Courtesy of URBANA - Shakil Ibne Hai
The concept of freeness continues to the structure itself: The roof is formed of a series of slabs separated by gaps of light and held in place by columns branching out like trees to hold adjacent sections. In straight perspective, these appear to form arches - a subtle reference to traditional examples, not unlike the old mosque to its west. The slabs rise and bulge at the centre to form an ovoid form, giving a larger central space. Bathed in light, the tall scale of the interior brings in the colors of adjacent greens as well the reddish brown of the older structure.
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Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury was born in Dhaka, the son of a civil engineer, growing up in Bangladesh and the Middle East before graduating in architecture from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1995. He founded his Dhaka-based firm URBANA in the same year
My dear Nathaniel,
I am to admit that it is surprising, and not a little, that you could reach that destination of your dreams in these pandemic-discredited times, that city of cities - Rome. What textures must she be exhibiting under that intoxicating summer sun and the endless blue of Italian skies!