SFAC in Bangladesh

Self-Sustaining Floating Adaptable Community (SFAC) focuses on climate-responsible and energy-neutral living on water, adaptable to floods and rising sea levels. Water consumption is crucial, and the introduction of sanitation systems, waste water management, and solid waste collection aims to prevent water pollution in the Delta. This community can adapt itself and be self-sustaining through the use of biobased floating platforms and houses.

We are pleased to announce that in 2024, we received funding from the EFL Stichting (Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Stichting), This funding has enabled us to construct the first prototype in Bangladesh.

Before starting construction, we conducted extensive research and feasibility studies in both the Netherlands and Bangladesh. These efforts included organizing workshops and interviews in collaboration with BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology), local communities, and key stakeholders in Dhaka.

With support from BUET during the initial feasibility phase, we successfully completed the construction of the first prototype. In the coming weeks, we will provide updates on the results of this prototype and outline the next steps for the project.

This phase of feasibility studies and the realization of the first prototype in Bangladesh has been carried out by a consortium comprising UArchitects / Misak Terzibasiyan and BD+P, BUET (Department of Architecture), and the NGO JJS (Jagrate Juba Shangha) (Bangladesh).

UArchitects / Misak Terzibasiyan is the initiator and leads the SFAC consortium.