A Sustainable Tropical Campus

Tue 10 Oct - Tue 10 Oct' 23

‘A Sustainable Tropical Campus’-

A special talk by Choon Heok of WOHA Architects, Wolfgang Kessling, and Martin Engelhardt of Transloar Klima Engineering.

Date: Tuesday, 10th October, 2023,
Time: 6:00 PM Dhaka (GMT +6).
Venue: Level 2 of Bengal Institute, 45 Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka 1213.

Between Indoors and Outdoors – Climate Design for the Dry and Humid Zones.

A vision to build a sustainable campus of higher learning that can be achieved with a team of collaborators with shared values and ambition to materialize a low-energy prototype of a campus of higher learning. Wolfgang will discuss the yield and offset from the PV compared to previously calculated energy demand loads and estimated offset possible based on our ambitious intent to utilize as much of the available roof area as possible.

Choon Heok has been associated with WOHA for the past 20 years. She is the Director at present. She is involved in various ongoing projects, namely a co-living service apartment and a recreational cycling and pedestrian network in Singapore.

Wolfgang Kessling is the Director of the climate engineering company Transsolar, which aims to build structures that provide the highest possible comfort levels with the lowest possible impact on the environment.

Martin Engelhardt is an expert in developing outdoor comfort assessment programs and manages challenging projects worldwide. Martin has been involved in high-profile sustainable projects throughout Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Anyone is welcome to attend this event.

Image: Brac University permanent campus.