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LOCATION
Address: BAU Main Road
City: Mymensingh
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Zip Code: 2202
Nation: Bangladesh (Formerly East Pakistan)
STATUS
Type: Masterplan / Academic
Status: Built
TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1966
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Client: East Pakistan Agricultural University (now Bangladesh Agricultural University)
Architect: Paul Rudolph
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East Pakistan Agricultural University (now Bangladesh agricultural university)
The East Pakistan Agricultural University is established as the only university of its kind in East Pakistan on August 18, 1961.
The campus opens with a College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry.
The campus site has an area of 1.87 square miles (4.85 square kilometers) located in a rural area 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) south of the district town of Mymensingh on the western side of the old Brahmaputra river.
The project scope is to design an expansion of the campus including a new master plan, auditorium, dormitories, laboratories, instruction and recreation facilities.
Rudolph is given the commission by Muzharul Islam, a Bangladeshi architect.
In 1961, Muzharul completes his post-graduation under Paul Rudolph from Yale University. Between 1958 and 1964, Islam is the Senior Architect of the Government of East Pakistan. Islam’s pioneering work from the 1950s onwards not only signals the advent of Modernism in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), but almost overnight introduces a fresh culture of architecture in the contemporary scene hitherto populated by lesser examples of international style.
Along with Louis Kahn, Islam also brings Paul Rudolph and Stanley Tigerman to work in Bangladesh, and the three of them come to be known as the ‘American Trio’.
“A master plan for this campus (one-third of the campus has been completed by others) orients all buildings in a north-south direction in order to catch the maximum amount of breeze. Venturi action and air scoops in section and plan are incorporated and account for the opening and closing character of the design.”
DRAWINGS - Design Drawings / Renderings
DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings
DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings
PHOTOS - Project Model
PHOTOS - During Construction
PHOTOS - Completed Project
PHOTOS - Current Conditions
LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION
Bangladesh Agricultural University Website
Bangladesh Agricultural University Wikipedia Page
RELATED DOWNLOADS
PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Chronological list of works by Paul Rudolph, 1946-1974.” il., plan. Architecture and Urbanism 49 (January 1975): 161.
Rudolph, Paul. The Architecture of Paul Rudolph. Introduction by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. New York: Praeger, 1970. il. p. 230.
Paul Rudolph, Dessins D’Architecture. Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1974. il. pp. 178-179.