competition project

Rural Community Precinct

ROLE: PROJECT LEAD

OTHER MEMBERS:

1. TAHSIN AZAD

2. KHAIRUL ANAM APU

3. BAYJID ABIR

As part of the competition arranged by commonwealth Association of Architects to welcome inclusive spaces for the elderly we proposed a pilot project, that can be installed in the most regions of Bangladesh as considering its low cost and availability of materials. This community precinct will serve the by most means but will connect all generations. And give them a family in the disguise of an integral community.

>>Day school(for children)

From 7 am-12 pm

>>Night school (for all age group)

From 6pm-8pm

>>Library_ driven by local retired elder citizens

>>Central meeting area for elder People with seating arrangements. >> occasional meeting place, if any.

>>Primary health care center for elderly (from 8 am-3 pm)

>>Health post for women ( 3pm-6pm)

>>Chatting and knitting area for women(from 2pm-5pm)

Program:

•School(day & night shift)

•Health centre

•Meeting area

•club

•toilet

Choosing sustainable and local material:

• Bamboo is locally available in almost all regions in Bangladesh.

• bamboo is accepted to be a sustainable material in terms of both climatic consideration and durability.

• the green corrugated iron we are proposing to use in the roofing of this building is made of recyclable material. And also heat resistant.

Rainwater collection system:

• installing rainwater collection system in a community space like this makes it self contained in a way. This water can even be recycled immediately as to drink directly.

• the roof is treated and slightly inclined in the back to collect water directly from the roof.

• a PVC pipe is connected to numbers of interconnected earthen reservoirs.

Introduction of Accessibility in Rural context :

As being a part of a third world country, including accessibility in rural context is more of a luxury while they can hardly manage a homestead. But most accidents happening to the elder citizens are related to accessible issues. Our attempt is to introduce them to theses issues using local and affordable materials. These small sensitivity towards individuals can be a great step for the whole rural scenario.