Friendship Center
Date Added
17/07/2019
Content Type
Image
Category
Mosques
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Subject Area
Architecture
Description
The
Friendship Center near the district town of Gaibandha, Bangladesh, is
for an NGO which works with some of the poorest in the country and who live
mainly in riverine islands (chars) with very limited access and opportunities.
Friendship uses the facility for its own training programs and will also rent
out for meetings, training, conferences etc. as income generation.
The low lying
land, which is located in rural Gaibandha where agriculture is
predominant, is under threat of flooding if the embankment encircling the town
and peripheries break.
An extensive
program with a very limited fund meant that raising the structures above flood
level (a height of eight feet) was not an option: nearly the entire available
fund would be lost below grade. Being in an earthquake zone and the low bearing
capacity of the silty soil added further complications. The third and final
design relies on a surrounding embankment for flood protection while building
directly on existing soil, in load bearing masonry. Rainwater and surface
run-off are collected in internal pools and the excess is pumped to an
excavated pond, also to be used for fishery. The design relies on natural ventilation
and cooling, being facilitated by courtyards and pools and the earth covering
on roofs. An extensive network of septic tanks and soak wells ensure the sewage
does not mix with flood water.
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Photographer: Eric Chenal, Anup Basak, Kashef Chowdhury
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