Emergent Practices in South Asia #12 | Jubair Hasan
AT Architecture
atArchitecture is a Mumbai-based practice founded in 2014 by Neha Rane and Avneesh Tiwari encompassing architecture, landscape and urban design. The firm focuses on providing comprehensive solutions that strive for delight, sustainability and efficiency.
Each distinctive intervention seeks regional inspiration through careful study of the context and aspirations of the site. Complex creative processes of research, interpretations and experimentations are employed and developed through drawings, writings and scale models to achieve designs of simplicity and clarity
Over the past eight years, the team has built a portfolio of highly acclaimed projects in the residential, cultural and institutional domains.
In 2017, their project ‘Home for marginalised children’ in Thane, Maharashtra won the renowned ‘Lafarge Holcim Awards Gold, Asia Pacific’. This awards foundation, established in Switzerland, promotes innovative sustainable projects from around the globe.In 2018, the practice won the prestigious ‘Affordable Housing Design Challenge’ organised by the BTI, United Nations (UNDP Cambodia). Their winning entry, to skilfully accommodate 3000 residential units for factory workers in Phnom Penh, is currently underway. This project was also the recipient of the Holcim Awards acknowledgement prize in 2021.
In the same year, the firm was awarded winners of a highly competitive two stage international design competition organized by the Ministry of Russia to provide ‘Alternative Layouts in Standard Housing’ and help create more comfortable living environments for all by redefining the form of Russian housing. Recently the firm placed 2nd in the competition for the UNESCO Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Al Nouri complex in Mosul followed by 3rd place for ‘The learning home’ a residential school for children with special needs in Bulgaria in 2019.
Avneesh Tiwari is an architect, designer and educator who studied at Sir J J College of Architecture, Mumbai. He founded atArchitecture in 2014, after working as an Associate Architect at Matharoo Associates in Ahmedabad. He is also a visiting professor at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture, Mumbai.
Jubair Hasan
Architect Md. Jubair Hasan is a practicing architect currently working in Bangladesh. The time when Jubair started pursuing education and practice in architecture, the architecture scenario in Bangladesh was rapidly changing to keep pace with the changes in the socio-economic situation. The domination of western modernism on the ongoing architectural practice made him question the appropriateness of the same and led him to embark on a journey to search for a language that would complement the Context, Climate and Culture of his country. Born on 5th January, 1981, Md. Jubair completed Bachelor in Architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2008. He started his career as an architect at ‘Vitti Sthapati Brinda Ltd’ where he worked from 2008 to 2010. Afterwards he founded ‘Archeground Architects Ltd.’ with two other partners and worked there as one of the principal architects until his solo practice commences as ‘Jubair Hasan Architects’ in 2022.
Md Jubair sees each of his projects as an attempt towards his vision of developing architectural vocabulary that can truly represent the socio-economic attributes and contextual demands of the people and culture where the project belongs. Architect Jubair received position in several awards and competitions, both national and international, namely Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019 (shortlisted), 26th JK Cement Award (Foreign Countries Architect of the Year), ARCASIA Award for Architecture, 2017 (Honorable Mention), Institute of Architects (IAB) Award (Honorable Mention), 2A Asia Architecture Award,2015 (Gold Medal) etc .
