Mohammed Rezwan

Architect Mohammed Rezwan is the founder of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a not-for-profit development organization in Bangladesh. Drawing on his architectural expertise, he designs spaces on boats that successfully accommodate the needs of schools, libraries, and training and healthcare centers. He is also the inventor of the “solar water farming” technique, as well as the “bamboo, bottle and siren” flood warning system and the SuryaHurricane solar lantern. His floating schools and SuryaHurricane solar lantern designs were exhibited at the “Design with the Other 90%: CITIES” exhibition, organized by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. He is featured in Erlesene Welten (Hungry Minds), a documentary film about three mobile libraries in the world, as well as in the documentary film Easy Like Water supported by the Sundance Documentary Institute. He has received both national and international honors including, but not limited to, the Sotokoto Green Fighter 2010, Cordes Fellowship 2010, Heroes of the Great Bengal 2006, Social Entrepreneur of Global Philanthropy Forum 2006 and Global Social Benefit Incubator 2005/2006, and Ashoka CBI Award 2003. Rezwan has been featured in international newspapers and magazines including Bergens Tidende, Politiken, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Independent UK, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His work has also received coverage on CNN International, Al Jazeera English, the National Geographic Channel, and NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.