01/10/2025
We are thrilled to share that a team of four students from Department of Architecture, DUET has secured the Award of “Excellence in Community Impact” in the International Design Competition 🌿A Healing Space arranged by Claymire, in association with Placemaking Bangladesh.
📌Title of the award-winning entry: “কমলার ডাকে মননের পানে”
📌Team Members:
N M Shamsul Islam
Sadika Alam Sayma
Tanvir Ahamed
Omar Faruk
📌Jurors’ comments: “কমলার ডাকে মননের পানে is a powerful cultural intervention that reclaims the river as a site of memory, identity, and gathering. By reviving a historic paddle steamer not as a relic but as a living vessel of reflection and community, the project restores a long-lost anchor to Dhaka’s riverfront life. The preserved orange hull, echoing gerua, transforms the ship into a beacon of peace and continuity, turning speed into serenity. In doing so, the project renews the cultural heartbeat of the Buriganga, offering the city both heritage and healing in one shared civic space.”
We extend our heartiest congratulations to the team for successfully securing the award, having competed against over 1,000 global participants from 400 teams. The Top 30 designs were showcased, at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka, each reimagining how spaces can heal people, communities, and the planet.