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“art, freedom & creativity will change society faster than politics ” – Victor Pinchuk (philanthropist, art critic, art collector)

If we see today’s world, where politics is contaminated, so now it’s time to rejuvenate our society by CREATIVITY… now the question arise: “what is CREATIVITY ??? !!!”

Here, “Creativity is the act of turning new & Imaginative ideas into reality”

Every person has his/her own creativity that needs practice to be flourished. It needs a media which can help him/her to develop the power of his/her creativity. The aim of this project is to build a university (Campus for Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology) which would provide all the facilities required for the students interested in the field of Design and Performing Arts.

The proposed University of Creative Technology is going to be constructed 40 kilometers away from Dhaka city on 15 acres of land. There are ample opportunities in terms of creating spaces and relating interior spaces with the exterior space & creating different types of creative space along departmental studios. Basically this university has total five department along two faulty, these are: Design Faulty( Fashion Department & Graphic Department) & Performing Art Faculty ( Dance, Drama & Music Department) along with TSC, hostel for Male & Female, Teachers Residence, Common Facilities (Multi-Purpose Hall, Playfield, amphitheater, exhibition Hall) & Administration. My main challenge was To make a bridge in between all department’s DIVERSITY by Creativity, because all departments are related by creative field along creativity.

Campus Design for SMUCT © Mahir Rashed

Project Brief:

 A creative institute is not a institute for study. Rather, it’s a place where multi-disciplinary activities are always held & students are grooming themselves by different types of social, cultural activity. here I have tried to make different type of activity spaces which will promote learning among students from different point of view.

-Exchanging ideas & thoughts among students & artists is very important on a creative campus

-To develop a learning place or space for students which is more rational for study.

-A Creative institute is a gathering spot for different types of professional people , there thy come, spent time, & share their knowledge with learners.

Campus Design for SMUCT © Mahir Rashed

Campus Design for SMUCT © Mahir Rashed

The idea was to develop a master plan with the simplicity where students can move along a simple pathway connecting all departments under a datum to create a bonding between all. Different types of outdoor, semi-outdoor & indoor spaces are connected under this datum by double height, triple height spaces.

All Practical class rooms are located in the upper floors because those are functionally similar for all departments. All massing are elongated on east-west axis to promote the south wind-flow & sun-light where all corridors are facing to south.

Campus Design for SMUCT © Mahir Rashed

Efforts are made to integrate the TSC zone & Residential zone by symmetrical composition to hold the entire master plan and for making one body of total volume. All masses are elongated on the down land of east side which are flooded on monsoon season, only because of the views and openness of site surrounding . Different types of courtyards are proposed on the site such as: Dance, Drama & Music Court; Design Court; Tsc Court, Entry Court ,Central court. In a nut shell I tried to develop a master plan of a university along with all kind of facility & functional need while respecting the site context and indigenous value.

Campus Design for SMUCT © Mahir Rashed

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