Ukhia Schools / Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA

This prototype school was designed for construction within the Rohingya refugee camps, arguably the largest refugee camp in the world, in the southernmost district of Bangladesh close to the border with Myanmar. In view of government-imposed restrictions on the use of ‘permanent’ building materials like cement, brick, steel etc, the architect opted for the single most available bio-degradable material in the country: Bamboo.

Ukhia Schools / Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA
© Kashef Chowdhury © Kashef Chowdhury
  • architects: Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA
  • Location: Cox's Bazar - Teknaf Hwy, কক্সবাজার, Bangladesh
  • Project Year: 2018
  • Photographs: Kashef Chowdhury

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