DESIGN GUIDE
TOOLS PUBLIC SPACE IS COLLIDING WITH ITS BORDERS. THE APPROACH IS TO EXPAND THE AREA. CONSEQUENTLY TRANSCENDING THESE BORDERS WILL RESULT IN FADING.
TRANSCENDING THE LIMITS OF PUBLIC LIFE IN RAMNA AREA THE PARK AREA WILL BE A CAR FREE ZONE WHERE PEDESTRIANS HAVE ACCESS EVERYWHERE AND RICKSHAWS SERVE AS TRANSPORTATION METHOD.
SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS REGULATE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CAR-FREE AREA.
THE PRESENCE OF A PLACE FOR WOMEN STIMULATES THE FEMALE APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC SPACE.
THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK FUNCTIONS AS A DISPLAY THAT MARKS THE KEY GREEN ZONE OF DHAKA.
THE INTERCONNECTION OF RAMNA PARK AND SUHRAWARDI UDYAN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC AREA. THIS CAN BE DONE WHILE PRESERVING THE PARTICULAR CHARACTERS OF BOTH.
CONNECTING THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN THE PARK AREA CHARGES THE PLACE AND ALLOWS ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN DIFFERENT GROUPS.
4 ATTITUDES TO COPE WITH THE RISING POPULATION THE PRESENT PUBLIC SPACES NEED TO INTENSIFY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY STRENGTHENING THE TIME-SHARING CAPACITY OF THE PUBLIC SPACE.
ON THE LOCAL SCALE OF THE RAMNA AREA A SOCIAL PLATFORM IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT CREATES LINKAGE BETWEEN DIFFERENT GROUPS.
THE DESIGN INTERVENTION RESPECTS THE CAPACITY FOR EXPRESSIONS OF CELEBRATION AND PROTEST IN RAMNA AREA.
THE PRESENT IDEA OF BEING A PLACE OF DANGER IS CHANGED BY GIVING IT A TRANSPARENT CHARACTER.
IN MALE DOMINATED PUBLIC SPACE THE DIALOGUE ON GENDER IS TICKLED THROUGH A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.
THE DESIGN ATTEMPTS TO USE TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATE TO THE CONTEXT AND THE ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE COUNTRY.
CLIMATE IS ALWAYS ON THE AGENDA WHILE DESIGNING SOMETHING TO LAST IN BANGLADESH.
INFORMAL ACTIVITY IS FROM GREAT VALUE ON THE PUBLIC FORUM. THEREFORE ITS PRESENCE IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
reDESIGNATING SHAHBAG-NODE BOOKLET 5
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reDESIGNING SUHRAWARDI UDYAN BOOKLET 7
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