Meditations in Entropy - The Work of Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA

Since 1995, Dhaka-based firm Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA has produced a remarkable body of work across diverse scales and contexts in one of the world’s most challenging climates. From hospitals in regions threatened by rising seas to cyclone shelters and interventions in dense urban areas, its projects respond critically to urgent social and environmental conditions, grounded in a deep sensitivity to fragile ecologies.

Meditations in Entropy, the first monograph on the practice, presents 18 realized projects through photographs by Hélène Binet, alongside plans, drawings, and sketches. Essays by Kenneth Frampton, Robert McCarter, William J. R. Curtis, Philip Ursprung, and Ainun Nishat offer critical perspectives. An illustrated catalogue of the firm’s work completes this carefully designed volume.

ISBN : 978-3-03860-329-0