Marina Tabassum- a renowned Bangladeshi architect, researcher and educator has become the first person from the global south and first south Asian to win the prestigious Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Lifetime Achievement Award.
Key highlights
- She was awarded for presenting an inspiring example of work with local communities that can have a positive impact across the globe even under the most adverse conditions.
- Marina Tabssum’s unique practice touches on the spiritual fundamentals of architecture. Driven by specific cultural and geographical context, her works address pressing contemporary issues.
- Her work shows how architects can challenge the climate crisis and bring about social change in an experimental, respectful and inspiring manner.
- Marina Tabassum is known for her architectural designs that break away from commercialism and deeply embed environmental concerns.
- The Bait Ur Rouf mosque in Dhaka is one of her many celebrated works. The mosque is ‘distinguished by its lack of popular mosque iconography, its emphasis on materials, space, and light, and its capacity to function not only as a place of worship but also as a centre for its under-served community on Dhaka’s periphery.’
- She has also designed bamboo houses at the Rohingya refugee camps, at Ukhiya near Cox’s Bazar which are ‘low impact, mobile housing which can be delivered at the lowest cost possible.
