Marina Tabassum, eminent architect, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Bangladesh National Museum, and Chief Consultant of the July Uprising Museum, has become the first Bangladeshi to win the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture this time for her innovative climate-resilient housing project, 'Khudi Bari' or climate-adaptive 'Little House'.
Designed to be lightweight and mobile, a Khudi Bari home can be built in three days and dismantled in just three hours, offering flexibility for families in vulnerable areas.
The Kudi Bari project gained momentum after 2022 with funding from the Swiss Development Corporation.
Tabassum initially tested the structures in Dhaka before expanding implementation to flood-prone districts, including Chandpur, Sunamganj, Jamalpur, Kurigram, and Meghna Char.
