Stilt City
Living With The Seasons
C.S. Tietzsch (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
N.J. Amorim Mota – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
L. Cassina – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / AE+T)
A. Paoletti – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / A)
Alex Wandl – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Environmental Technology and Design)
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Abstract
The trend of rapid urbanisation, a global phenomenon, is very prominent in Bangladesh and leads to the expansion of existing cities. Sylhet, a city in the north-east of the country, has been expanding in the past decades and can be expected to grow further, as it is still in the beginning of its urbanisation process. As these developments will affect the currently adjacent rural areas, this project was developed to answer the following question: How can rural areas of Sylhet be transformed according to the trend of rural-urban transition while maintaining crucial living qualities of rural populations? In proposing a housing scheme which can adapt over time to the increasing density of the area, this project aims to create a pilot project which can guide the future urban development of Sylhet City during the process of its expansion.