Genesis Metropolis

The Hidden Principles of Generative Design and their Application to the Problem of Housing for the Greater Number in Sylhet

Master Thesis (2025)
Author(s)

K.E. ter Glane (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)

Contributor(s)

Nelson 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)

M. Tabassum – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)

Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
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Publication Year
2025
Language
English
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24.8868863, 91.8675973
Graduation Date
27-06-2025
Awarding Institution
Delft University of Technology
Programme
['Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Global Housing']
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
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Abstract

This thesis explores self-build solutions in Bangladesh, a country experiencing rapid urbanisation, the erosion of rural building traditions, along with a shortage of qualified architects. It draws on rural construction practices and Christopher Alexander’s pattern theory to provide people with tools to build safely and competently for themselves, reducing the need for extensive input and oversight from architects. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and in urban areas, many are forced to live in informal settlements. According to a survey by the Commonwealth Association of Architects, there is only one architect per 50,000 people in Bangladesh. At the same time, rural traditions that once enabled self-building are being lost—or are no longer applicable—in dense urban contexts, where more modern materials and techniques are often necessary.

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