Name & Location: Mosque at Amber Denim Mills Ltd. Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cost of Project: (US$) 30,000

Built-up area: 1044sqm
(In case of Public Building minimum built-up area should be 1000 sq. meter)

Description of Project:

The rural setting of Bangladesh shows close relation and side-by-side existence of natural water and people. Each village home has a small pond beside it. These homes in the rural setting are self sustained, naturally ventilated. They exist in harmony with the sur- rounding nature and green. The Denim Mosque created such a self sustaining system, harmoniously set in the vernacular setting. The water body around the mosque provides a necessary threshold to separate it from other buildings of this area .The mosque is completely naturally ventilated. It celebrates the tradition of craft from rural Bangladesh. The perforated screen of the mosque with- holds a sense of crafted modernism in style. Its installation technique is inspired from the vernacular technology of mud block instal- lation.

The Denim Mosque is a low cost structure. In situ finishing materials are used instead of market materials. The floor is neat cement finished, screen has hand-made concrete block walls, roofing material is industrial sheet and ceiling is made with pine wood. The mosque shows a contemporary tropical expression. The essence of crafted modernism is evident in here. The mosque surely cre- ates the vernacular harmony between nature and people that stems from the very core of rural Bangladesh.

Materials of Construction Details :

Foundation: RCC Column on individual footing

Structure: Column and truss underneath roof

Space: Functional space is surrounded by perforated screen

Roof: Roofing system-Low cost industrial sheet roof

Finish: Mostly finishing surfaces are hand made, using CC block as wall finish, CC microtile as floor finish, Pine wood ceilling.

Special Features:

Side-by-side existence of natural water and people

Self sustained, naturally ventilated

Waterbody as threshold to create a buffer for mosque from the surrounding

The perforated screen of the mosque withholds a sense of crafted modernism in style