Synthia JahanStudio
Selected work / 01
current work / coastal feasibility / Bangladesh

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.

Cox’s Bazar Surf Hub exterior concept study with brick, concrete, surfboards, landscape, and coastal shade.
Cox’s Bazar Surf Hub - exterior concept study.

Synthia Jahan Studio is leading Phase 1 feasibility and concept design for Cox’s Bazar Surf Hub in Bangladesh, shaping the spatial direction, program, material thinking, and early design narrative for a coastal surf, food, culture, and community destination.

The first design question is not aesthetic. It is existential: how does a building survive here? That question shapes the ground plane, structure, material palette, thresholds, and social life of the project.

The current studies draw from coastal Bangladesh: terracotta, bamboo, fishing-net geometry, open-air gathering, surf culture, local food, and a quieter form of resilience that negotiates with water rather than pretending it is not there.

Cox’s Bazar Surf Hub interior concept with brick screen, concrete structure, surfboards, and woven shade.
Interior atmosphere and material study.
Hand sketch for Cox’s Bazar Surf Hub showing surf hub section, cafe, roof, bamboo, and circulation notes.
Early sketch and program study.
Open-air Cox’s Bazar Surf Hub concept with brick, concrete, fishing net canopy, surfboards, and ocean edge.
Open-air surf hub concept study.