Brain Storm Bangladesh

Together with architecture and planning students from Brac University and BUET and geography and environment students from Jagannath University, we have done a full day workshop to explore the potentials in post-cyclone spatial redevelopment. The event took place in the conference room of IDB Bhaban (UNDP Building). In small groups, students discussed the spatial redevelopment in different time frames after the damage of a fictitious cyclone disaster. These groups then got the possibility to present their creative ideas to a number of professionals from various fields (NGOs, academics, UNOs, and architects). A discussion between the different experts and the students followed regarding their explorations. It was great to see the various fields of knowledge together in an enlightening workshop for all. Thank you!

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students receiving the brief.

students actively engaging in discussion.

critiques by external panel of academics, NGOs and architects.

the kuakata club.

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Chittagong: post-presentation

After our first weeks in Dhaka and Chittagong, we decided to make a short presentation that shows what we've been doing. This includes our meetings, field researches and theoretical ideas. We have included three powerpoint slides to this post: the the first is an activity diagram, the second is a braingraph of interrelated ideas, and the last includes sections through the landscape. We aim to work on this section throughout our trip, so that we can show all the interrelated elements of the braingraph in the section. This will force us to have a spatial focus for our research. Please click the "Read More..." button to see our presentations.

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Presentation: week 4

Before we head to areas of war and disaster we present you with our midterm presentation. You can skip through the presentation by pressing on the triangle buttons, and click on the fullscreen button for a bigger view.

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Presentation: week 3

The presentation inweek 3 focused on clarifying the position of our research within the studio. With one week left before we head to Bangladesh, we wanted to fix our framework before going deeper into specific methods and case data.

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Presentation: week 2

All the groups presented their work plans and timelines last Friday. Our aim was to show some preliminary conclusions graphically, without fixing our focus point too much just now. Our evolutionary timeline was made up of numerous layers of statistical data, so that we can start to investigate relationships within the Bangladeshi developments. Click on the read more link to see some presentation slides.

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(Laura: "don't touch the balkje please")

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