Competition project & International Awards

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION BY UN-HABITAT

UN-HABITAT COMPETITION OF MASS HOUSING: - I ACTUALLY TRIED TO WORK WITH THE URBAN POOR. - BASTUHARA IS AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT JUST BESIDE THE KHULNA CITY CENTRE.

Urban Revitalization of Bastuhara Mass Housing

Khulna-Jassore Highway Khulna-Jassore Highway

Urban sprawl isolating the site

Bastuhara (site)

Bastuhara (site)

Shibbari Node Site

is 5

.5 k

ma

way

from

City

Cen

Area ofof Movement for Workplaces Area Movement for Workplaces

Intimate scale & live environment of a street & it’s relation with buildform

ter

City Center

650 IN 1974 713 IN 2002 Actual (2012) 1500

2600 3600 7500

1500

7500

Total=

Recreat ional

Ratio of space Use

24

or 15.57

24

density

per ACRE population

density

per ACRE household

AREA( in acre)

14 16 24

AREA( in acre)

Agriculture Field

HOUSEHOLD MEMBER

HOUSEHOLD

In Bangladesh, the practice going on in the field of housing, has a trend to work for the upper middle and upper class; neglecting the less fortunate people who really need our attention. Another thing that has been jeopardizing our contextual identity is the current architectural practice of following western architectural patterns without any legitimate thought. In the face of it all, now is the right time to be careful about these delicate issues and work to find a viable solution.

Khulna city is the 3rd largest city of Bangladesh located in the southern west area. For industrial development many workers & day labours stays here.

After liberation War of 1971 number of refuge increased in city area. To solve the situation in 1974 a place in Boyra area was undertaken outside Khulna CBD to promote mass housing. The place was named “Bastuhara Housing”. This housing have some strong potentialities like community bonding & sharing which created a strong social security. The influential semi-outdoor & outdoor activity & their adaptive quality is a huge potentiality for mass housing revitalization. Managing the high density & resident’s multipurpose use of the space of the spaces are most challenging elements of this housing. Without linkage with the ground, this mass housing revitalization will fail.

46.42 44.56 62.50

185.71 225.00 312.50

62.50

312.50

62.50

312.50

Open Space

Existing School Field

Bastuhara

Residential Area

Residential Area

The 60’ main road have commercial development both side of it.In housing adjacent side the development is mixed use (residential & commercial ).On other side the development occured by illegally capturing land for road.This road connected the site with urban locality.

House Type “A” Tubewell

Housing Cluster section of inner Housing Street showing interactive street life

House Type “D”

Housing Cluster The inner streets works as indigenous bengal courts. They use the street as the extended space of their household. This is a place for communication, interaction, daily chores,leisure etc. This space is the strength of this community.

House Type “B”

Bastuhara

House Type “C”

The Primary School & High School are beside the pond. Play field in front of the schools are in bad condition & critical to use.

Residential Plot Commercial Facilities Mixed Use Educational Facilities Mosque Tubewell Common Toilet

The tubewells & common toilets are major point of gathering.It is a place that work as community space.

panaromic view around The Pond

section showing Intimate Scale of Street Space & Activities

Tubewell

Toilet

Shops

Cattle Shed

Housing Block

10’ Internal Street

Shop

Club House

10’ Internal Street

Mosque

Residence

Shop

Waterside sitting

section through Main Road Shop

Residence

Mixed Use ( Commercial & Residential)

Main Road

Housing Cluster

Common Toilet

10’ Internal Street

Cattle Shed

Pond

Housing Cluster

section through Housing

Front road of houses are interactive space. Resident’s use that space as their courtyard. Developing the environment of that street by using brick pavement block quality of that space can be enhanced.

With changing condition of family size there will be needs of vertical growth of built forms. Introducing building solution to keep this space & scale intact the interactive life of Growing service points as community space the street can be protected.

Growing service points as community space

Vertical developments of build forms Bath space beside tube well is a great interactive space for all the members of this community. Dump zone is created because of low maintenance. We like to improve that space as a thought sharing space.

A well planed toilet design will ensure better health condition for the people of this community.

Enhancing the street life & providing existing scale & interaction in vertical growth

Revitalization Scheme Preserving the quality of street life.

Protecting natural resource & creating opportunity of income generation through pisciculture.

Relocating illegal commercial area & encouraging mixed use development beside main road.

Creating a scale to maintain balance between housing locality & residential area in front of it.

Enrich service points as community space.

Bastuhara Residentia

Cluster with a service point as community space

Developing this road as a hub for different communities

Soil filling & preserving open field.

Children are taking their education with minimum facilities. By proving school dress and developing the environment of the school we can encourage them for study. Children of this community use the courtyard like street in front of their house as playing space .Developing a park like playing space for the children in the open fiend besides primary school will ensure their mental and physical growth.

60 feet front road has a great commercial value for the community.

Some commercial shop also exists at present. We like the propose a well planed commercial development for this road to ensure a better income generation of this community people.

It will also ensure the balance the skyline of the city section height.

Central water body can be a great source of community income by developing fish culture.

Most of the women of this community have developed their skill in cottage industry . We like to propose a community women club to enrich their skill and income.

Human, cattle and poultry are living in a unhealthy condition . By creating a different zone for the cattle and poultry in every road this problem can be solved.

CONCEPT In the conventional practice we see, housing solution patterns that have been used over and over again. These typical housing patterns, where everything HAS TO BE prototype, and everything HAS TO HAVE an exact location; creates the ever so 100%100% monotonous space quality that we see in every housing. The over used iron grid pattern has made any housing project -- Space SpaceSharing– Sharing– - Recreational space Recreational space – 10%– unwelcoming and uninteresting in a very awkward way. Even with all the advantages and facilities available in a housing state, -- Multipurpose use of space – 30% - Multipurpose use of space – people especially the young people, or students often feel the regulatory design approach a bit restrictive. Monolithic housing often 30% Development through use masterplan zoning and thus turns the housing estate into a project with no life. street... street is shared Development through Resource: Resource:

Ratio of space 10%

-Water body -Water body -Play Fields -Religious Amenities

Recess Points: Recess

-A patch of green -A community shop -A tea-stall -Acommunity patch of green -A training center -A community shop supply, -A service point: Water Sanitation etc.

Points:

Communication Communica Lines

Human beings are independent creatures with the ability of free will and the unique, variable characteristics of individuality. They cannot be compared to a herd of sheep or goat, that one can build up a ranch or a stable and stack them up in an orderly fashion. like to live with ‘apparent irregularity’ or ‘controlled uncertainty’; that is just the way we were created. And there’s nothing wrong with it.

Street as common yard

functional open space (service zone)

Development through street & space sharing

INCOME RATION

FAMILY RATIO

EXPENDITURE RATIO

RELIGION RATIO

We have been habituated to live for thousands of years in this world with unplanned and apparently unplanned development patterns. The question is, Why should the prototype housing design for mass people to live in should be so impeccably perfect?

The concept of it all is self contradictory in itself. In the condition as such, we need to go beyond the typical housing solutions. We have to break the cliched monotony that every housing project has to offer us. Thus, by modifying the typical formulation of “mass Housing” we can create new opportunities for mass people habitat.

Hence the concept...

LIVING WITH APPARENT IMPERFECTION

CONCEPT DEPICTION Here is a diagram that represents the above discussed ‘apparent irregularity’ or, ‘controlled uncertainty’. In the diagram given Resource: -Water body above we can see the typical iron grid solutions -Play Fields for housing.

-Religious Amenities If we compare, we can easily see that, in both the patterns there are certain recess points, resources and communication lines.

In both the diagram the housing amenities have equally been distributed among the user groups.

But in the second diagram the exact same thing has been done, with more flexibility and ease. The apparent unpredictability or irregularity can be a stimuli for the people living inside.

Recess Points: -A patch of green -A community shop -A tea-stall -A community training center -A service point: Water supply, Sanitation etc.

Communication With a bit more variation people can enjoy a much Lines

**EARNING SOURCE: 1. These people actually serve the city behind & make the city run.

2. At least 30% people’s earning source is in the community.

more enjoyable walk along the streets of any settlement.

Typical Mass Housing

Monotonous

Modification of Iron Grid Pattern

Apparent Imperfection

In the proposed scheme there are numerous recess points that will actually initiate community interaction and act as mingling points for the housing residents.

In this scheme in contrast to the conventional one, the recess points are scattered all over the project enabling better and more natural type of neighborhood.

Expenditure sectors

Lower Class

GLOBAL TRANSFERABILITY The transferability of this concept is beyond question, as it requires no particular design element, or expertise in certain skill or construction technique; rather, it is a modification of the theme of housing settlement pattern.

So, it can be said that, with the differences of climate, geology, nationality etc., this concept can contribute to any housing project with a more sustainable approach, anywhere in the world.

Middle Class

Higher Class

SPACE VISUALISATION

View in front of the School

Street view with apparent irregularity

For this project I have been awarded for the 3rd national position in Bangladesh By UN HABITAT

Certificate was Given By UN-HABITAT

DESIGN COMPETITION

CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH DISASTER

Unstoppable Schooling.. Continuing education with disaster

Schooling With TIDE & EBB(Joyar-Vata)....

JOYAR-1 (TIDE) 12 am

CANALS &

# Temporary Establishment – School will be a temporary one which will be built after disaster. # Use of ‘JOYAR & VATA’ ( TIDE & EBB ).. to move the temporary school. # Multipurpose use of the used material in this school # Placement of the school will be near the cyclone center. # Use of local material, Easy Technique, with Less Labor and Low Costing. # Used by Sharing so that the costing will lessen.

DESIGN DETAIL: Tuesday

Vata(1st) School -- nil Joyar(1st) School(1) -- 6 am- 8:30 am Joyar(1st) School(2) -- 9 am- 11:30 am Vata(2nd) School -- 12:30 pm- 3 pm

Vata(1st) School -- 6 am- 8:30 am Joyar(1st) School(1) -- 9 am- 11:30 am Joyar(1st) School(2) -- 12 am- 2:30 pm Vata(2nd) School -- Return Back

Sunday

Wednesday

Vata(1st) School -- nil Joyar(1st) School(1) -- 7 am- 9:30 am Joyar(1st) School(2) -- 10 am- 12:30 am Vata(2nd) School -- 1:30 pm- 4 pm

Vata(1st) School -- 7 am- 9:30 am Joyar(1st) School(1) -- 10 am- 12:30 pm Joyar(1st) School(2) -- 1 pm- 3:30 pm Vata(2nd) School -- Return Back

Monday

Thursday

Vata(1st) School -- nil Joyar(1st) School(1) -- 8 am- 10:30 am Joyar(1st) School(2) -- 11 am- 1:30 pm Vata(2nd) School -- 2:30 pm- 5 pm

Vata(1st) School -- 8 am- 10:30 am Joyar(1st) School(1) -- 11 am-1:30 pm Joyar(1st) School(2) -- 2 pm- 4:30 pm Vata(2nd) School -- Return Back

Friday Will Be the Holyday

12 am 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm

1am

12 pm

6am 5am 4am 3am 2am

VATA-2 (EBB)

6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12pm

JOYAR-2 (TIDE)

TIDE’S SCHEMATIC WAY

Those area’s

NATURAL SYSTEM OF TIDE & EBB COMING FOR ONE PLACE

Our schooling platform size will be 24’-0’’ X 13’-0’’

TIME SCHEDULE OF OUR SCHOOL

Saturday

N

Our floating school will go to some distinct place(prefferable to the destroyed school) and serve that area or that school’s student. one floating school can serve 3 school by using joyar and vata.

MO

DESIGN IDEA Our floating school will go to some distinct place(prefferable to the destroyed

T SA

# adjacent to cyclone center -

costing, time and labor would not be available. not suitable environment for schooling

if it would build after disaster time than

N

# temporary establishment -

6 am

SU

(without cyclone center or any concrete structure)

R TH D WE

8 am 7 am

E

risk to survive in disaster.

I

9 am TU

# permanent establishment -

FR

11 am 10 am

VATA-1 (EBB)

PROBLEMS IN DESIGN

RIVER

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

RIVER

CANAL SCHOOL

SCHOOL

CYCLONE CENTRE TIDE FROM RIVER EBB TO THE RIVER

RIVER

Schematic plan of schooling

THE FLOUTING SCHOOL

Every School has at least 1 boat for Costing : DESIGN DETAIL: Our schooling platform size will be 24’transportation (we will use these Boats).

Item Two bamboos in each side are added to tied the 2 boats

Price per

1.

3 nos. of

100

300

2. *Local 30 nos of

50 tk per

1500

3. Rope

100 tk

100

Nil

100

1 kg Nil

4.

2,000

* These can be managed locally .

Boat will be managed by locally PERSPECTIVE OF FLOATING SCHOOL ELEVATION- 01

PLAN OF MY FLOATING SCHOOL

Tied Bamboo PLATFORM

Tier to make it stable SECTION THROUGH THE WIDTH OF BOAT

ELEVATION- 02 BOAT SIZE: 33’-0’’ X 6’-0’’ # Two boat will move separately. it will be tied up by bamboo and rope in the spot.

Layer - 1 (storage of books) Layer - 2 (watered)

Single Portion

Total Floor- All Portion Together

Usage As Dayas - In 2 Orientation