PORTFOLIO | 2010-2026 | SAYON SUR

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Sayon Sur Academic + Professional 2010-26

CULTURAL COMMONS I 2026

Academic I M. Arch

Studio 602 I 004-017

LOW-INCOME HOUSING I 2025

Academic I M. Arch

Studio 601 I 018-027

UNSOCIAL SOCIETY

Academic Studio 502

PORTFOLIO CONTENT

Voluntary Consultancy service I 054-061

Professional Consultancy service I 062-065

SOCIETY I 2016

Academic I B. Arch I 028-037

INSTITUTE COMPLEX I 2014

Academic I B. Arch

Studio 401 I 038-045

RESILIENT STREET I 2016

Competition Winning Entry I 068-071

HEALTH CLUB I 2013

Academic I B. Arch

Studio 302 I 046-053

FOLLOWING THE SOUL I 2016

Poster I Sculpture I Illustration Personal Interest I 072-073

CULTURAL COMMONS

Designing an Architectural Engineering Office that Strengthen Neighbourhood Communities

Studio 602 I 2026

Supervisor : Tamarah Begay

Site : 601 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102

Site Area : 0.64 Acres

The Project is located on the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Pueblo Indians,vparticularly Pueblo people, Piro tribes and Tigua (Tiwa) tribes. Before being part ofvAlbuquerque city, this area was a intrinsic element of a living indigenous landscape shapedvby long standing relationship to land, movement and community. As an academic project, it demonstrates a desire to approach architecture thoughtfully with respect for the land, awareness of its history, and a commitment to sustainability and long-term stewardship.

The concept of the project is to design a energy efficient mixuse office building that reflects historic context of Route 66 by cultural reassertion, and serves as a creative hub for this intellectually and culturally engaging area. To serve the purpose, the site has been prepared to accommodate welcoming outdoor court at its core that is inspired from formation of traditional spiritual ecology (Water source, Kivas as political and cultural center, Open plaza and Natural integrity). Also, Besides Restaurent and Coffee shop, a set of ammenities such as fitness center, child-care center and multi-purpose room has been allocated to serve the neighbourhood communities.

DESIGN PRINCIPAL

Formation of Spiritual Ecology

Source of water, Kivas for political, and cultural center, Open plaza and Natural integrity are the key elements of Pueblo formation.

MASS DEVELOPMENT

CentralAvenue (Route66)

Indigenous Mobility

Public Entrance toward Central court

During Route 66 realignment, Pueblo, Diné, and Apache people increasingly travel to Albuquerque for wage labor, boarding schools, and federal services. Central Ave becomes a primary arrival corridor.

Conceptual

Taking inspiration from Central Ave, the central corridor and future allocating a shallow pond space as Kiva to

1 2 3

Placing The Conceptual Massing

Following the conceptual function, a 130’ x 130’ square shaped mass has been created where every sides are equal and represents the major elements of the pueblo formation.

Excavating The Conceptual Court-yard

A courtyard of 65’ x 65’, then excavate from the center of the massing to allocate the shallow pond and conceptual Kiva space for community activity and natural integration.

Orienting and Realigning The Court-yard

The courtyard the oriented and realigned with the true North-South to have the maximum environmental exposure.

Conceptual Function Formation

from pueblo formation and indigenous mobility towards central court has been formed as a signature of memory future claims of indigenous history along Central ave by pond as storm water retention point and reflecting the to celebrate the ancestral ownership of the land.

To ensure maximum efficiency, the vertical circulation and service rooms were placed along the opposite corner of the structure. Also, building exterior as well as courtyard facades were converted to glazing to ensure maximum daylight in the interior.

Conceptual Massing Formation

Following the conceptual function, a 130’X130’ square shaped mass has been created where every sides are equal and represents the major elements of the pueblo formation. The mass has a 65’X65’ courtyard in the center placing north-south orientation which holds the shallow pond and conceptual Kiva space for community activity and natural integration.

Assigning Function and Finalize Massing

The 1st floor of the massing opened up towards the Node (Central and Walter St SE) to be more welcoming and have easy access for public gathering. The opposite corner towards the aisle was also opened up to have the cross ventilation within the courtyard and generate a micro-climate there.

The required functions for the structure can be divided into two major types; Office for dedicated users and the Supporting Amenities, also open towards neighborhood. Amenities such as Gymnasium, Day-care facility, Restaurant and Cafe were placed alongside Central and Walter St SE. And, the offices were place on the other side.

First Floor Plan

Second Floor

Cavity BAT Insulation

Aluminum Vertical Louver

Continuous Rigid Insulation

Counter Flashing

Metal Deck

Aluminum Horizontal C-Bracket

Bent Aluminum Plate

Capping

Cap Flashing

Cavity BAT Insulation

CANT Strip

Thermoplastic Roofing Finish - TPO

Continuous Rigid Insulation

Vapor Barrier

Z-Clip

Construction Joint

MEtal Connector

Double-Pane Glazing

W-Beam

W-Column

Aluminum T-Bracket

Cast-in-Situ Concrete

Concrete Precast Panel

Joint Sealant

Galvanized Steel Stud

Counter Flashing

Dam Proffing

Vapor Barrier

BAT Insulation

Metal Cladding

Metal Deck

Rigid Insulation

W-Beam

Hollow Metal Box

Aluminum Vertical Louver

Blow-up E

Blow-up B

Blow-up B

Blow-up D

Blow-up D

Structural Wall Detail

Structural Diagram

Reinforced Concrete Periferal W-Beam Cantilever W-Beam Frame Structure

Mechanical & Electrical Diagram

Circulation Diagram

Electrical Component

Mechanical Component

Fire Safety Component (Sprinkler)

Vertical Circulation (Stair)

Vertical Circulation (Elevator) Fire Stair

Life Safety Circulation

Gross Area (Sqft): 25,487 sq ft

Benchmark EUI: 48 kbtu/ft2

Zero Tool Graph/Chart:

Benchmark Building Type: Office Building

First Insight EUI: 92.48 kbtu/ft2

Optimized Insight EUI: 72.49 kbtu/ft2

Quantity of Solar PV:

850 Watt, 210 nos on Roof

500 Watt, 105 nos on Carport

500 Watt, 246 nos on PV Glazing

Total: 557 nos

Quantity of Solar Collector: 4.45 kW, 16 nos on Roof

Quantity of Battery: Growatt AXE 50.0 L, 50kWh, 16 nos on Roof

Final Rendering: With PV, Solar Thermal, VTR, & Roof Drain

Solar PV One Line Diagram:

Energy Model Rendering Conceptual Mass Model

Central Courtyard

Taking inspiration from pueblo formation and indignous mobility towards Central Ave, the central court has been formed as a signature of memory corridor and future claims of indigenous history along Central ave by allocating a shallow pond as storm water retention point and reflecting the space as Kiva to celebrate the ancestral ownership of the land.

LOW-INCOME HOUSING

A Sustainable High-Density Social Housing on Treasure Island, San Fransisco, CA

Studio 601 I 2025

Group project

Responsibility: Site and context analysis, formulation of cluster and unit design, masterplan formulation etc

Supervisor : Dr. Stathis G. Yeros

Site : Treasure Island, San Francisco, USA

Site Area : XX Acres

Around 3,000 residents live on the island, yet its history and geography present significant environmental and social challenges. The research highlights multiple risks that must be addressed in any future development. Three strategies that were used to address the concerns: reforming the entire shoreline; bringing it in, placing new structures on an elevated concrete platform, and introducing a lake around the elevated landscape with channels leading into it.

To foster a more integrated community environment, the building adopts a hexagonal form, creating interconnected residential spaces. The design features large courtyards spaces placed between units that encourage interaction and connectivity among residents. A medical facility are incorporated directly into our housing building with its own designated parking landscape. Additionally, space were allocated on the site designated to provide certain amenities to the island. This space

reduced and foster a more self-sufficient community.

to retain shoreline, acts as natural barriers to waves

Types of Vegetation to address Contamination

Miscanthus Hybrids for accumulating 238U and 226Ra

Second Floor Plan

Exploded Structure

A regular column grid has used in this structure to facilitate easy expansion in the future. Also, flip units on both side to accommodate units accordingly.

Blowup visual of Elevation

Introduction of color in the elevation as shown in the exploded diagram of the ground to identify the cluster (which includes common amenities) and also provide direction within the structure

Unit Type A

Unit Type B

Unit Type C

Unit Type D

Unit Type E

Unit Type F

Gymnesium

Games Room Laundry

Clinic

Maintanance Office

Pocket Park

Stairs

Elevator

Exploded Diagram of Housing Mass

Uses Of Color

Three adjacents hexagonal clusterns are forming neighbourhood which sharess some common utilities and amenities within the neighbourhood. The color on the ground represents the neighbourhood cluster formation which will reflect in the building elevation plaster color. Thus a colorful neighbourhood will form as well as it will also guide the users to navigate among the housing mass. Color of the Unit represesents either the unit type or the amenities for the neighbourhood.

Phase 01

Phase 02

Demolition of Existing Housing Unit to Clear up the Site for Development

Development of Elevated Platform to address uncoming Sea-levle Height

Phase Integration of Lake around form to hold water coming

Cluster Section AA

Phasing Diagram

Phase 03

around the Elevated Platcoming from the Sea

Phase 04

Construction of Housing Clusters on the South of the Site and the additional amenities

Phase 05

Completetion of construction of Rest of the Housing Clusters

Visual of Dwelling Street

UNSOCIAL SOCIETY 03

In search of humane space for socially excluded marginalized community

Studio 502 I 2016

Supervisor : Dr. Zebun Nasreen Ahmed, Patrick D’ Rozario, Ar. Jalal Ahemd

Site : Brothel Village, Daulatdia, Rajbari, Bangladesh

Site Area : 25 Acres

Marginalization is a process whereby something or someone is pushed to the edge of a group accorded lesser importance. This is predominantly a social phenomenon by which a minority or a sub-group is excluded, and their needs or desires are ignored. Such a group is denied involvement in mainstream economic, political, cultural and social activities.

Even if sex work is not illegal in Bangladesh according to the High Court which has declared about it’s legal status based on Constitution of Bangladesh (in 2000 and 2014), these groups are socially detached and living in enclosed boundaries for decades. Social ignorance as well as unacceptability has pushed them to the corner, having an unplanned, unorganized as well unhygeenic living condition. The Thesis mainly focuses on detailed study of existing physical and non-physical structure of the system runs in Bangladesh. Daulatdia is the largest brothel village of the country opening around 1988 (unofficially for decades prior) where 1300 sex workers reside and serve more than 600 clients on a daily basis.

Progression of Dwelling Unit

according to owner’s affordibility

These arbitary development will generate a wave in the overall streetscape, that eventually break the spacial and visual mononoty of the entire area.

Exploded Axonometric Diagram OF Dwelling Unit

Human Movement Through Space Layering of Living zone & Working zone Client Sex Worker

3 4 6 5 1

2

Visual of Main Entry

INSTITUE COMPLEX 04

Design of research institute complex of BUET

Studio 401 I 2014

Group project

Responsibility: Site survey, formulation of design and preparation of drawing

Supervisor : Dr. Shahidul Amin, Dr. Nasreen Hossain, Asst. Prof. Mohaimeen Islam Badhon

Site : Gazipur, Dhaka

Site Area : 3.48 Acres

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study of engineering, architecture and urban planning in Bangladesh, BUET has an urban campus located in the Palashi area of Dhaka. The campus houses academic and administrative buildings, resarch institutions, Accomodation facilities and other amenities. As the university is expanding its student capacity to serve country’s need, it has planned to relocate its research institutes, who mainly focuses on to conduct scientific ressearch as well offers postgraduate diploma, master’s and doctoral degree to the outscart of Dhaka. These four institutes are Institute of Appropriate Technology (IAT), Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT), Accident Research Institute (ARI), BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS). The core purpose of the project is to generate a master plan concidering urban issues and its infrustructural and environmental impact.

Landscape & Plantation

Sonneratia apetala

Sonneratia caseolaris

Cocos nucifera

Conceptual

Prunus domestica (ssp. italica var. claudiana)

Syzygium jambos

Kashgar tamarisk

Luffa aegyptiaca 01 Terminalia arjuna

Justicia adhatoda

Terminalia bellirica

Abroma augusta

Saraca asoca

Polyalthia longifolia

Bombax ceiba

Ficus rumphii

Acacia auriculiformis

Butea monosperma

Neolamarckia cadamba

Mimusops elengi

Magnolia champaca

Cassia fistula

Dillenia indica 01 Barringtonia acutangula

Citrus maxima

Syzygium samarangense

Albizia chinensis

Master Plan Development

These arbitary development will generate a wave in the overall streetscape, that eventually break the spacial and visual mononoty of the entire area.

Accidental Reaseach Institute (ARI) & BUET-JIDPUS Library

Student’s Accommodation

SCALE

Sectional Perspective Diagram through

main axis

Library Building

Water reservoir

Adiministration Block

Vehicle drop off point

IICT Building

Ecological Buffer

Student plaza

IAT Building

Parking Zone

Bangladesh National Museum

Shahbagh Node

Bangladesh Tenis Federation Health Club

Shahid Zia Shishu Park

Ramna Lake

SITE MAP

ACADEMIC I STUDIO 302 I HEALTH CLUB

HEALTH CLUB

Design of a fitness center under training federation for public use

Studio 302 I 2013 Supervisor : Dr. Nasreen Hossain,Dr. S M Najmul Imam, Asst. Prof. Tasneem Tariq, Site : Shahbagh, Dhaka

Site Area : 3.5 Acres

Shahbag is one of the prime node of Dhaka. The propsed site for the project is only 250 m away from the node and sorrounded by Ramna park on three sides of it. The initial idea behind the project was to propose a form creates a barrier between the noisy road on the south and the park on the north. So, the linear mass is introduced throughout the site and a portion of it is burried under ground to blend it with natural canopy level. A series of exposed column is used to regain its verticality and resemble with the sorrounding vertical lines of trees. The swimming pool is placed to devide the north side of the linear mass into two courts. A entry court was designed towards the park to create a inviting entry for the park users on one side. while the other court is reserved as meditation court which has a restricted entry from the building itself.

Development of building FORM

Placing a mass (north-south oriented) parralal to the road to create separation from busy chaos outside

Adding another mass 45 deg to the previous to create a warm court, entrace from the park.

Thus a interior court is formed as well.

Deforming the mass by pushing back and forth to make the court (entry from park) more open for visitors.

Introducing a green ramp to the first floor (canteen) to generate a dialogue between the build and natural environment

Ground Floor Plan

Exploded Isometric Diagram of the complex

Entry (from park) court

Meditation court

Cafeteria

Green ramp towards cafe

Locker room (for swimmer)

Visitor’s Seating

Swimming zone

Basketball court

Squash court

Locker room (for gym)

Admin zone

Performance platform

Gymnesium

Yoga space

Visual of Entry (from park) Court Visual

PAWMUM THARAKLA 06

Community School for Indigenous people, Mro Community

Consultancy service I 2022

Team : Ar. Sayon Sur, Ar. Kwoshik Kumer Majumder

Site : Bomu river zone, Bandarban

Site Area : 0.6 Acres

The Mru are primarily located in the region where the bo rders of India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar intersect. There are more than 300 thousand Mro/Murong/Mru Tribal people in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), mostly in Banda rban, Bomu River zone, Bangladesh. Pawmum Tharkla aspires to develop a self-sustainable, eco-friendly education system in remote hill tract areas for Mro tribe, where the indigenous heredity is preserved and promoted with modern resources. The concept shows respect for their ethnicity and aspires to educate tribal children with lessons and facilities to sustain and prosper with good health. This primary school promotes a unique concept of eco-friendly school compound construction with local/ indigeneous materials and zero concrete based structure. Along with regualr classroom for class iii-v which can be transformed into exhibition space or workshop by positioning partition walls, two open classroom is introduced for class i & ii which will also serve the community requirement for medical campaign, movie projection space etc. The structure aims to blend with the terrain and the sorrounding landscape and reflects the purity and ethnicity of the Mro community with fushion of modern technology.

First floor plan

Multi-purpose Use

of the classrooms to arranage multiple occasions using moduler partition wall

Bamboo Treatment

Treating bamboo can increase material service life radically, to the extent that there is no distinguishable life limit when bamboo is well treated and used in a well-protected manner.During the treatment process, material is soaked in a mixture of Borax and Boric acid that are dissolved in water. Borates are extremely fine, dissolving easily and dissipating throughout the cellular structure of the poles. The chemical solution, which is toxic to bamboo but is relatively harmless to humans. is then filtered and reused to ensure an efficient. The rest of the chemical then moved to the nearest town to ensure environment safety.

All the bamboo used in the project was picked from nearest bamboo farm that comforted required standards -including bamboo species, size, age and general condition. Approved specimens were then cut into a general size of 25’-30’ and transported to the project site.

After recieving at site, bamboo’s with required quality were being sorted and transfered to the cleaning station. The outer portion of the nodes and branches were removed using sharp machete with the blades flat against the bamboo, away from the body.

After cleaning each one to expose its vascular tissue, bamboos were moved to the final stage prior to soaking -drilling. Labors, using drills fitted with custom drill bits made of an 13’ section od rebar with a sharp age crafted on the tip, applies steady pressure to drill a hole through teh full length.

A treatment tank was made on the groung by digging mud. The tank was 40’ long, 5’ deep and 8’ wide. The size of the tank allow approximately 150 pcs of bamboo at a time. A temporary shade was built with bamboo & thatch to protect it from sun and rain

Process

Solution, a mixture of Borax ,Boric acid and water with appropriate proportion in presence of experts were made into the tank and then bamboo bundles, 15-20 peice bound by rope were transfered to the tank with properly weight down. Each cycle of soaking was done for 7-10 days before trafering them to prior drying.

Bamboo bundles, checked by experts were then tranfered to the nearest open ground for drying. Soaked bamboo’s were kept vertically with support to dry in sun so that the extra chemicals can easilty drained out and the dischared chemicals can be used efficiently.

V.V.I.P. Complex Accomodation Facility For Guest SNIGDHA

Professional I Consultancy service I 2020-22

Team : Ar. Khairuzzaman Biplob, Ar. Kanak Saha, Ar. Sayon Sur

Responsibility: Preparation of working drawing & construction supervision, etc.

Site : Chittagang Cantonment, Chittagang

Site Area : 1.25 Acres

Chittagong is the economic capital of Bangladesh. Chittagong Cantonment plays a vital role as it shared boundary with bandarban and Cox’s bazar, two most unstable potical areas of the country. So top officials of Bangladesh Army and Govt. officials as well as prime minister regualrly visits the city. So, a modern and well faciliated accomodation was needed by Bangladesh Army within the contoment area, which is just at the boarder line of the city. The project came to Mason Consultants as a most valuable project and I was in chage of the construction of the structure. As the cantonment was in the hilly region, natural terrain line has a greate influence to decide the site as well on the design.

1st prize winning entry

RESILIENT STREET 08

Proposal of a Street for the Resilient Community

Competition I 2017

Team : Ar. S. F. M. Cyrus, Ar. Mohiuddin Zilanee , Ar. Sami Al Hasan, Ar. Md. F. B. Mostafiz, Ar.Reesham Shahab, Ar. Sayon Sur

Responsibility: Site survey, formulation of design and preparation of drawing, model making, etc

Site : Dhaka City, Dhaka

The Streetscape project was thrown by Dhaka South City Corporation with the motive to make liveable city ensuring better walking environment with smoth traffic flow in the city heart without disturbing its urban fabric and urban heritage, as well rebuilding the ecological coridor within it. Designing street, instead of looking at CITYSCAPE first, we started to explore its HUMANSCAPE. People are the grain and the soul of the city. Collectively caried range of communities with different shared interest, joys & concerns build up for this city. TO be a resilient city, community is the most primary unit to reinforce. ACTIVE, AWARE & RAPPORT communities can be a resourceful partner for the city-authority to drive for being an ideal urban-scape. Street will be the interface in this partnership between Authority, Community and Nature. That will be the Model Resilient Adaptive Dhaka for the coming decades.

Main Design Princeple

• Street based community ecology & Active Living

• Framework to allow self-growth

• Local community based programme

• Integrating Nature & Community

• Partnership of City-Govt.and Community

Any community should be well aware of its past. Dhanmondi 32 is such an historic name which ends up in the site’s Russel Square. Located here Bangabandhu Residence is metaphoric in many terms: The inception-place of many ideas of our nation-building and workstation of the great leader. House of Bangabandhu family: a picture of our family and social bonding. Bears the marks of both rejoices (nation-building) and mourns (assassination of nation’s leader and his family) of our history.

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(Dhanmondi 32) in

Facilitating existing exercise and other groups based on the lake, with space ease & manage programme. Engaging residents with the lake more actively with different age-specific community programme. Both online and offline engagements to be programmed. Case study: Friends of Chicago River

Street Programme

Extends the Bangabandhu museum plaza to Russel square’s vantage point. Include a historic park to engage community and future generation in knowling history and birth of motherland, Bangladesh.

INCEPTION POINT

Experiment with Sclupture form and material

Following THE SOUL

Experiment or commision work done accoring to personal interest to feed the soul, outside architectural practise

Experiment with DIGITAL Illustration

Badge for Corona Fighters

The badge design was a commision work for Bangladesh Police, was given as a recognition for their dedicated service in COVID pandemic.

Poster for Anishesh’ 71

A school oriented program that focuses on the tragic history of independence of a new nation, my motherland, Bangladesh Digital Media

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