Sustainable dev is the only way for Bangladesh: Muhith
Friday, 18 June 2010
Holcim Bangladesh Wednesday honoured eight innovative, future-focused and sustainable green construction projects, said a press release.
The awards were given in two categories under the Holcim Green Built Bangladesh contest. The awards recognise innovative solutions that encourage sustainable construction by using low energy, managing waste, and recycling wastewater and used concrete.
The projects that won the prizes were designed mainly by young architects.
In the idea projects category, the first winner was the Symbiotic Living project led by Suvro Sovon Chowdhury, an architect and graduate from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
The second winner was the Vocational Training Centre, a project by Md Shakhawat Hossain, a student of BUET'S Architecture Department.
Reincarnation of Deltaic Pavilion that clinched the third prize was designed by Md Shamsuddoha, a student of the Architecture Department of Khulna University, and his group-mate Khan Zahidul Islam.
The honourary award went to a project, called Self-Sustaining Pod, by Tanjim Hasan Salim, an architect.
In the built projects category, the first winner was Weekend House, a project by Sheikh Ahsan Ullah Majumder, an assistant professor of the Architecture Department, BUET.
The Matir Bari project led by architect Nahas Ahmed Khalil ended up with the second award.
The third prize went to Grameenphone Corporate Headquarters, a project made by a group of three.
Nishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, a project led by Ehsan Khan, an architect and consultant, won the honourary award.
In both categories, each first-prize winner received Tk 0.4 million (4.0 lakh), second-prize winner Tk 0.25 million (2.5 lakh), third-prize winner Tk 0.15 million (1.5 lakh) and honourary-prize winner Tk0.1 million (1.0 lakh).
Finance Minister AMA Muhith handed the prizes to the winners at the Army Golf Club in Dhaka and called for thinking of a system of development responsive to environment sustainability.
Chairman of the contest's Advisory Board Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Jury Board Chairman architect Bashirul Haq, Holcim Bangladesh Chairman Latifur Rahman, Holcim Group Regional Manager Aidan Lynam and Holcim Bangladesh Chief Executive Rajnish Kapur also spoke.
The awards were given in two categories under the Holcim Green Built Bangladesh contest. The awards recognise innovative solutions that encourage sustainable construction by using low energy, managing waste, and recycling wastewater and used concrete.
The projects that won the prizes were designed mainly by young architects.
In the idea projects category, the first winner was the Symbiotic Living project led by Suvro Sovon Chowdhury, an architect and graduate from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
The second winner was the Vocational Training Centre, a project by Md Shakhawat Hossain, a student of BUET'S Architecture Department.
Reincarnation of Deltaic Pavilion that clinched the third prize was designed by Md Shamsuddoha, a student of the Architecture Department of Khulna University, and his group-mate Khan Zahidul Islam.
The honourary award went to a project, called Self-Sustaining Pod, by Tanjim Hasan Salim, an architect.
In the built projects category, the first winner was Weekend House, a project by Sheikh Ahsan Ullah Majumder, an assistant professor of the Architecture Department, BUET.
The Matir Bari project led by architect Nahas Ahmed Khalil ended up with the second award.
The third prize went to Grameenphone Corporate Headquarters, a project made by a group of three.
Nishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, a project led by Ehsan Khan, an architect and consultant, won the honourary award.
In both categories, each first-prize winner received Tk 0.4 million (4.0 lakh), second-prize winner Tk 0.25 million (2.5 lakh), third-prize winner Tk 0.15 million (1.5 lakh) and honourary-prize winner Tk0.1 million (1.0 lakh).
Finance Minister AMA Muhith handed the prizes to the winners at the Army Golf Club in Dhaka and called for thinking of a system of development responsive to environment sustainability.
Chairman of the contest's Advisory Board Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Jury Board Chairman architect Bashirul Haq, Holcim Bangladesh Chairman Latifur Rahman, Holcim Group Regional Manager Aidan Lynam and Holcim Bangladesh Chief Executive Rajnish Kapur also spoke.