Reaz Loft, a G+3 Storied with 1 Basement single-family holiday house at Khanpur, Narayanganj overlooks a community playground that has a deep emotional connection with its owner. Major part of his childhood in 1970s was spent playing there. He still actively maintains relationship with it. The building is generated form that emotion by making the interior spaces extend ,focus and draws towards the field.

The design tries to respect the adjacent old ancestral house on the north. The new building is deliberately set back not to overshadow the old one. This setback also allows an elevated garden in the 1st level and makes the busy front road visually disappear from the living areas at different levels. Height of the building is also restricted to match the scale of the old building.

The lofty internal space at the front of the house generated between two parallel structural walls contain public spaces at various levels. All these levels, connected by various flights of the open metal stair, offer interesting visual connections with the field. The metal stair itself offers unique kinetic spatial experience with in the loft. An enclosed service staircase at the back simultaneously connects the Kitchen with the more public areas up to 2nd floor. Functional spaces at the semi basement level, created to restrict the overall height, also have natural light and ventilation.

Gardens are created at different floors and the largest one at the top level with exclusivity, has a pavilion at the front has a gallery like sitting area with cascading steps that offers a unique framed view of the field through the open pavilion a semi outdoor folly perfect for enjoying our light rain or cool breeze in a moderate monsoon climate. This uppermost level with the master suit is deliberately kept visually disconnected with the loft inside to provide desired level tranquillity.

For a narrow, linear and a relatively small urban site, where functional spaces can be arranged as railway compartments, a single structural bay was an obvious choice. The house was thus naturally conceived as series of functional spaces arranged both vertically and horizontally between two structural walls in concrete. These as cast concrete walls on south and north contain various openings to allow light and air, while the west is more or less solid and the east side facing the field in glass is like a giant frame to visually connect with the field with the interior space. All windows with clear double-glazed panels are operable to facilitate natural ventilation in this otherwise centrally air-conditioned building. VRF air conditioning system, motorized curtains, Solar panels, garden watering system, security features, MRL lift, plumbing and sewerage lines and pits all are designed with meticulous detail to accommodate with in the restricted volume and support the minimalist notion. The open steel staircase with clear glass and metal handrail is custom made at site. Gardens at various levels are created with proper drainage and water supply facilities. The small garden extending from the living through the tall eastern window is placed strategically to almost competently cut the busy road visually from all the levels of the interior and act like an infinity garden to merge itself with the lush green playfield in front. The even smaller garden on the south at the same level comes inside the loft bringing green inside and facilitating a large opening on the south that offers view and allows light and air inside.

The architectural language here is minimalist with orthogonal lines wrapping spaces. Concrete, timber, steel and glass form the timeless material palette. When viewed from the playground, the oblong forms a humble counterpoint to the two mammoth water reservoir towers on the south east, all in exposed concrete.