Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh with a population of 17 million is one of the most densely populated cities of the world. The city is geographically located in the deltaic plain of three major rivers, Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna, and surrounded by their tributaries. The studio will focus on an industrial area of Dhaka (Tejgaon), which has been recently earmarked for development as the city’s new CBD. While this prospect of development suggests optimist scenarios, it also raises many questions regarding the spatial and social vulnerability of the middle and lower middle income urban community living on the eastern side of the site, next to the Begunbari canal.

This studio will explore solutions to promote the co-existence of affordable housing with a new, vibrant CBD in the centre of Dhaka. The aim of the project is to rethink the post-industrial future of Tejgaon as a paradigm for a sustainable approach for the development of a water resilient urban community in a megacity such as Dhaka.

This studio will be led by 2019 Visiting Professor Marina Tabassum (MTA Architects, Dhaka). Marina Tabassum was the winner of the 2016 Aga Kahn Award for Architecture with the project for the Bait ur Rouf Mosque. She has been involved in several initiatives with local communities in Bangladesh and designed projects ranging several scales, from residential blocks to master plans. Her work is characterized by a careful attention to climate, materials, site, culture, and local history. She is the academic director of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements.

Participating in the studio requires a field trip to Dhaka from 21 April to 28 April 2019. The cost of the field trip is approximately €1.000,00 (return flight Amsterdam-Dhaka and accommodation in Dhaka for one week). Each participant in the studio should support this cost.

TutorsDick van GamerenNelson Mota

Code AR2AD010Credits 12 ECTSLocation Dhaka

(Bangladesh)Excursion YesCosts ± €1.000

Architecture & DwellingMSc 2 Global Housing StudioDhaka: Designing a Resilient Urban Community

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The Republic of Ghana is going through a period of fast economic growth and intense urbanization. A regional power in the heart of the West-African coastal region, the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious country combines a long history of ancient kingdoms and successive colonial exploitations with succesfull economic enterprise, political stability and international collaboration. An ever increasing population and a constant migration towards the coast, have turned a landscape once flocked with fisherman’s villages into a continuous urban development along the southern seaside.

The city of Tema was planned from scratch in 1952 as a new town for the country’s new and largest harbour in the greater urban area of capital Accra. Built and maintained under the authority of the Tema Development Corporation (TDC), the city’s original and carefully designed schemes of housing and road layouts

with landscaping, recreational areas and social amenities, do no longer meet the current needs and numbers of the large population influx.

In the 2019 Global Housing Studio you will investigate the original ideas and current qualities of housing neighbourhoods in Tema, and design new models and prototypes for dwellings and neighbourhoods that answer the direct need of mass-housing while taking into account local cultural, economic and technical conditions. The course is set-up in close collaboration with the TDC and local universities, providing direct access to local knowledge and sites.

A workshop week in Ghana from 21-28 April 2019 is a mandatory part of the design course. Costs of this excursion (+/- € 1.000,- for flight and one week accomodation in Tema) are to be supported by each participant.

TutorsDick van GamerenHarald Mooij

Code AR2AD010Credits 12 ECTSLocation Tema

(Ghana)Excursion YesCosts ± €1.000

Architecture & DwellingMSc 2 Global Housing Studio - Tema Treasures and TransformationsPrototypes for local urban housing neighbourhoods in Ghana

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