AHSANULLAH

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
PHYSICAL PLANNING II,
ARC 2241
ASSIGNMENT 01
ID-18020154
A s a resident of Dhaka city for about more than 20 years I’m
comparing the urban pattern of this city’s part of old Dhaka to
the city of Venice, Rome.
URBAN PATTERNS
 It can be stated that the integration, connectivity and
intelligibility measures of Dhaka City are found to be high,
medium and low for the indigenous, mixed and planned
settlement types; respectively. The growth and
development of Dhaka can be categorized into six periods,
viz. the pre-Mughal period (1205–1610), the Mughal
period (1620–1757), the East India Company period
(1758–1858), the British colonial period (1858–1947), the
Pakistan period (1947–1971), and the Bangladesh period
(from
1971
onwards)
Figure 1. Location of
Dhaka Metropolitan
Area (a) in Bangladesh
and (b) in Dhaka City
Corporation (DCC).
Source:(a) Banglapedia,
National Encyclopedia
of Bangladesh, 2014,
and (b) the Capital
Development Authority
(RAJUK), Dhaka,
Bangladesh, 2014
Figure 2. The historical growth of Dhaka City (not to scale). Source: Urban Planning Department, Dhaka
City Corporation, 2007
 Whether Venice is an urban pattern 'frozen in time'
because of historical conservation efforts during the
20th century. Venice is 'frozen' into its deformed grid
layout which indicates a well-defined and easily-
understood neighborhood pattern in Venice.
Both cities old Dhaka and Venice are developed by a
surrounding waterbody. For old Dhaka it is Buriganga and
Venice it’s venetian lagoon in Adriatic sea. In Dhaka city
urban pattern has linear roads with organic pattern but
Venice has more mixed and planned urbanization than
Dhaka. In both cities the blocks gets bigger as you move
further from the waterbody.
CITY STRUCTURE
Land Use Pattern

Land Use defines a community’s physical form and function and

provides a framework for all infrastructure related decisions,
including transportation, economic development, public
utilities,community facilities, parks, and environmental
protection.
OLD DHAKA
The Land use of Dhaka has been developed in these stages

 Pre-Mughal settlements (before 1608)

 Mughal settlements (1608–1764)

 The residential zone

 Service zone
 Central business district
 Recreational zone
 Post-Mughal transformation
VENICE
The City shall create seven (7) separate and distinct “Neighborhoods”
which facilitate area specific development and redevelopment
strategies
1. The Island
2. Gateway
3. East Venice
4. Pinebrook
5. Laurel Road Corridor
6. Northeast Venice
7. Knights Trail
By comparing both cities land we could see that old dhaka
was mostly planned in order of the business facilities
because having a water body near which was a good
transportation system, afterwards other residential,
recreational etc zones settled there. Whether in Venice there
is far more developed planning where the land use are
divided in order to develop and further redevelopment in
future.
Connectivity and Control
OLD DHAKA
Connectivity (CN) of a space literally means how many spaces
intersect with it. Control Value (CV) is a dynamic local measure. It
measures the degree to which a space controls access to its
immediate neighbors by taking into account the number of
alternative connections that each of these neighbors has
VENICE
 In comparing both cities connectivity pattern we can see a
close relationship of angular choice pattern. Also both of the
cities connection is depended on the water body surrounding
it.
LANDMARKS
OLD DHAKA
 Northbrook Hall (Lal kuthi) built during the British Raj period
 Greek monument in Dhaka University
 Lalbagh Fort
 Chowk Bazaar Shai Mosque
 Hussaini Dalan
 Armenian Church
 Dhakeshwari Temple
 Armenian Church
 Mitford Hospital
 Tara mosque (the Star Mosque)
 Ahsan Manzil was the former residence of the Nawab of Dhaka.
 Bara Katra
 Choto Katra
 Rose Garden Palace
 Ramakrishna Temple
VENICE
Both in old Dhaka and venice its filled with old heritage and art
history wherever you look around.
References-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dhaka#Landmarks
https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/3/4/1412/htm
http://www.usp.br/fau/iphs/abstractsAndPapersFiles/Sessions/
09/KABIR_PAROLIN.PDF
file:///C:/Users/User/Desktop/Strategies_to_integrate_the_Mu
ghal_settlements_in_.pdf
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10047544/1/The-Venice-
Variations.pdf
https://www.venicegov.com/home/showdocument?id=2342