Water

Spring 2021: In the Flow: Hydro-logical Housing in Dhaka

A collaborative studio of Bengal Institute with Global Housing Studio of TU Delft

Leplastrier-Stutchbury Master Class 2018 at Panigram, Jessore

BI provided the wonderful opportunity for professionals to learn from renowned architects and thought-leaders, in the form of intense activities, discussions and workshops.

Fall 2015: August Session: Landscape

August Session was focused on understanding “Landscape” under a broad spectrum. Landscape is deeply intertwined with dwelling, cities and regional infrastructure.

Launch Event of “The Great Padma” — A Book from ORO Editions and Bengal Institute

"The Great Padma" book is edited by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, with a preface by Amitav Ghosh, and was officially launched on 4th February, 2023.

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"

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.

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

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

Naveeda Khan: Overhearing in the Chars

Naveeda Khan shares her experiences and developments while working with people in the river islands of the Jamuna.

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.

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!

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

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

BI/ GRU Research Logs: Flood in Meghna Basin

Overflow in the Meghna Basin

BI/ GRU Research Logs: Sea Level Rise – Global and Bangladesh Scenario

Sea level rise scenarios around the world

BI/ GRU Research Logs: Mapping Mangroves in Tropical Deltas

Time series mapping of Mangrove coverage in Tropical Deltas using multitemporal satellite imagery and machine learning

BI/ GRU Research Logs: The Importance of Considering Hydrological Basin in Planning

Basin consideration in planning and resource management

BI/ GRU Research Logs: The Meghna Basin

Identification of the Meghna Basin rivers through the latest satellite imagery.

BI / BAU Works: Tribeni Canal and Linear Park, Narayanganj, 2019

To revive and improve the bank of Tribeni Canal, Bengal Institute/BAU Design was entrusted by the Narayanganj City Corporation to propose a design.

Fluvial Dynamics of the Ganga-Padma

Bengal Institute's investigation on the transformations of the Ganga-Padma river systems over the past 40 years.

Mahmud Nagar Field and Canal Bank Development

Bengal Institute's proposal for creation of recreational park and development of canal at Mahmud Nagar, Narayanganj.

Environmental Database

Inventory of information as a supporting tool for researchers

Khulna Regional Study

The dynamics of Ganges Delta is the key focus of this study.

Manikganj Townscape

Manikganj Development Project

Buriganga Riverbank

An example of appropriate riverside development connecting both banks | A project with the Dhaka NLTA (Non-Lending Technical Assistance) program of the Sustainable Development Department of The World Bank.

Participants’ Works from “Space of Water: A Floating Workshop for the Bengal Delta”

Participants of the workshop created 1:20 models of their idea of what a floating vessel could accommodate in the context of the Bengal Delta.

Participant Works from “Architecture as Drama” Workshop by Timmy Aziz and Holger Kleine

A comprehensive hands-on design workshop on the Drama architecture can deliver.

Cultures of Climate Change – A Workshop Organised by the Team of Monsoon Assemblages (MONASS)

How can hydro-geographic concepts such as basin, watershed and fluvio-geomorphic region be the basis for the design, planning and management of megacities in monsoonal climates?

Sadarghat: Designing the Beginning

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf looks at how a historic riverbank can be given a much-needed face-lift

Mapping It All!

Muntakim Haque and Afifa Razzaque write on the significance of Mapping based partially on the Bengal Institute lectures by Timmy Aziz,