WORKSHOP ON:

Regeneration of Urban Brown Field Hazaribagh, Dhaka

Jointly Organized by: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology [BUET] & Kyushu University [Japan]

Participation of:
Research Institute for East Asia Environments & Faculty of Human-Environmental Studies of Kyushu University [Japan]
Texas A&M [USA]
Virginia Tech [USA]
Chinese Culture University [TAIWAN]
And
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning Departments of BUET
Duration: 6 Days
Dates: 17-22 August, 2014 [8:00am 7:00pm]
Venue: ARI and ITN, BUET

Focus area: Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning and Environmental Engineering.
Participants: Graduate and Post- graduate Students of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban & Regional Planning
Departments of BUET and Post- graduate Students from other participating Universities.

Preamble:
In the Master Plan of 1959, a buffer of Open space was proposed at the Hazaribagh area. However, Tannery Industries
were developed in an unplanned way in this area taking advantage of disposing industrial effluent to the Buriganga
River. Adjoining the tannery industries, this zone has been developed as low-income settlements interspersed with
middle income groups; having extremely dangerous environmental health hazard including high risk of soil pollution
due to the tannery waste. Most of the area in Hazaribagh is privately owned and their contamination level has created
a serious environmental hazard. Government has decided to shift the tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar. This has
created a good opportunity for redevelopment of the area. Study by UNIDO [2006) stated that the land left by
relocating Hazaribagh tanneries will be in high demand for commercial office and residential development due to its
location and ease of communication. Present tannery area of Hazaribagh in western Dhaka has been marked as a
brownfield and this area should be redeveloped in a sustainable way for future use. Internationally, Brownfield status
is a legal designation which places restrictions, conditions or incentives on redevelopment. In case of Dhaka, in the
present Detailed Area Plan (DAP) no such policy has been derived. However, Hazaribagh Tannery area is demarcated
in DAP mostly as open spaces and recreational uses for interim period and suggested to stop any type of
development until proper treatment of soil of this area. Therefore, succeeding an environmental assessment, the
Brownfield at Hazaribagh needs urban planning and design intervention to create a Sustainable architecture and
Urban system in short as well as long term perspective. This Workshop will take a multidisciplinary approach in
assessing the environmental, demographic and economic status of Hazaribagh area in setting the qualitative and
quantitative requirement of the area that would be needed for regeneration purpose. Architects, Landscape
Architects, Urban Planners and designers; Transportation, Environmental and Earth Science Engineers of five different
Universities will work together to work out possible solutions for the Brownfield to redevelop the area in a sustainable
way. Faculty of participating institutions will guide the Workshop towards achieving the projected goals.

Coordinators:
Professor Dr. Md. Abdul J alil, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET
Professor Dr. Farida Nilufar, Department of Architecture, BUET
Professor Dr. Shakil Akther Department of URP, BUET
Email: farida@arch.buet.ac.bd/faridanilufar@yahoo.com

Last date of Registration for BUET participants: 15 July 2014
Intended participants are requested to contact Coordinators of concern Departments of BUET.
Note: Seats are limited to 25 nos. for BUET participants. Participation must be full time. Certificates will be provided only
to the attending participants.