Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban
(5 vote, 100.00% worth checking out) 
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Dhaka
Bangladesh
coordinates: 23.7624683,90.3784485
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Building names(s): Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban / National Assembly Building
Architect/Designer: Louis Kahn
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Completion date: 1982
function(s): civic, government
credentials/awards: 1989 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Aga Khan Award for Architecture
construction cost: US$32 million
getting there:
Although entrance to the Bhaban, the Main Building, is limited to authorized members of Parliament and staff, the Jatiyo Sangshad complex is open to visitors. On the North of complex, across the Lake Road, is Crescent Lake and Zia Uddan (also called Chondrima Uddan). The two complexes together form a major attraction for tourists in Dhaka. The complexes are popular among joggers and skaters of Dhaka. The official Prime Minister’s Residence is on the North West corner of the Mirpur Road and Lake Road crossing and is a five minute walk from the Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban. The area is one of the higher security zones of Dhaka.
The Complex can be accessed using any of the four roads surrounding it, however, the Manik Mia Avenue and Lake Road are the easiest approaches.
2 comments/reviews
Saiful Islam ROSSI says:
Oct 6, 2012
One of the masterpieces of all time.
Khan's Design philosophy says:
Apr 9, 2012
Kahn’s key design philosophy optimizes the use of space while representing Bangladeshi heritage and culture. External lines are deeply recessed by porticoes with huge openings of regular geometric shapes on their exterior, shaping the building’s overall visual impact.
In the architect Louis Kahn’s own words:
“ In the assembly I have introduced a light-giving element to the interior of the plan. If you see a series of columns you can say that the choice of columns is a choice in light. The columns as solids frame the spaces of light. Now think of it just in reverse and think that the columns are hollow and much bigger and that their walls can themselves give light, then the voids are rooms, and the column is the maker of light and can take on complex shapes and be the supporter of spaces and give light to spaces. I am working to develop the element to such an extent that it becomes a poetic entity which has its own beauty outside of its place in the composition. In this way it becomes analogous to the solid column I mentioned above as a giver of light.
It was not belief, not design, not pattern, but the essence from which an institution could emerge…