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OSBAN HOUSE: One Unit Resident

OSBAN HOUSE: One Unit Resident

Set on a wooded hilltop, this house comprises the residence of Duncan Brothers’ local manager on the ground floor, with accommodation for visitors from other offices above. Tea is one of the company’s main interests, and the design refers to tea garden bungalows in features such as its wide verandah. The house’s radial plan responds to its small site and captures sea breezes. With brick the only locally available building material, the structure minimises earthquake risks with embedded reinforce

OSBAN HOUSE: One Unit Resident

OSBAN HOUSE: One Unit Resident

OSBAN HOUSE: One Unit Resident

OSBAN HOUSE: One Unit Resident

OSBAN HOUSE: Interior

OSBAN HOUSE: Interior

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

United Hospital

Nandina Residence

Nandina Residence

This house for is set in a village, and caters to the client's wishes that the building be two-storied, and that it appear to be sitting on a green grassy slope. The users are extended family, and his urban-based children who yearn to soak up all the nature they can during their periodic visits to the house. The portico, which overlooks the pond and the northern view extending out over paddy-fields, becomes the center of life for the short times that the family is united there.

UNITED HOUSE, OFFICE COMPLEX, DHAKA

UNITED HOUSE, OFFICE COMPLEX, DHAKA

Deep overhangs and louvred aluminium sun shades allow extensive use of glass, while a central atrium with skylight on the top three floors draws natural light deep into the building. A dining area and cafe in the landscaped roof garden allow an encounter with nature. Instead of heavy reinforced-concrete columns, the building is supported on bright red slender steel cylinders, linked to some of the floor slabs by brackets to accentuate their vertical ascent and create an impression of lightness.

UNITED OFFICE COMPLEX, Interior

UNITED OFFICE COMPLEX, Interior

UNITED OFFICE COMPLEX, Interior

UNITED OFFICE COMPLEX, Interior

UNITED HOUSE, OFFICE COMPLEX, DHAKA

UNITED HOUSE, OFFICE COMPLEX, DHAKA

UNITED HOUSE, OFFICE COMPLEX, DHAKA

UNITED HOUSE, OFFICE COMPLEX, DHAKA

Showroom for JAMIMA Gallery

Showroom for JAMIMA Gallery

This design was a metaphorical revolt against the standardization and cheap mass production.It also contended that the domestic market should not be entirely depended on imported materials. In this showroom everything was custom-made including the screws, nuts and bolts, glass holders. The storage and shelves were knock-downable and flexible to accommodate variations in display. The central focus of the design was the light fixture which was made of folded plates from recycled copper.

Showroom for JAMIMA Gallery

Showroom for JAMIMA Gallery

Residential Interior

Residential Interior

Showroom for 'Clay Image'

Showroom for 'Clay Image'

The entire design was done from recycled industrial materials such as rail line slippers, packing box, automobile headlights, leftover slate stones, and glass sheet, the floor tiles were hand made. The shelf unit was designed in way that it could be knocked down easily and also could be rearranged according to changing demand.

Showroom for 'Clay Image'

Showroom for 'Clay Image'

Painting and Mural

Painting and Mural

Image (clockwise) Painting 1 (Media: Acrylic), Painting 2 (Media: Acrylic) Door with Burnt Wood Carving, Painting 3 9Media; Oil on Canvas)

Terracotta and Mural

Terracotta and Mural

Terracotta Mural, Glass Painting on Ceiling, Glass Painting on Wall

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