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This episode features Marina Tabassum, who is on the frontline of climate change in Ganges delta. She develops flat pack bamboo homes to support marginal communities that have been affected by seasonal flooding. ‘How relevant are we as a profession if we just cater our services to one per cent of the people?’ Tabassum asks.
Tabassum was recently short-listed in the London School of Economics’ Competition for an academic building at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields as part of a team led John McAslan + Partners with Tod Williams/Billie Tsien Architects.
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About Marina Tabassum
Winner of the Aga Khan medal in 2016 for her Bait ur Rouf Mosque, Marina Tabassum runs her practice, Marina Tabussum Architects, in Dhaka. After teaching at HarvardAnd in Texas, Marina now teaches at TU Delft and directs the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements. In 2021, there will be the Soane MedalShe was awarded the Gold MedalThe French Academy of Architecture Arnold W. Bruner PrizeNamed by the American Academy of Arts and Letters Royal Designer for IndustryBy the RSA.
Her current work includes 100 modular houses of bamboo in the Ganges delta, which she received a grant from the Swiss government. She also has eight projects underway in and around the Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar in southeast Bangladesh near the Myanmar border, as well as two high-end residential projects in Dhaka.
Baharchara Aggregation Center, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photographer: Asif Salman
Show notes: This episode includes resources and projects
Soane Medal lecture
Bait ur Rouf Mosque (2012)
NEK-10house (2001).
A5 Residence (2001)
TU DelftMarina Tabassum Visiting
Inheriting Wetness Sharjah Triennial 2019
From L to R: Khudi bari. Modular mobile house for climate victims in Bangladesh, 2020 Photo by Asif Salman / Resistant Landscape, Rohingya Refugee camps, Ukhiya. Photo: F. M. Faruque Abdullah Shawon / Baharchara Aggregation Center. Photographer: MTA Team / Bait ur Rouf Mosque Faidabad, Uttara, Dhaka. Photos by Sandro Di Carlo Darsa x2 and Hasan Saifuddin Chandan
Credits
Climate Champions is produced in association with ACAN, the Architects’ Climate Action Network
Produced and edited a podcast Concept Culture
Music: Edmilson do Pífano, Forró de dois Amigos. Interpretation: Felipe Tanaka e banda Balaio de Baião
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