ARCHITECTURE · HISTORY · THE EVERYDAY
Architecture
of Becoming.
Notes on Cities, Love and the Art of Living
A PLACE FOR IDEAS
I’m Mohona, an architect, architectural historian and educator based in Dhaka. This is a home for my research, writing and observations on the worlds we build and inhabit.
01 / THE JOURNAL
Essays, thoughts & writings
22 November 2024
I am here, and I am as strange as you
A Frida Kahlo quote, a notebook bought in Edinburgh, and thoughts from the final chapters of a PhD.
15 November 2024
Patterns of Mental State
Reflections on painting, inner struggle and the relationship between creativity and emotional life.
8 November 2024
Peace
Considering peace as a state of mind, and the place of prayer and meditation in finding it.
02 / RESEARCH VISION
Reading power through space.
Architecture, history & political life
My proposed research direction considers how architecture and urban space shape political authority, historical narratives and everyday experience, with Bangladesh as a central focus.
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03 / SELECTED WORK
Across practice & reflection
Projects and teaching
A selection of architectural projects, studio teaching and work in architectural history.
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Sketchbooks and visual notes
A space for drawings, encounters with cities and observations from everyday life.
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04 / ABOUT
Mohona Reza
Architect | Architectural historian | Educator | Writer
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at BRAC University in Dhaka.
Alongside my academic work, I write about art, cities and the everyday. Architecture of Becoming brings these interests into conversation.
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Mohona Reza · Architecture of Becoming
Essays, Thoughts and Writings by Mohona Reza 