Teacher-Student Centre, University of Dhaka

Teacher-Student Centre
ছাত্র-শিক্ষক কেন্দ্র
Teacher-Student Centre
Alternative names	TSC
General information
Type	Recreational Centre
Architectural style	Modern
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°43′52″N 90°23′46″E / 23.731229°N 90.3962°E / 23.731229; 90.3962Coordinates: 23°43′52″N 90°23′46″E / 23.731229°N 90.3962°E / 23.731229; 90.3962
Completed	1961
Design and construction
Architect	Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

The Teacher-Student Centre or TSC of the University of Dhaka is a building on the Dhaka University campus in Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Centre was established in 1961 by the Dhaka University as the Division of Student Affairs.

The construction of the Teacher-Student Centre was financed by the Pakistan Government and the Ford foundation. Parts of the site used to be land of the old Sujatpur Palace grounds (the oldest Nawab Mansion in Shahbagh). There was a Greek cemetery on the west side of the race course, now Suhrawardy Udyan. Many historically important political meetings and discussions were held at the Teacher-Student Centre during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Student political situations are still held there.

The main building was designed by Konstantinos Doxiadis, a Greek architect and town planner. An example of modern architecture, it takes into account indigenous culture, climate, and spatial arrangement. Arranged around a court, it has an extra butterfly canopy (double roof) extended over the main block at the front, which helps to keep the Centre cool. The complex contains dining rooms, meeting rooms, libraries, art and music rooms, stages, a multipurpose hall, game rooms, a film lab, rehearsal rooms, and more. As a result, the Teacher-Student Centre forms the social and cultural heart of the campus. The complex has some extensions which were built during the 1980s that allowed north-south cross-ventilation . As one enters the Teacher-Student Centre, a sculpture by Hamiduzzaman Khan greets the visitors.

Across the green lawn to the east of the Teacher-Student Centre stands a small Greek Mausoleum. It was constructed in 1915. This building has a square structure, similar to a classical doric monument, rather than a more ecclesiastical style, with an entrance on the east side. The flat roof projects forward on all sides, transforming the square plan into a cruciform shape. It is the only trace of the small Greek community that existed in Bangladesh in the 19th century. The mausoleum still has several epitaphs attached to the wall, most of which are written in classical Greek.