Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka — Muzharul Islam, 1956: photos for a case study

About Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka

The Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), formerly known as the Institute of Fine Arts, is a faculty of the University of Dhaka. It was established in 1948 as the Dhaka Art School. It was the first art school in the region and became the main centre of art and cultural practice. Since 1956 it has been situated in Shahbag, Dhaka, close to the Bangladesh National Museum. Architect Muzharul Islam designed the building. In 2008, the institute took its current name when it became one of the faculties of the University of Dhaka.

This masterpiece was Muzharul Islam's first architectural endeavor. The site is in the Roman area as part of Dhaka University Campus. The Roman area is well known for its gardens and parks. Most of the buildings in this area have been designed in the scheme of a "bagan bari" (house in a garden). The site that was given for the institute was dotted with beautiful trees with a large circular depression at the end of the site. Muzharul Islam decided to come up with a design scheme that would retain all the trees on the site (as some of them were large beautiful trees that would have required many years to grow).

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