Architecture Asia - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2018

This multi-storey residence is a project to house all eleven
siblings in a family – each with their own flat, and with an extra two
flats for common usage. The challenges were to recreate their old
childhood house, to accommodate large communal activities such
as dining for over fifty people, and to create scattered spaces that
are respectively conducive for various age groups.
A soft court of is situated in the southwest corner of the plot,
and the placement of two units on each floor ensures prevailing
tropical winds of the coastal region of Bangladesh and light to
sufficiently enter each flat. A large indoor space that serves as a
multipurpose community hall was designed in the north rooftop,
which is able to accommodate large groups of people, complete
with a large kitchen, toilets and a washing area.
A small dormitory for family, friends and visiting relatives in the
south part of the rooftop was designed with a water court full of
aquatic plants and fish, with an evening terrace stressed endlessly
to the horizon. Among the two common flats, one has been
placed on the ground floor that opens to the courtyard, while
the second common flat is located beneath the roof top community
space. Each flat is approximately 150 sqm, and houses
three bedrooms, three toilets, a kitchen and four verandas. The
flats all share a common spatial sequence – a free-flowing livingdining-family
living space that is connected to the courtyard and
social interaction space, with rooms connected to semi-outdoor
verandas.
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