Landmark Monument

‘LANDMARK MONUMENT: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA AND GOLDEN JUBILEE OF INDEPENDENCE OF BANGLADESH’

AT MALL AREA, UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA

Liberation War of 1971 being the start of a journey with an identity as a nation, it certainly become the inspiration and a pride and carried through by a national, is a continuum of memory.

Bengali revolution for an identity and sovereignty came to an apparent end on 1971 over a period of time when there were intensely significant incidents which regarded as the milestones while gaining independence.

University of Dhaka was the source of upsurge of this ultimate stage of revolution from the inception of the institution through a series of incidents and successes. The institution undoubtedly regarded as the ‘mastermind’ and force of continuous efforts behind upholding the nations pride and identity. Since 1921 University of Dhaka with all youthful achievers and great scholars developed the long-cherished ideology of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation. Thus, its premise and the scholars were the primary target for authoritarian government of East Pakistan and the brutality is recorded in the blood-birth history of Bangladesh.

The campus of University of Dhaka has shrine like locations which are national importance and historical significance. These are the source of inspiration and emblem of sacrifice which are somehow unprecedented. Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has all his significant affiliations and connections with University of Dhaka during the political upsurge and development of liberating the nation. All of these historical and locations contains the meta-physical spiritual energy those need to be contained in an experiential zone. The mall area of University of Dhaka has the potential of becoming the epicenter of the campus for the containment.

The Design and Proposal: Directional Pathways

Five (5) directional pathways will start from the center of the landmark monument disperse towards 5 prominent zone of mass killing and atrocity by the Military Junta back through series of events in 25th Night and 26th March of 1971. The selected locations are;

• Rokeya Hall

• Madhu’r Canteen

• Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall

• Masterda Suryasen Hall

• Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall

A circular arc to signify the connections with other three areas of brutality and mass killing which are;

• Jagannath Hall

• Shiv Bari Temple

• Ramna Kali Mandir and Maa Anadamoyee Ashram