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History of Jatiyo Sagshad Bhaban
| Type | National Assembly Building |
|---|---|
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Structural system | Reinforced concrete |
| Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Started | 1961 |
| Completed | 1982 |
| Cost | Tk 1.29 billion (=1,290,000,000) |
| Architect | Louis Kahn |
DATA OF Jatiyo Sagshad Bhaban
- Beginning of construction: 1961
- Cost of construction and design: Tk. 129 crore or 1.29 billion (=1,290,000,000)
- Inauguration: 28 January 1982
- Architect: Louis I. Kahn
- Total area: 200 acres (800,000 m²)
- Location: Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Number of Parliaments: 7 (seven)
- GIS coordinates: 23.762465°,90.378545
Design philosophy
Kahn's key design philosophy optimizes the use of space while representing Bangladeshi heritage and culture. External lines are deeply recessed by porticoes with huge openings of regular geometric shapes on their exterior, shaping the building's overall visual impact.
In the architect Louis Kahn's own words:
| “ | In the assembly I have introduced a light-giving element to the interior of the plan. If you see a series of columns you can say that the choice of columns is a choice in light. The columns as solids frame the spaces of light. Now think of it just in reverse and think that the columns are hollow and much bigger and that their walls can themselves give light, then the voids are rooms, and the column is the maker of light and can take on complex shapes and be the supporter of spaces and give light to spaces. I am working to develop the element to such an extent that it becomes a poetic entity which has its own beauty outside of its place in the composition. In this way it becomes analogous to the solid column I mentioned above as a giver of light. It was not belief, not design, not pattern, but the essence from which an institution could emerge... | ” |
- Source: Louis I. Kahn. from Heinz Ronner, with Sharad Jhaveri and Alessandro Vasella Louis I. Kahn: Complete Works 1935-74. p236, 238.
The lake on three sides of the Bhaban, extending up to the Members' hostel adds to site's aesthetics and also portrays the riverine beauty of Bangladesh.
The assembly building received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1989.
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