Question
The Arcadia Education Centre in this country won a 2019 Aga Khan Award for its amphibious architecture, including a buoyant platform for flooding and its use of local bamboo. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country. Eight peripheral blocks surround a central octagon in Louis Kahn’s design for this country’s National Parliament Building.
ANSWER: Bangladesh [or People’s Republic of Bangladesh or Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh]
[10m] Fazlur Khan drew inspiration from bamboo for his tube system, which was first used in his design for this building and later for the Burj Khalifa. Two broadcast antennae were extended on this black aluminum and bronzed glass building in 1982.
ANSWER: Willis Tower [accept Sears Tower]
[10e] Marina Tabassum designed Khudi Bari, modular bamboo buildings to serve this purpose for Rohingya refugees. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is a private design serving this purpose.
ANSWER: housing [accept word forms like houses; accept equivalents such as shelter]
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Summary
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| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 57% | 43% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |