Unbearable Lightness of Being Installation / Saiqa Iqbal Meghna and Suvro Sovon Chowdhury | ArchDaily

Save this picture!Courtesy of Studio Morphogenesis+ 19 Curated by Miwa Negoro Share ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsappOrhttps://www.archdaily.com/1040162/unbearable-lightness-of-being-installation Clipboard "COPY" CopyTemporary Installations•Dhaka, Bangladesh Architects: Saiqa Iqbal Meghna and Suvro Sovon Chowdhury Area Area of this architecture project Area:  113 ft² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2026 Lead Architects: Saiqa Iqbal Meghna, Suvro Sovon Chowdhury Category: Temporary InstallationsLead Team: Saiqa Iqbal Meghna, Suvro Sovon ChowdhuryDesign Team: Trina Das, Ananna Hossain, Fahim AnanArchitecture Offices: Studio Morphogenesis Ltd.City: DhakaCountry: BangladeshMore SpecsLess Specs Save this picture!Courtesy of Studio Morphogenesis Text description provided by the architects. The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a lightweight architectural installation conceived as both exhibition object and public pavilion, exploring how minimal structures, craft, and movement can create quiet spaces of gathering within Dhaka's dense urban fabric. Rooted in the environmental realities of the delta—marked by water, monsoon cycles, and fragile ground—the project responds to a context where architecture must remain adaptable, porous, and temporally aware. Designed with a dual life, it transitions from gallery artifact to urban canopy, negotiating between representation and use. Within a compact footprint of just 113 square feet, it achieves spatial ge...