flooding in by building an embankment/bund from the colonial period but sometimes it still doesn’t work and is subjected to break, but has been keeping the localities safer to some extent.
For wind, you can’t obstruct cyclone-wind using obstruction, it will just create more vortices and drag and will eventually breakthrough destroying the barriers.
So,
It’s needed to let the wind flow, not only over but to flow through the structures,
let the flood water pass under our homes while we stay at a higher ground within our homestead, in a safer environment with all our belongings.
And furthermore, have faith on the fact that we will survive, and there will be plenty of more to this beautiful life along the greens and tides of the motherly love of the Sundarbans.
