urban study about old Dhaka,

1. BURIGANGA RIVERFRONT
RETHINKING
A Princely Impostor? (Paperback)
by Partha Chatterjee (Author)

2. CITY IS A
Daniel Libskind
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3. CITY IS A MUSEUM
MUSEUM IS A DRAWING
DRAWING IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
A NEIGHBOURHOOD IS A HOUSE
HOUSE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE
Daniel Libskind

4. PEOPLE MADE TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION
Language
ART
ARCHITECTURE
URBANIZATION

5. LACK OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
Literature, Architecture & Urbanization
PROBLEM
PEOPL
E
are
FACING

6. ?D H A K A
Language is OK
Urbanization & Architecture ?
unplanned urbanization
lack of architectural preservation

7. THE DESTRUCTION OF DHAKA IS STARTED FROM 19TH
CENTURY
ARCHITECTURE
URBANIZATION
Ref. DHAKAR DEAL, Muntasir Mamun

8. The past is gone but future should be
GUARANTEED.
SO

9. LET US START

10. LANDUSE PATTERN
EXISTING

11. 1600 1750 1850 1960 1980 1990 2002
Pre-Mughal
Dhaka.
Source:
Islam,
1996b.
River
Settlement
area
Reference : Strategies to integrate the Mughal
settlements in Old Dhaka
1600 1750 1850 1960 1980 1990 2002

20. RIVERFRONT
FUNCTIONS

21. HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
ON EXISTING SITE

22. Babubazar Mosque
And this is the mosque of
darogah amiruddin.
Amiruddin was probably a
darogah in the police
department of the east
india company in the early
19th century. Here at babu
bazar, there used to be a
market for firewood along
the riverbank, which you
can see in the foreground
of the picture:

23. Kotwali THANA
BAFA

24. Ahsan Manzil

26. BEFORE & PRESENT
SITUATION

27. BEFORE
PRESENT

28. LIVABILITY IN OLD DHAKA
Evolving residential patterns in Mohallas

29. First pattern (A) canal based service
Second pattern (B) manually serviced/pit latrines
access
service
Toilet: latrine +
bath
Uthan (court)
Land
sub-
division
generating
residential
pattern

30. Pre-
1910
1938
1976
With the introduction
of sewer lines ,
toilet moved on upper
floor, so did the
kitchen.
1950
First floor was added.
Family moved to first
floor except for cooking
and toilet.
toilet
Outhous
e
male
cooking
Family
uthan
Outhous
e
male
Family
female
cooking
toilet
kitche
n

31. ORGANIZATION IN THE MOHALLA
Second pattern houses supported by front access and
back service network.

32. 1900’s
Family settled as
tenants
1960’s
First subdivision
3parcel, 2 brothers +
1 sister
Respondents mother
(44’ *32’)
1980’s
Second subdivision
3parcel, 2 brothers +
1 sister
(Approx. 15’*32’ each
parcel)
Respondents
motherparcel
LAND SUBDIVISION AND PHYSICAL BUILT UP-
not in scale

33. NEWROAD
32’-
0”
shops
Brothers
two storeys
two storey building
on the land ACCESSLANE
16’-0”

34. CASUAL
Original house
1912-15
NEWROAD
FIRSTFLOOR
SECONDFLOOR
FIRSTCOUSINS
OUT
HOUSE
OUT
HOUSE
10’-6”
18’-
10”
The house measures 20’*27’ of
covered space/ floor 2 rooms
(16’10”*13’ , 10’6”*18’) / floor
kitchen, toilet in first floor
ba
c
ba
1st
subdivision a. respondent’s family share
b. uncle’s share
2nd
subdivision c. respondent’s recently (1980)
acquired share
(1980)

35. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT IN
OLD DHAKA

36. Number of the Buildings of Dhaka in Ward Level (Con’t)

37. Main Structural Types of Dhaka (Con’t)
A Number of Grouped Occupancy Classes in Dhaka (Con’t)

38. Buildings Age and Visible Physical Condition of Dhaka
Vulnerability Factors in Dhaka (Con’t)

39. VULNERABILITY RATE – 88.50%
Total structure – 835
Vulnerable – 739
WARD - 73

40. A Number of Occupants in Dhaka (Con’t)

41. WE ARE PROPOSING
> > >

42. NEW RIVERFRONT
LANDUSE ZONING

44. WATER PURIFICATION THROUGH
FLOATING AQUATIC PLANTS

45. TREE DISTRIBUTION TO GENERATE
VERSATILE LEVEL OF SOCIAL SPACES
BIG tree - Bot, Gamari, Polas etc.
MODERATE tree – Debdaru, Kath golap, Keora etc.
SMALL tree – Pata Bahar, Bagan Bilas, Kamini etc.

47. TREE LAYER
TREE LAYER ROW HOUSE
ROW HOUSE
SHAKHARI BAZAR
SHOP
OUTHOUSE
SEMIPUBLIC