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Marina Tabassum (Bangladesh)

Marina Tabassum is a pioneering Bangladeshi architect who designed several notable projects in Bangladesh. In 2016, she received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for her design of the Bait ur Rouf mosque in Dhaka, which used local materials and natural lighting to create communal spaces. Tabassum emphasizes social and environmental sustainability in her work. She is known for her research-based approach that engages with the local context, culture, and community.

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Marina Tabassum (Bangladesh)

Marina Tabassum is a pioneering Bangladeshi architect who designed several notable projects in Bangladesh. In 2016, she received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for her design of the Bait ur Rouf mosque in Dhaka, which used local materials and natural lighting to create communal spaces. Tabassum emphasizes social and environmental sustainability in her work. She is known for her research-based approach that engages with the local context, culture, and community.

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ARCHITECT MARINA TABASSUM

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Marina Tabassum is a Bangladeshi architect.

She is the principal architect of Marina Tabassum Architects.

In 2016, she won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the


design of Bait-ur-Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In 2020, Tabassum was listed by Prospect as the third-greatest


thinker for the COVID-19 era, with the magazine writing, “At the
forefront of creating buildings in tune with their natural
environments, this Bangladeshi architect is also embracing the
design challenges posed by what we are collectively doing to the Marina Tabassum 
planet.”

Marina Tabassum is pioneering a new generation of architectural


thought, calling for a focus on ‘architecture of relevance’. She says,
‘The market-driven building industry must focus on social and
economic equity instead of solely profit-driven practice. We must
rethink and re-evaluate our living habits and demands. Small
changes can be powerful tools to influence major changes in the
world.’

She designed  museums, community centers and private residences.


There is a consistent focus on the relationship that contemporary
architecture has with local materials, climate change, culture,
history and the community. Tabassum says,
‘Every project has a strong research base that accumulates
information and engages with the context.’ Projects done by Marina Tabassum
In 2016, she received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for one of her most notable projects, the Bait ur Rouf
mosque. Situated in a dense neighborhood on the outskirts of Dhaka, the one-storey building poetically weaves
light and vernacular materials, creating modest communal spaces within the busy landscape. Characterized by its
raised plinth, light wells and intimate courtyards, the structure provides a humble place of worship where the local
community can host events and gatherings.
Her Bait Ur Rouf Mosque is a case in point: built over the course of twelve years with a minuscule budget, it is
distinguished by its lack of popular mosque iconography, its emphasis on materials, space, and light, and its
capacity to function not only as a place of worship but also as a meeting room, school, and playground for an
underserved community on Dhaka's periphery.

Images of Bait ur Rouf mosque, Dhaka


The experience within the space is a reflection of all the architects and structural designer from the
firm, Urbana who worked on the project, named the Museum of Independence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in
collaboration with Architect Marina Tabassum to materialize a comprehended planning of the space which
comprised of its placement, natural and artificial lighting, acoustics, scale, volume, construction material, and other
physical elements like the steps, openings and wall thickness.

It is the first and only underground museum in the country. The underground museum is part of a master plan that
includes a multimedia projection theater, an amphitheater, three water pools, Shikha Chirantony (eternal flame)
symbolizing the eternity of Bengali nationalism, a mural based on the struggle for independence and other ancillary
facilities.

Its underground terrace has a fountain at the center where water is falls from over the ceiling. There is also a 155-
seat auditorium in the complex.

Image shows when you walk Image shows circular opening on Image shows A gallery
through a corridor of completely the ceiling which is bringing in commemorating milestone
black tiled walls and floor with both the light and the water and events of the journey to
illuminated photographic exhibits it’s a Fountain inside the Museum Independence.
of heart-wrenching war cruelty of Independence.
The focal point in
the experience of
the space is the
monument, Tower
of Light which is a
50-meter high
tower composed of
stacked glass
panels.

The museum is
situated beneath
the tower of light.
Comfort Reverie is located in Dhaka and it’s a residential apartments.

This 11 storied residential project is focused on the improvement of the living quality by natural lighting and
ventilation in the apartment.

This project is focused on the east and west solid rhythmic wall which not only makes a barrier for direct sunlight
but also diffuses the light and creates the illusion of inner spaces.

Images of Comfort Reverie, Dhaka

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