Published 2025-04-29
Keywords
- Contemporary Bangladeshi Architecture,
- Architecture of Worship,
- Natural light,
- Structure
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Abstract
Seguendo l'eredità di architetti come Muzharul Islam, il Mausoleo Shah Muhammad Mohshin Khan, progettato da Sthapotik (Dhaka, Bangladesh), integra influenze e percorsi di ricerca contemporanei con gli elementi materiali e concettuali radicati nel contesto in cui nasce e da cui trae nutrimento. Favorendo un dialogo continuo tra il manufatto e l'ambiente circostante, tra la tettonica e la luce - del sole, della luna, delle stelle o delle candele -, il piccolo edificio crea una tensione armonica tra la stabilità e l'integrità autoreferenziale della sua Forma e il ritmo fluttuante e infinito della natura.
On the coattails of the legacy of authors such as Muzharul Islam the Shah Muhammad Mohshin Khan Mausoleum designed by Sthapotik (Dhaka, Bangladesh) is a work that accords contemporary inspirations and research paths with the material and conceptual constructs proper to the context from which it originates and from which it draws nourishment. By fostering an uninterrupted dialogue between artifact and its surroundings, between tectonic logic and lights - of sun, moon, star, candles -, the small building triggers a harmonious tension between the stability and self-referential integrity of its Form and the fluctuating and infinite unity of natural occurrence.