Infrastructure-Architecture
Assemblage
What would be the theoretical alternative beyond this static building-infrastructure dichotomy to act empirically in Dhaka’s formal-informal reality? Can there be an infrastructurearchitecture assemblage? Design Studio lX, DoA-BUET, explores this theoretical posing by taking the drainage infrastructure as a reference point; but unlike the West, it includes the role of people’s negotiations beyond the ‘disruption-restoration’ closed public response.
Architecture
Assemblage
Disrupted physical infrastructures’ stalling everyday Dhaka urban life is now an empirical reality, occurred before but magnified recently in scale and impacts. Rain caused water logging due to a dysfunctional drainage system becomes an urban hazard with inter-related health, economic, social, and environmental consequences. The exuberance of urban life, in all its diversities and potentials, has been held captive by a dated urban theorization separating buildings and infrastructure. A professional and institutional compartmentalization among architecture, planning and engineering discourses makes architecture an aftermath.
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Infrastructure
What is Infrastructure?
The word is a combination of the Latin prefix "infra", meaning "below" and "structure"
Gas line, Water pipe, plumbing line, electrical wire
Pump house , Community gathering, Hospital
As a social infrastructure
Those PHYSICAL ELEMENTS placed under the basic structure
A collaborative SYSTEM that helps to function a body
Architect who worked to Assemblage?
The Creator
Taking water and salts from soil
Transfer foods to leaves
photosynthesis
Understanding
The Design of a tree
Pollination
Adjust with the environment
Providing fruits & flower
Understanding
The Design of a tree
Collaboration
Singularity
Plasticity
Singularity
Singularity
A
D
B E
F
C
Has its internal system but no defined way to transfer elements or any separated functioning body
“House is a machine for living”
SYSTEM
Input
Electricity Water supply
Output
Grey water Black water
Grey water Black water
Electricity Water supply
Movable wooden plates
Water placed too cool down the air coming from south
Inspiration from Chow-chala roof in rural area Ferrocement walls Wooden floor as a light weight
Window with bamboo frame One surface is deleted to catch the air coming from south-eastern side
Collaboration
But we are different I love u
Un-Collaborated system
Collaborated system
Rainwater reservoir
Supply water reservoir
Upper rainwater reservoir can store 9500 liters water
Drainage system in roof
Can collect highest amount of rain water
Net to purify the rain water from old leaves and dusts
Integrated waterways to carry the rainwater into the reservoir
Integrated solar panel can produce 7 kilowatt energy
Plasticity
Summer
Mangrove forest
Winter
Evolution
Kaktas
Section AA
Overhead reservoir V3
Overhear rain water reservoir V4 V6
V5
Students’ toilet
Hatirjhil Septic tank
Rain water reservoir
Pump machine
Teacher’s toilet
V2 V1
Water body WASA supply
Ordinary time
Overhead reservoir V3
Overhear rain water reservoir V4 V6
V5
Students’ toilet
Hatirjhil Septic tank
Rain water reservoir
Pump machine
Teacher’s toilet
V2 V1
Water body WASA supply
When precipitation in over 10%
Overhead reservoir V3
Overhear rain water reservoir V4 V6
V5
Students’ toilet
Hatirjhil Septic tank
Rain water reservoir
Pump machine
Teacher’s toilet
V2 V1
Water body WASA supply
The valve will release water when temperature in more than 20 degree, but also depends on the moisture condition
Overhead reservoir V3 V5
Pump machine
Teacher’s toilet
V2 V1
Water body WASA supply
Air coming from the southern site will be cool down Evaporation of water will work as sweat.
V1
V2
V3
V4
V5
V6
Precipitation 5-10%
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
Precipitation 1-5%
no
yes
no
yes
yes
no
Humidity over no 40%
yes
no
yes
yes
no
Temperature over 25.C
yes
no
no
no
no
no
Priority chart
Precipitation
Humidity
Temperature
Rainwater is now storing in the underground reservoir Connection with the supply water is dismissed to pump out stagnated water WASA reservoir is working as a rainwater reservoir.
Valve 2 is releasing water in 2 hours gap
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The building who talks
NORTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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