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Resort Master Planning Under Way

Posted by Kristin Boekhoff on May 6th, 2010

Yesterday I met with my architect and got a sneak peak at Panigram’s master plan. I don’t want to give anything away yet (I will post the master plan online at the end of May), but I can tell you that there were some very exciting and surprising elements and that so far the concept is evolving to be even more magnificent than I had originally imagined! (Picture a hidden bamboo cafe, a secret garden, and meandering pathways punctuated by water features…)

I am going to Jessore on Sunday to buy the next piece of land for the project and to work with Marina to finalize the location of the Phase I buildings. We are on target to break ground the first week of June!

Our construction process will be well-documented this summer as I have a new crop of interns coming in. So stay tuned for more updates!

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Taking Tea with Chi Chi: How to Motivate People and Win Friends in Bangladesh

Posted by Brian Grambow on August 3rd, 2009
Chi Chi Stands with her capentry team

Chi Chi stands with her carpentry team

No construction project every progresses according to plan; Bangladesh is no exception. Workers show up hours late, materials arrive of the wrong specifications, and the weather doesn’t always cooperate. As the architecture intern for Panigram, Chi Chi knows first hand the difficulties that arise during construction projects in Bangladesh.

Rising every morning at six A.M., Chi Chi faced the challenge of working with unfamiliar building materials, supervising her first construction project, and leading a construction team as a female in a male-dominated culture. Last night, I had the opportunity to sit down with Chi Chi and discuss the details of her pavilion project. We talked about her design, her team, and how she managed to overcome the many difficulties that arose while building the pavilion.

BRIAN: This is your first project, Chi Chi. Can you describe the challenges that you faced as a young architect working with an international crew?

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Two Cows, Four Interns, and 120 Cubic Feet of Mud

Posted by Brian Grambow on July 30th, 2009
Chi Chi stomping in the mud
Chi Chi stomping in the mud

The mud pit was empty, the rice straw hadn’t arrived, and the cows were nowhere to be found. When we arrived, we found our workers taking a prolonged smoke break, burning daylight with their tobacco with nothing to show for the hours they were supposed to have already worked.

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