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Exhibition of architectural designs at Bengal Gallery

Fayza Haq
A three-day exhibition of the Pro jects from an open design competition for extension of Islamia Eye hospital is being held at the Bengal Gallery.
Elaborating on the competition, Mamnoon Murshed Chowdhury, member. Professional Affairs of the Institute of Architects, Bangladesh, said, “We wanted to select the best design in the most fair way. In Bangladesh today we often select that design that asks for the least fee or the project that is the least expensive. However, when one goes in to buy a painting one does not go in for the cheapest work of art.
"Those who evaluated the projects and gave the decision were architects or related to architecture. The 17 designs were submitted on February 28. On the panel of jury' there were five architects, and four individuals were from the Islamia Hospital. The chairman of the jury was Professor Haroon ur Rashid, head of Architecture Department, North South University. The Deputy Chief Architect of Bangladesh Ahsanul Haque Khan, a hospital design expert was also there. Professor Fuad Mallick from BRAC University was on the panel of juries as well. Eminent architect, Mustafa Khalid was also there along with BUET’s Anwar Ryaad."
The architects first asked the Islamia Eye Hospital for their requirements, and found out the
criteria that the designers had to keep in mind such as being environmentally conscious, energy friendly, low maintenance as the organisation runs on charity.
The exhibition was arranged to expose the people to the selection process. There are 17 models with drawings carrying 3-dimensional looks. Each design takes at least six weeks to complete. All the models were different from one another.
The first three projects are awarded to compensate the cost
of the effort. The first prizewinning entry is chosen as the consultant.
The first prize went to Shahinul Islam and Tanvir Mahmud. The second prize went to Vitti Stathapati Brindo Ltd, and the third prize went to a group of architects led by Maruf Hussain.
Professor Haroon ur Rahsid rounded up the exhibition by saying, "There are very few architectural competitions which are jointly organised by the Architec-
tural Institute and the client. In terms of numbers of entries, no major exhibition of its kind had sb’mahy entries'From thafpet-spective the competition is quite a successful one. It was a difficult design to undertake in the sense that in hospital buildings we assign priorities to functions more than other aspects of the design. We had a lot a discussions before we could choose the winners."
The exhibition ends tomorrow.