BAU

East Pakistan Agricultural University (Now-Bangladesh Agricultural University) 

Professional Team:

Client: East Pakistan Agricultural University

Architect: Paul Rudolph, United States.

Associate Architect: Mazharul Islam, Bangladesh.

Location: BAU Main Road

City: Mymensingh 

Zip Code: 2202

Nation: Bangladesh (Formerly East Pakistan)

Building Type: Masterplan / Academic

Status: Built

Date(s): 1966

The East Pakistan Agricultural University is established as the only university of its kind in East Pakistan on August 18, 1961. The campus opens with a College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry.

The campus site has an area of 1.87 square miles (4.85 square kilometers) located in a rural area 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) south of the district town of Mymensingh on the western side of the old Brahmaputra river.

The project scope is to design an expansion of the campus including a new master plan, auditorium, dormitories, laboratories, instruction, and recreation facilities.

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A master plan for this campus (one-third of the campus has been completed by others) orients all buildings in a north-south direction in order to catch the maximum amount of breeze. Venturi action and air scoops in section and plan are incorporated and account for the opening and closing character of the design.

— Paul Rudolph in Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, and Gerhard Schwab. The Architecture of Paul Rudolph. New York: Praeger, 1970. P. 230