Sylhet International Cricket Stadium |

Bashat Architects Engineers Ltd.

On the occasion of ICC T-20 World Cup 2014, Sylhet divisional stadium was upgraded to a
full-fledged ICC standard venue for International cricket. Designed by Bashat Architects
Engineers Ltd, the project seeks a delicate balance between local building culture and
international standards. The stadium is also unique for being the only stadium in
Bangladesh having a Green Gallery.
The site for Sylhet divisional stadium was selected at Lakatura hilly
region which is not far away from Sylhet town. We took the project
just six month prior to the ICC T-20 world cup 2014 Bangladesh. Our
target was to prepare the stadium as a full-fledged ICC standard
venue for International cricket. At the time of our visit we found that
the site contains a playable field, a unfinished gallery, a typical
pavilion building with a dressing room. After visiting the Lakatura
hilly site, we fixed some designing criteria which includes
conservation of the nature by keeping the existing hillock less
disturbed while making it more attractive to the visitors. Also to
develop an architectural vision for the stadium that reflects Sylhet’s
culture and hold all ICC standard modern facilities.
For achieving those goals some other steps were taken, they were: a.
Field preparation with modern drainage system; b. Construction of a
new Grand stand building with four dressing rooms for playing
teams. (As the building site was allocated at the wicket end of north
for a new construction, so there was a flexibilty to design from the
scratch . And we considered local culture and cricket in designing this
structure); c. Players and match official’s facilities; d. Different
hospitality boxes; e. An open gallery for VIP spectator’s; f. A complete
international standard Media center (IT was needed to be situated at
the wicket end as per ICC rules. So we decided to convert the existing
pavilion building into a full-fledged Media center. So a drastic re
design was needed for this structure)
Two storied gallery for general spectators
Existing one storied gallery was considered to be expanded into
two storied to increase the spectator capacity and related facilities.
Tensile structure was designed over the gallery area to increase its
functionality and modern look. The gallery chairs were installed and
colored following the scheme of our National Flag for branding our
nationality.
Green gallery
At the west, unbuilt part of the existing stadium, a portion of the
hillock was taken under design consideration. It was considered to
be covered with a special types of green covers to function as
open natural gallery. Some tent structure was also introduced in
the design for food outlets. At the foothill, toilet facilities for the
spectator were also designed. This green gallery gives the
spectators a glimpse of the hillock landscape of Sylhet.
Other facilities
To create a modern stadium with required facilities all necessary steps were taken. For
example flood lights, camera stands, venue gate with turnstile, ticket booths, giant video
screen, electric score board, CCTV, PA system and tri-vision light screen etc were decided
to be installed. Moreover, the connecting road was taken under consideration to light up
and putting up appropriate signage.
PROJECT DETAILS
Design Team(Architectural consultant):
Team Leader And Principal Architect : Ar. Masudur Rahman
Khan,
Associates: Ar. ArifAnowar, Ar. Shubra Das, Ar. Johirul Islam
jhony
Other Consultants
Structural consultant: En. Dr. M. Shamim Z. Bosunia (Civil), En.
A.H.M Mahbubur Rahman (Civil), En Ratan Kumar Shikdar
Electrical consultant: En. Iqbal Hossain
Sanitary &Plumbing : En. AshrarAfridi Khan
Project budget: 101 crore(Approx)