Tuesday, November 6, 2007

A bamboo-clay house earns prestigious Aga Khan award


The house was made by the indigenous materials- bamboo, clay, straw and rope The workers are mainly the village people and the school children. The creative potential of the children was utilized in the design and construction of the two –storied eye-catching building It is located in the remote village of Rudrapur of Barail Upazilla in Dinajpur.

The name of the school is Modern Education and Training Institute (METI) and it was supported by a Bangladeshi NGO, Dipshikha.

This building has been given the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for 2007.

The building was constructed in 2005 and took only four months. Local craftsman, traditional methods and material were used with innovative twist with pupils, parents and people taking part. The building cost Taka 17000 lac.

Anna Hearing from Australi and Eike Roswag from Germany were the architects. They engaged skill local craftsmen and helped them refine the processes and taught them new techniques.

About 15 students from BUET led by a lecturer from Brac University also worked there to be acquainted with the method.

Stefen Neumann, a civil engineer from Germany arrived at the site after hearing the prize to study the building.

The building is weather friendly as the moister and the heat inside the building are controlled by the clay, straw and bamboo. .

Prodip Tigga, head teacher of METI, received the award last September in Malaysia on behalf of Dipshikha. The Triennial Aga Khan prize for architecture is worth of $500,000.

We congratulate all who were involved in design and construction of the project for getting this prestigious award..

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