Videos

Learning from the Aga Khan Award for Architecture: September 2018 Session

It was a special session focusing on the Aga Khan Award for Architecture winning projects. Faculties include former AKAA Secretary General Suha Ozkan, Moroccan architect, writer Hassan Radoine and AKAA winners.

“Building Is Crafting” May 2018 Session

An academic session focusing on crafts and making; involving masters of crafts and craftsmen. With a mix of hands-on workshops, and a few lecture on the first two weeks of May, 2018.

The Screening of “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva” — A Feature-Length Documentary

A documentary “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva” was screened on March 17 by No Voice Passport in association with Bengal Institute.

Conversation with Michael Manfredi, Marion Weiss and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf—BI Between 04

Michael Manfredi, Marion Weiss and Kazi Ashraf discuss the urban and landscape considerations to be made for any architecture project, their design philosophies and works in the riveting fourth episode of BI Between.

Conversation Between Rahul Mehrotra and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf—BI Between 02

In the second video of the BI Between series, Rahul Mehrotra and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf discuss the scope of the city, especially in South Asia, and the agency of the architect in this critical time.

Conversation between Khondaker Hasibul Kabir and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf—BI Between 03

In the third instalment of the BI Between series, Khondaker Hasibul Kabir and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf discuss how architectural and urban strategies can be developed from the "perennial" Bengali landscape.

Conversation Between Kongjian Yu and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf—BI Between 01

In an original and timely conversation, Kongjiyan Yu and Kazi Ashraf discuss the realities of the time as shaped by the pandemic, and how landscapes, cities and architecture can be shaped.

The Experience of Architectural Photography – A Lecture by Richard Schulman

Public Presentations: New Urban Topologies

Three members of Färgfabriken speak about the urban transformations around the world through political, architecture and social perspectives.

নগরনামা – বসবাসের ভবিষ্যৎ | Nogornama – The Future of Our Habitats

Following the four years of activities, Bengal Institute is putting up an exhibition of its works for the first time. The exhibition will run from 2nd November to 15th December 2019 at Bengal Shilpalay, Dhanmondi

শূন্যতার সন্ধানে, ন্যূনতার আহ্বানে – The Pursuit of “Nothingness” – Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

A public lecture by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf on 4th September at Goethe Institute, the last one of the series of three lectures with the overall theme of "Presence of Architecture"

স্থাপত্য একটি ল্যান্ডস্কেপ ঘটনা – কাজী খালিদ আশরাফ | Architecture is a Landscape Event – Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

A public lecture by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf on 2nd September at Chhayanaut, the second one of the series of three lectures with the overall theme of "Presence of Architecture"

আধুনিকতায় বাংলাদেশের স্থাপত্য – কাজী খালিদ আশরাফের লেকচার

A public lecture by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

Improvising Architectural Responses to the Changing Climate: Making, Sharing and Communicating Design Process – A Presentation by Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows

Inhabiting Interior Seas – A Lecture by Arijit Chatterjee and Asha Sumra

Arijit Chatterjee and Asha Sumra explore how interventions establish a fluid relationship between communities, land and water, and the shifting spaces in-between.

Building Landscapes – A Lecture by Dirk van Gameren

Dirk van Gameren speaks about landscape architecture and design at Chhayanaut Auditorium organised by Bengal Institute

What Is Good Architecture?

A public presentation and discussion with Professors Timmy Aziz and Holger Kleine and the participants of their academic program at the Bengal Institute.

Making City 2050 – A Lecture by Anne Feenstra

A lecture by Anne Feenstra on 6th March 2019 at EMK Center, Dhanmondi, Dhaka

Trans-imperial Transfers in the Development of Colonial Modern India and Australia – A Lecture by Peter Scriver

The Buoyant Foundation Project: An Innovative Approach to Climate Change Adaptation and Flood Risk Reduction for Low-Income Communities

Redevelopment of Cities – A Lecture by Rob Robinson

Architecture in the Middle East – Public Lecture by Hassan Radoine

Professor Hassan Radoine from Morocco talked about the transformations of middle eastern architecture.

Creating Natural Change – A Lecture by Eike Roswag-Klinge

"Creating Natural Change for the Built Environment" - A public lecture by Eike Roswag-Kinge at Chhayanaut Auditorium on 12th September, 2018

Designing for the Tides and Streams – A Lecture by Yves Marre

Architecture Oriented Otherwise – A Forum with David Leatherbarrow

David Leatherbarrow shares his thoughts on the more subtle and less quantifiable aspects of architecture.

Two Talks by Richard Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury

Two Australian stalwart architects and educators Richard Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury will give two lectures on 18th April, 2018, Wednesday.

Architecture in Bangladesh: Streams and Waves – A Conversation between Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and Niklaus Graber

Architecture in Bangladesh: Streams and Waves - A Conversation between Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and Niklaus Graber on 15th February, 2018, Thursday at Chhayanaut Auditorium, Dhanmondi, Dhaka

Ng Sek San: Off-Grid: Making in the Tropics

Ng Sek San is the principal of Seksan Design Landscape Architecture and Planning. He was invited to speak about his projects and give his unique perspective on design and planning.

A Conversation Between Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and Adnan Morshed: The Future is the City but what will it be?

If the future is the city, and the city the future, what kind of a city do we want? How do we make the city civic again?

The Talk by Balkrishna Doshi at Bengal Architecture Symposium 02

The scope of architecture now encompasses more than just creating buildings. In its extended sense, architecture now involves the design of towns and cities, the rearrangement of landscapes, and the provision of well-being of communities.

Empathic Imagination: A talk by Juhani Pallasmaa at Bengal Architecture Symposium 02

With an introduction by Marina Tabassum, Juhani Pallasmaa's talk transcends the boundaries of how we typically understand architecture to a phenomenological experience.

The Conversation with Balkrishna Doshi, Juhani Pallasmaa and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

Followed by the talks by Doshi and Pallasmaa, the conversation continued with the interpretational and methodological processes involved with the act of drawing.

Bengal Architecture Symposium 02 – Doshi/Pallasmaa: Two Talks and a Conversation

The Second Bengal Architecture Symposium was organised by Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements and Bengal Foundation to honour the works and philosophy of two renowned architects, Balkrishna Doshi and Juhani Pallasmaa.

Let It Flood: Rethinking Urbanism in Deltas – A Lecture by Kelly Shannon

A lecture by Kelly Shannon on 2nd June, 2016 at Chhayanaut Auditorium, Dhanmomndi.

Understanding Cities, Making Cities – Panel Discussion at Bengal Architecture Symposium 01: Now/Next

Bengal Architecture Symposium 01: Now/Next – Suha Özkan

Suha Özkan at Bengal Architecture Symposium: NOW/NEXT

Bengal Architecture Symposium 01: Now/Next – Peter Buchanan

Peter Buchanan at Bengal Architecture Symposiums: Now/Next

Bengal Architecture Symposium 01: Now/Next – Panel Discussion: “What Next?”

Discussion: "What Next" at Bengal Architecture Symposium: NOW/NEXT

Bengal Architecture Symposium 01: Now/Next – Panel Discussion: Education – Now/Next

Discussion: "Education - Now/Next": Bengal Architecture Symposium: NOW/NEXT

Bengal Architecture Symposium 01: Now/Next – Syed Manzoorul Islam

Syed Manzoorul Islam at Bengal Architecture Symposium: NOW/NEXT

Bengal Architecture Symposium 01: Now/Next – Adèle Naudé Santos

Adele Santos at Bengal Architecture Symposium: NOW/NEXT

Public Lecture 14: Philip Goad: Poetry in Section – The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt

It is a tribute to the Australian master architect Glenn Murcutt by Professor Philip Goad; with several beautiful examples, references, analogy and insights, leading to the fact that Murcutt is the poet of 'sections.'

Earth Architecture And Eco Villages: A Lecture by Iliona Khalili

Iliona Khalili speaks on Earth based sustainable architecture.

James Timberlake: “Alluvium: Dhaka, Bangladesh, in the Crossroads of Water”

“City States” A Public Lecture by Michael Sorkin

A Conversation with Michael Sorkin and James Timberlake: Re-fabricating Cities & Architecture

Discussions about the present and the future of our cities between two maestros of the theories and the practice...

Context and Identity : A Contemporary Practice of Sri Lankan Modern Architecture – A Lecture by Channa Daswatte

Daswatte started with a comprehensive intro to Sri Lankan architecture, followed by some his best works in this lecture at Chhayanaut on 28th October, 2015.

A Conversation with Gary Hack: Five Points of Solving Traffic Congestion of Dhaka

Professor Hack came to teach at Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements. Professor Kazi Khaleed Ashraf conducted this conversation with him at the Institute, focusing on several aspects of contemporary cities and their future...

Public Lecture 05: Gary Hack: “Disrupting Change and Pattern of Cities”

Abed Chaudhury: Architecture as an Embodiment and Natural Phenomenon- Conjectures and Questions from Kanihati

In the Terrain of Rain – Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha

The way we draw and see deltas, rivers, rain, land and gardens, may be completely wrong!

Public Lecture 01: The Validation of Architecture – Suha Özkan

Suha Özkan was the coordinator of one of the most important architectural award programs, “Aga Khan Awards for Architecture” from 1982 to 2007...

Lowlands/Highlands: Strategies for Landscape Architecture a Lecture by Carey Clouse

Carey Clouse’s lecture presented diverse climate and conditions of landscape design...

6 Years of Bengal Institute

Bengal Institute completes six years of its journey.

সিলেটের নগর উন্নয়ন

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf spoke at a program on developing Sylhet with Abu Taher Muhammed Shoeb moderated by Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed.

From Central Beheer to Willis Faber: Reflection on a Transitional Moment

Kenneth Frampton speaks on a special talk as part of the Bengal Institute-TU Delft joint studio.

Remembering a Valiant Architect – Michael Sorkin

An obituary by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

Bengal Institute Mourns Fazle Hasan Abed’s Death

Nogornama: Panel Discussion on the Future of Cities

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf. Nobonita Chowdhury, Syed Manzoorul Islam, Saif Ul Haque and Khandaker Rakibur Rahman discuss the future of Dhaka.

Wisdom of the Land – Marina Tabassum’s Installations at the Venice Biennale 2018

Marina Tabassum and her team, curated various elements of the vernacular life of the delta to recreate and expose their traditional wisdom through the installations.

Marina Tabassum’s talk at the Aga Khan Program at Harvard Graduate School of Design

Studio by Gautam Bose: Film-making using Mobile-Phones

"The Lived City" is a short-doc shot with mobile-phones about some of the neighbourhoods of #Dhaka City, it was a classroom assignment as part of Bengal Institute's academic program.

Studio by Salauddin Ahmed and Khondaker Hasibul Kabir

Through combined practices of imagination and handwork, a synchronisation of the human mind with the spirit of nature was sought.

যেমন শহর দরকার “The Cities We Need” – A Keynote Presentation by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf for SmartCity Campaign

‘স্মার্টসিটি ক্যাম্পেইন' এর জন্য ধারণকৃত কাজী খালিদ আশরাফ এর মূলানুগ বক্তব্য; এখানে তিনি আধুনিক শহর এবং এর আনুষাঙ্গিক ধারণা, সেই সাথে ঢাকা এবং বাংলাদেশের অন্যান্য শহরের বর্তমান ও ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে আলোকপাত করেছেন।