23 September 2019, 18:00
SG 1138, SG building, EPFL
Introduction by Niklaus Graber, curator
Introductory lecture, opening exhibition ‘Faraway So Close – Kashef Chowdhury‘
Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA received the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016 for the Friendship Centre on the flood plains of Gaibandha in nothern Bangladesh. With projects such as the Gulshan Society Mosque in Dhaka and the Cyclone Shelter in Kuakata, he gained widespread international acclaim.