Theorist
Marina Tabassum
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Details
- Nationality
- Bangladeshi
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Lived experienceObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophicalIslamic mena
Notes
[DRAFT] Bangladeshi architect and two-time Aga Khan Award winner. Her Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka distils Sultanate-period brick architecture into a contemporary, light-filled, community-built space; her modular Khudi Bari shelters address flooding and displacement.
Connections
- authored Bait Ur Rouf Mosque
- associated with Contemporary Global South Practice
Sources
- Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Bait Ur Rouf Mosque — Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Aga Khan Development Network, 2016.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Marina Tabassum." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/marina-tabassum/. Accessed July 17, 2026.