To address social and environmental issues like community segragation, unsafe pedestrian movement, water pollution, lack of recreational space, the project ‘toGather’ proposes several communo-recreational facilities around a lake of a dense residential area to preempt the revival of the social fabric.
Due to centralization and scope of work, million and millions of citizen of al over the country are gathering in Dhaka, an oversaturated city, increasing verious urban problems. Traffic Jam, housing crisis, lack of infrastructural facilities like waste water management, rainwater drainage, gas line connection, waste treatment plant etc. are increasing day by day. Like other oversaturated cities of the world, the people living in Dhaka are facing identity crisis, as public spaces are disappearing. Going to restaurants once a week or month is the only form of recreation left for them. The kids and teenagers are drowning themselves in the black mirrored world of android phone and laptops. Having no public and appropriate interactions, they are developing verious mental and physical diseases.
individual
academic
level | studio | duration
Undergraduate | 2018 | 14 weeks
concept development
diagrammatic expression
BIM modeling
visualization and animation
energy analysis
sustainability integration
Jhilmil Residential Area, Keraniganj
Dhaka, Bangladesh
area
3.25 acres
Syed Abu Sufian Kushol, Assistant Professor
Md Tariquzzaman Tomal, Assistant Professor
Md Tariquzzaman Tomal, Assistant Professor
grasshopper
sketchup
illustrator
site
To address overpopulation issues, Capital Development Authority (RAJUK), the governing authority has taken the initiative of developing housing facilities at the outskirt of Dhaka. These housings are located at Purbachal, Keraniganj, Uttara etc.
However, to accommodate the never-ending rise of population, the authority is getting rid of public green spaces, playing fields and water bodies. Only the essential, very small spaces are left, which will fail to serve the large community.
ideation
Main focus was on turning the landscape into a Communo-recreational hub, focusing on recreation and community development purposes simultaniously.
Each of the activities to each age groups help them build up their community values, understanding their social and cultural needs, and building a strong bond between each and every member of each and every age groups, also their common activities minimizing their inter-age boundary and maximizing interection.