ENCOLSE SWIMMIMG POOL (MALDIVES EMBASSY)

AT ROAD –4, HOUSE-20 BARIDHARA.

CLIENT: ABDUL MANNAN

DESIGN ARCHITECT   : Mesba Ul Kabir.

STRUCTURE          : ShamsulAlam

AREA OF LAND       : 8KATHA

AREA OF BUILDING   :6,403 SFT

BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT AND CLIENT:

First met him ata monthly meeting at Hotel Sonargaon of rotary club, at Dhaka North. Mr. AbdulMannan, a businessman with a sharp memory. He was owner of a big travel agencyand had other businesses. He has only one daughter and his wife, Nilufer, was anartist who performed dance before marriage. Later he was appointed DeputyMinister of Bangladesh Biman and District Governor of Rotary club Bangladesh.

Being animportant person, he wanted a grand hall-room with swimming pool as a part ofhall room, as well as other facilities for big gathering.

DESIGN CONCEPT:

In this hall roomconcept, from the porch we arrive at the entry lobby, which opens up to adouble height hall room, ending at a large hanging staircase, supported bycables from waffle slab roof.

On one side, thehall opens up to a 14’x22’ swimming pool and small guestroom with toilet. Atthe other side, the floor is split leveled with a private dining and kitchen.

Garage has a directentry from the road and servant quarter is above the garage roof. Service staysconnected to 1^st floor from kitchen with another circular servicestair.

The swimming poolis covered with horizontal louvers to 1^st floor roof, in a slopeshape, giving advantage to open the view from 1^st floor. The void betweenhorizontal louvers provides both light and natural air.S

Form the groundfloor to the 1^st floor, we ascend up through the hanging staircase, withits floating step connected to roof with cables. Here, a charming family loungeis embraced by three bed rooms and a porch emerging out from the center of thebuilding. It gives a feeling of a tongue sticking out form a mouth. Accordingto the client, it looks like “Ma Kalir Jibba”.

At the present,it is the Maldives Embassy.

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