Imagining a Dhaka for 2035 | The Daily Star
An area development plan of Jinhua city, China, designed to accommodate floods instead of fighting them by building walls (designed by Kongjian Yu and Turenscape). No one doubts the magnitude of complexity that shrouds Dhaka, this city of 16 million poised between being the worst liveable and an economic colossus. The more complex a city is, the greater the need for dare and innovation in envisioning its future. Overwhelmed by conventional practices and policies, most planning initiatives are discouraged from considering innovative possibilities. The 2016-2035 Detailed Area Plan (DAP) takes ...
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