2013-01-19

Suhrawardy Hospital


photo Larry Speck

Louis Kahn worked on developement of Dacca from 1962 till his death. In the remoted end of the Capitol Complex he proposed the Central Hospital as a massive building with enormous brick arches facing to the west. High waiting hall of out-patient department provides fresh air and merciful shadow for patients and visitors. I remember carpets on the floor and praying men in the setting sun and for a moment I felt there like not in a hospital but a mosque.

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