An Affordable

Self-Sustained
Modular Dwelling Award winning architect Marina Tabassum's Khudi Bari,
a modular mobile house for Bangladeshi climate victims.

Presented By:
Sajid Dutta | 192-221-045
Md Maruf Hasan | 231-356-045
Moshiur Rahman | 231-512-045 Presidency University
Department of Civil Engineering
 “When structures are built at speed, without the necessary
support system in place, communities’ vulnerability to the
climate crisis only increases”
230 tidally active rivers and waterways, 20 disaster prone districts
8,700 hectares; river channels shifting 300 meters;
displacing 200,000 people every year
- GM Monirul Alam

by 2050, 6% (13.3m) homeless

- World Bank

Housing Demand - 6m units

Urban population
10.5m by 2030
31m / 2000 |
Supply in 2019 – 17000 = 93% gap 68.8m / 2020
- IFC

World’s largest resettlement program ASHRAYAN (1997)
507,244 families resettled at a cost of $355.13 million
“No-one will be left without address or homeless and landless”
- PM Sheikh Hasina
2022 Khulna University - local agricultural, ecological and
geological knowledge was not being taken into account in the
spatial planning process. This oversight in selecting safe sites
means residents, and the infrastructure they rely on, are even
more vulnerable
Bogra
Barishal
Sustainable
Lightweight
Easy to assemble
Climate responsive

Low Cost

DESIGN OF AN
AFFORDABLE
SELF - SUSTAINED

MODULAR
DWELLING
Case Study

A $300 Monsoon Busting Home

MARINA TABASSUM
Professor,
Technical University Delft, Netherlands

A Bangladeshi architect and

“You can’t really call it land,” educator, Marina Tabassum
founded Dhaka-based Marina
Khudi Bari Location: various locations in Bangladesh
Tabassum Architects in 2005. In
Architects Competition Stage: ongoing since 2020 her work, Tabassum seeks to
Architects Design and establish a language of
Implementation: Marina Tabassum
architecture that is contemporary
Marginalized population of yet reflectively rooted to place,
Client:
Bangladesh always against an ecological
rubric containing climate,
Built Area: 64 sft, 100sft, 144sft
context, culture, history.
 Each unit of dwelling can serve a
family of 2 adult and 1 child. One
utility block for modular dwelling or
One for every 6-dwelling placed in
cluster. Cluster utility block consists of
separate male-female sanitation zone,
washing and cooking area. Each
sanitation zone consists of 1 toilet 1
shower closet and 1 wash basin.
Maximum sustainability is ensured
with the use of harvested rain water,
bio gas production plants cooking and
power generation or producing organic
fertilizer by composting waste. Tube
well to serve underground water.

Can withstand
up to 2m of
flooding
Key Sustainable Features:
 Sustainable Architecture
o Climate & context respected mostly for achieving
maximum benefit
o Minimum requirement for mechanical ventilation
o Maximum natural lighting and sun path consideration
o Concern for natural phenomenon / disaster.
o Sufficient living area for a small family
 Sustainable Structure
o Lime cured waste brick
o Recycled polymer brick
o Fly ash brick
o Slag chips for foundation
o Concrete roofing sheet
o Recycled polymer roofing sheet
o Durable Metal roofing sheet
o Local & natural material (e.g., wood, bamboo)
 Resource Management
o Solar powered electro-mechanical equipment
o Rain water harvest > filter > use
o Surface water > filter > use
o Minimum use of underground water
o Recycle & reuse (e.g., shower water for toilet flush,
septic tank clear water for plantation)
o Hazardous waste water (e.g., detergent, cleaning
agent) treated before release.
 Wast Management
o Waste segregation (organic / recyclable / hazardous)
o Bio waste treatment > bio gas > fertilizer
o Provision for bio gas fueled generator
o Organic fertilizer for farming
A Floating Shelter For
Schools, Hospitals Or Bazars

For another time!!!