mufi_02
January 23, 2012, 02:19 PM
Very interesting project. Don't know how realistic and logical the plans are but it looks promising.
A New Sustainable City Rises In Bangladesh
With more than 16 million residents, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is not only one of the world’s largest cities, it’s also the fastest growing. Half a million new migrants arrive each year. The U.N. predicts that, by 2025, Dhaka will be larger than Beijing, Shanghai, and Mexico City.
That incredible growth has come with problems. The city has struggled to provide safe housing and keep air pollution under control.
But if Dhaka exemplifies the challenges of a booming megacity, it can also pioneer solutions. One might be Green Leaf (or Shobuj Pata in Bengali), an enormous new “sustainable garden city” that will integrate architecture and nature to provide low-energy, high-density housing.
Green Leaf is a collaboration between three Toronto-based architecture firms—JET Architecture, JCI Architects, and Terraplan Landscape Architects—and a Bangladeshi developer. It will have 2,300 to 2,400 housing units, along with a convention center, a mosque, a school, and retail space.
Source 1 - http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679171/a-new-sustainable-city-rises-in-bangladesh (Many images)
Source 2 - http://www.archdaily.com/198749/%E2%80%9Cshobuj-pata%E2%80%9D-green-leaf-eco-community-development-jet-jci-and-terraplan/ (Many images)
A New Sustainable City Rises In Bangladesh
With more than 16 million residents, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is not only one of the world’s largest cities, it’s also the fastest growing. Half a million new migrants arrive each year. The U.N. predicts that, by 2025, Dhaka will be larger than Beijing, Shanghai, and Mexico City.
That incredible growth has come with problems. The city has struggled to provide safe housing and keep air pollution under control.
But if Dhaka exemplifies the challenges of a booming megacity, it can also pioneer solutions. One might be Green Leaf (or Shobuj Pata in Bengali), an enormous new “sustainable garden city” that will integrate architecture and nature to provide low-energy, high-density housing.
Green Leaf is a collaboration between three Toronto-based architecture firms—JET Architecture, JCI Architects, and Terraplan Landscape Architects—and a Bangladeshi developer. It will have 2,300 to 2,400 housing units, along with a convention center, a mosque, a school, and retail space.
Source 1 - http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679171/a-new-sustainable-city-rises-in-bangladesh (Many images)
Source 2 - http://www.archdaily.com/198749/%E2%80%9Cshobuj-pata%E2%80%9D-green-leaf-eco-community-development-jet-jci-and-terraplan/ (Many images)