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SITE I have decided to look at Banani as a possible location for my site as it is considered to be the centre of Dhaka’s affluent neighbourhood far from factories. A residential area for the elite, Banani is now home to a number of the city’s top restaurants, shopping centres, schools and members’ clubs. The neighbourhood also hosts the majority of embassies and high commissions in Dhaka. In reference to my initial statement in the previous pages about the lack of industries in the city centre’s, I think Banani will be a suitable location to analyse and understand it’s current building typologies and what the area require’s with regards to industries in the city.
MIRPUR BANANI
CANTONMENT
TEJGAON
MOHAMMADPUR
SABUJBAG
The Hazaribag Tanneries is the heart of the leather industry in Dhaka.
RAMNA
HAZARIBAG DHANMONDI
MOTIJHEEL LALBAG Kamrangirchar is the single largest concentration of slums in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area and reported that of the (approx) 300,000 people living there, 265,000 are slum dwellers.
KAMRANGIRCHAR
KOTWALI SUTRAPUR
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DEMRA
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The lack of visible industries near Banani make it suitable for my potential site as it is the heart of city living in Dhaka.