Cox's Bazar Surf Hub
Synthia Jahan Studio is the lead design studio for Phase 1 feasibility and concept design of Bangladesh's first surf hub.
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Architecture
Climate-resilient design
Deployable infrastructure
Emerging technology
Design for places that demand real answers.
Architecture, resilient systems, and design strategy for sites shaped by climate, culture, material, and use.
01 / Studio
Architecture, material intelligence, and systems design for real site conditions.
The studio works across flood-prone coasts, remote communities, small-footprint homes, field infrastructure, and places where land, climate, and culture all have something to say.
The work moves between current client projects, built residential experience, deployable healthcare systems, holistic retreat master plans, independent eco-housing studies, interiors, and coordination tools for decentralized AI ecosystems.
Place
Begin with site: water, heat, access, material culture, use patterns, and what the land can realistically hold.
Material
Work with lower-impact systems and tactile atmospheres - aircrete, hempcrete, bamboo, modular assemblies, shade, light, and repair.
Systems
Make complex projects legible through spatial strategy, clear narratives, phased thinking, and drawings that help people act.
02 / Selected work
Selected work.
Veils
An original eco-dome dwelling concept shaped through sketches, material thinking, and a buildable language of light, shelter, and atmosphere.
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Vancouver Laneway Homes
Selected built residential work from lead architectural design and project management in Vancouver design-build.
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Hawaii Dome
A built design-build aircrete dome in Pāhoa, Hawaii, developed through hands-on material work and on-site construction.
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BuildingBloc / Vertex Systems
Prototype design and visual development for BuildingBloc, spanning deployable healthcare, microfactory interiors, remote-environment systems, and Vertex / KIMSSEA campus concepts.
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Utsa (Utsho) / OfferNet
A human-facing coordination layer shaped by architectural thinking, where offers, needs, and trust become visible through simple exchange.
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LHS Lab / Innovation Lab Interior
Commercial interior concept for a healthcare technology hub: flexible rooms, demo zones, partner graphics, and a warmer technical workplace.
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FT Ranch
A concept study and master plan for a holistic retreat centre and permaculture-informed retreat landscape in Texas.
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SolHaus
A compact “sun house” concept shaped around daylight, openness, efficient living, and solar-minded domestic design.
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Linear
A buildable narrow-home concept for tight urban lots, shaped by compact planning, warm interiors, efficient circulation, and strong exterior form.
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Innovation Crossing at Heritage Park
Concept and visual development for a public installation and placemaking study, developed for Rowan Doyle Design.
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syn.archive
Paintings, photography, writing, and visual research between the felt and the known.
Enter archive03 / Scope
Scope of work.
Architecture + concept design
Early design direction, feasibility studies, spatial strategy, visual development, drawings, and project narratives.
Coastal + regenerative hospitality
Surf hubs, retreat centres, eco-community concepts, site planning, local materials, climate-aware programming, and guest experience.
Modular infrastructure + interiors
Deployable healthcare, microfactories, compact spatial systems, tenant-improvement concepts, and technical workplace environments.
Product + coordination systems
Offer-network architecture, AI ecosystem coordination, community strategy, and working-group infrastructure.
04 / About
Synthia Jahan is an architectural designer, product owner, and interdisciplinary strategist.
Her work sits at the intersection of spatial thinking, systems design, and human experience. Whether designing buildings, modular infrastructure, or coordination tools for emerging AI ecosystems, the central question is often the same: how do you build something that actually holds?
Early work includes commercial interiors for global brands including Sony, Microsoft, Scotiabank, CIBC, and the Victoria Cancer Centre. She later led architectural design and project management in Vancouver design-build residential work, taking custom laneway homes from concept through permits and delivery.
Through Synthia Jahan Studio, current work includes practicing architectural design, leading early design for Cox's Bazar Surf Hub in Bangladesh, concept work for deployable modular systems, and product ownership for Utsa / OfferNet architecture within the SingularityNET ecosystem.
Her parallel art practice lives through syn.archive, a quiet collection of paintings, photographs, writing, and visual research.
05 / Contact
Let's make the next place with care.
For architecture, concept design, coastal feasibility, regenerative hospitality, modular infrastructure, interiors, product systems, or art-led spatial work.
hello@synthiajahan.ca