Presentation given at ArchEx in Richmond Va, November 2017, showcasing latest effort for a new satellite city in Dhaka Bangladesh. The project is centered around a walk-able city, a city that gives back, a city in measure with the realities of a developing country. In short, its an indigenous smart city.

1. NEW DHAKA
bbcrea.ve & JBD Interna.onal
ArchEx 2017

2. [ in Bangladesh you eat with your hands ]

3. “First life, then spaces, then buildings -
the other way around never works.”
Jan Gehl

4. the program
Concept & Master Plan
For a new 2,800 acre city on the
outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh
the client
Bestway Group Holdings
3rd Largest land owner in Bangladesh

5. locaDon

6. locaDon

7. Bangladesh ranked as the most
corrupt naDon in the world
from 2001 to 2005
Transparency InternaDonal
CorrupDon Index
some interesDng facts:

8. some interesDng facts:
Bangladesh ranked as the most
corrupt naDon in the world
from 2001 to 2005
Transparency InternaDonal
CorrupDon Index
Dhaka ranked as
“The Least Livable City
in The World”
The Economist (2012)
today its 4th-to-last, Damascus, Syria has become last

9. some interesDng facts:
Bangladesh ranked as the most
corrupt naDon in the world
from 2001 to 2005
Transparency InternaDonal
CorrupDon Index
Dhaka ranked as
“The Least Livable City
in The World”
The Economist (2012)
today its 4th-to-last, Damascus, Syria has become last
The World Bank predicts
Bangladesh’s GDP will grow 6.7%
in 2016, making it one of the
world’s fastest growing
economies.
Actual growth was 7.1%, outpacing esDmates

10. some interesDng facts:
Bangladesh ranked as the most
corrupt naDon in the world
from 2001 to 2005
Transparency InternaDonal
CorrupDon Index
Dhaka ranked as
“The Least Livable City
in The World”
The Economist (2012)
today its 4th-to-last, Damascus, Syria has become last
The World Bank predicts
Bangladesh’s GDP will grow 6.7%
in 2016, making it one of the
world’s fastest growing
economies.
Actual growth was 7.1%, outpacing esDmates
The median age in Bangladesh is
26 years and the birthrate is
stable at 2.14
Median age in the US is 38 and birthrate is 1.84

11. One amazing fact:
The populaDon in Dhaka is
currently 18 million and increasing
by approximately 300,000 annually
It is the fastest growing megalopolis
in the world.
Currently the 5th largest city in the world
Largest city in the world: Shanghai at 24 million

12. to put it in perspecDve:
Richmond is roughly 60% of the land area
of Dhaka
60% of 18 million = 10.8 million
to get from the current populaDon of
223,170 to 10.8 million... lets add
all of Virginia, which is 8 million... plus
all of Chicago, which is 2.7 million
into Richmond City Limits and you have
roughly the same density of Dhaka.

13. Dhaka today

14. Dhaka today

15. Dhaka today

16. So where do we go from here?

17. Songdo, South Korea
“The City of the Future”
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi UAE
“state of the art, carbon
neutral and zero waste”
“Smart City” Utopia
Modern machine for living, Tech first, people
second… only richest countries in the world can
afford it.
one possible direcDon

18. Brasília, Brazil
Lúcio Costa & Oscar Niemeyer
Chandigarh, India
Le Corbusier
“modern” Utopia
Machine for living, Buildings first, cars
second, people…..? Not a good model
another possible direcDon

19. its about the resident, how do you
connect her to the city?
how do you lik his spirit?
how do you change their
percepDon of where they live

20. our concept:
Give the residents a sense that
they belong to something bigger
than themselves by creaDng a
city designed around them.
At a human scale, a walking
scale, a social scale.

21. key design elements:
1. Organically Ordered
2. Pedestrian City
3. Neighborhood Focused
4. Open Source
5. A City That Gives Back

22. 1. Organically Ordered

23. Organically (Un)Ordered
Purbachal New Town, a
neighboring city being built
across the river from our city

24. 1. Organically Ordered

25. 1. Organically Ordered

26. 2. Pedestrian City
the central spine of the city

27. 2. Pedestrian City
Primary CirculaDon

28. 2. Pedestrian City
Secondary CirculaDon

29. 2. Pedestrian City
Center Spline

30. 2. Pedestrian City
Center Spline
City Squares VariaDons

31. 2. Pedestrian City
City Squares VariaDons
Massing

32. 3. Neighborhood Focused

33. 3. Neighborhood Focused

34. residenDal block variaDons
3. Neighborhood Focused

35. residenDal block massing
3. Neighborhood Focused

36. 3. Neighborhood Focused

37. 4. Open Source

38. 4. Open Source

39. 4. Open Source

40. 5. A City That Gives Back
Genera.onal Trend Towards
Benevolence
One for One business model
win / win

41. 5. A City That Gives Back

42. 5. A City That Gives Back

43. 5. A City That Gives Back

44. 5. A City That Gives Back

45. 5. A City That Gives Back

46. 5. A City That Gives Back

47. New Dhaka wants to convey a
very specific image to the world,
that a new local urbanism can
improve the quality of life of its
ciDzens, making it more than just
housing for the masses,
but rather a source of inspiraDon
for the individual.

48. A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR BANGLADESH
HELP YOURSELF WHILE HELPING OTHERS