Abstract:
Due to rapid growth of urbanization and economic demand, we are continuously losing our fields,
our free lands, open sky, ponds, lakes; actually our breathing spaces. Sometimes for zoning policies, migration or transferal of a particular business or activity, a place like waterfronts, body of water, military or industrial sites can lost its importance, kept vacant and become a dead place. These are all called LOST SPACES in urban context. Renewal of the lost spaces might open up the new visions. This paper will discuss about one of these lost spaces; an urban water body and its renewal process. Under a proper design and guidelines method, a lost water body might open up the new opportunities to make the urban life more sustainable; where architecture, landscape and water can build up a synthesis. We can achieve social equity, economic progression, environmental education, vegetation as well as a breathing space for locality.
Machine summary:
"Lost Space Renewal; a Reborn of an Urban Water Body : Due to rapid growth of urbanization and economic demand, we are continuously losing our fields, our free lands, open sky, ponds, lakes; actually our breathing spaces.
Under a proper design and guidelines method, a lost water body might open up the new opportunities to make the urban life more sustainable; where architecture, landscape and water can build up a synthesis.
ABSTRACT Keywords: Lost Space, Urban Water Body, Renewal INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a country which located in the south East Asia.
Here, we select a historical DEGHI (an urban water body) named ‘ASHKER DEGHI’ as a lost space in Chittagong city.
(Fig. 2) (رجوع شود به تصویر صفحه) The DEGHI lies beside a busy main road connecting two important nodes ZAMAN KHAN and KAZIR DEORY.
For developing a good urban design, it is very important to consider its traditional values & scopes of developing its lost spaces.
(Oldenburg, 1999; 2001) Development Strategy for Lost Space Try to develop a place with its own identity; That place must have attractive and successful outdoor spaces; Should work effectively for all in a society including children, elderly and disable persons; It must have good connectivity with public, but safety issues also need to consider carefully; Thatplacemusthavegoodadaptability.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION According to previous studies we are providing some design proposals for ASHKHER DEGHI to find some solutions to work as an urban water body."