ARCHITECTURE

Bangladesh, situated on the Ganges Delta and interwoven with distributaries flowing into the Bay of Bengal, experiences frequent and severe flooding. Flood depth, duration, soil saturation, and lateral forces of flood current in the char lands trigger the casualties, infrastructural damage, loss of homesteads, and deprivation of access to basic needs. In char lands, disaster and livelihood are in a constant cycle of vulnerability, shifting, and rebuilding.
Lakkhitari Union in Gangachara, Rangpur, is a prime example of this. As a low-lying, river-adjacent settlement, it is especially vulnerable to seasonal overflows and flash floods. Each monsoon, the Teesta River and its tributaries extend beyond their banks, inundating homes, cutting off roads, and forcing families into cycles of evacuation and uncertainty. The project intends to revisit the conventional understandings of adaptive housing by proposing a “Cyclic home,” a redefined home-making.