He first proposed "The Platform of Hope" (Ashar Macha) in 2007 when he moved personally in with family in the slums and designed a community space.
He also worked with German Architect Anna Heringer on the METI Handmade School in Rudrapur, Bangladesh which received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007.
[1] Kabir used a local carpenter and a bamboo worker to build a platform extending over Gulshan Lake, and connected it to the garden with a bridge.
The "Platform of Hope", measures 18 by 36 feet serves as an open area where local children in the slums of Dhaka can gather to play.
Located at the city's center, it is boxed in by a growing rich neighborhood and a lake, and increased population density has led to a decrease in open land.