DOI: 10.5176/2251-3701_2.2.68
Authors: Bayezid Ismail Choudhury, Dr. Peter Armstrong and Dr. Paul Jones
Abstract:
Jatio Sangsad Bhaban (JSB), the National Assembly Complex in Bangladesh (Former East Pakistan) envisioned in 1962, followed by the 1959 Minoprio, Master plan initiated the new phase of modern space creation in the landscape of Dhaka. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, grew towards north from the bank of Buriganga river went through a series of transformation over 400 years. The locally controlled growth of old Dhaka during the 17th to 18thth century under the rubrics of mostly indigenous settlement, morphed into British colonial and Geddes Dhaka during the 19th 20th century, culminating into the emergence of JSB Complex Dhaka in a neocolonial Capitalist driven world order in the early sixties during cold war era. The 3 layers of city segment can be seen as an outcome of the changing political setting from local to European (British) colonial and finally under US governed global political order. This paper will try to connect the 3 stages of spatial transformation with the element of shifting power and resource control in line with the theoretical framework by Kim Dovey which states that space creation in a city is articulated and constructed by the power structure through the control of resources and economic influence.
Keywords: Jatio Sangsad Bhaban, Dhaka, Urban Planning, Louis I kahn
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