ARCHITECTURAL SEMIOTICS

ARCH-P 5104
THESIS STATEMENT PRESENTATION

SUBMITTED BY
MD. MAHMUDUR RAHMAN
ARC 054 05596

SUBMITTED TO
Faria Sharmin
Asst. Proffessor
Dept of Architecture
BANGLADESH HAS A VERY RICH HISTORY
EVEN IT IS A SMALL COUNTRY
• 1 9 2 1 - ESTABLISHMENT OF DHAKA
UNIVERSITY
• 1 9 4 8 - S T U D E N T S P R O T E S T F O R L A N G U A G E
• 1 9 5 2 - LANGUAGE MOVEMENT
• 1 9 6 9 - MASS RISING OF 69

HISTORICAL EVENTS OF BANGLADESH

 • 1 9 7 1 - L I B E R AT I O N
WA R
• 2 5 T H M a r c h G e n o c i d e
N i g h t
• 2 6 T H M a r c h I n d e p e n c e
D a y
• 1 6 T H D e c e m b e r Vi c t o r y
IF BLOOD IS THE
PRICE OF
INDEPENDENCE ,
THEN
BANGLADESH
HAS PAID THE

HIGHEST PRICE
-NEW YORK TIMES , 1971

HISTORICAL EVENTS OF BANGLADESH

 NATURAL HISTORY
R AT H E R T H A N T H AT THE
THE CLIMATIC BEAUTY A N D T H E CULTURE
IS UNIQUE ..........
F E S T I VA L S O F
B A N G L A D E S H

POHELA BAISAKH
POHELA FALGUN

NOBANNO UTHSHOB
EID UL FITR AND EID UL ADHA

DURGA PUJA
UNIQUE WEDDING CEREMONY
 BOOK FAIR

I N T E R N AT I O N A L M O T H E R L A N G U A G E D AY
21st
S H AT G O M B U J M O S Q U E

PA H A R P U R BUDDHIST VIHARA

COX’S BAZAAR SEA BEACH

H E R I TA G E AND
N AT U R A L RESOURCES O F
B A N G L A D E S H

SUNDARBANS
ARCHITECTURE O F
B A N G L A D E S H
 BANGLES

ZAMDANI SHAREE

MOSLIN SHAREE
H E R I TA G E O F
B A N G L A D E S H
S P O RT S O F
B A N G L A D E S H
BUT AFTER ALL THIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND SACRIFICES
We have forgotten them all …..

BUT THE HISTORY AND THE STRUGGLE OUR

COUNTRY HAD TO GO THROUGH IS VERY RICH

S O I T D E S E RV E S I T S O W N R E C O G N I T I O N
• L A C K O F PA R T I C I PAT I O N I N M A N Y S E C T O R
• THE HISTORY AND THE HI STORIC AL ELEMEN TS A RE NOT
GI VEN ITS DESERVIN G RI GHTS
• THE AVA I L A B L E RESOURCES TO AT T R A C T TOURISTS ARE
NOT UPTO THE MARK
• T H E E X I S T I N G S E C T O R S A R E N O T W E L L M A I N TA I N E D
• T H E P R E S E R VA T I O N Q U A L I T Y A N D S P A C E D O E S N ’ T M E E T T H E
I N T E R N AT I O N A L Q U A L I T Y
• F O R G E T T I N G O U R O W N C U LT U R E A N D F O L L O W I N G T H E
W E S T E R N C U LT U R E
• C H E R I S I N G O T H E R C O U N T R I E S R AT H E R T H A N T R Y I N G T O
DEVELOP AND REPRESENT OUR OWN
• LACK OF ACHIEVEMENTS OR THE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOT
P R E S E N T E D P U B L I C LY A L WAY S
• L A C K O F A W A R E N E S S T O WA R D S T H E H I S T O R Y
• CHILDRENS AT T R A C T E D T O WA R D S WESTERN WORLD MORE
THAN OUR OWN
• N O P R O P E R D E V E L O P M E N T I N K E E P I N G T H E H E R I TA G E S A F E
• NO PROPER PLANNING
• LACK OF CONNECTIVITY WITH THE GLOBAL
• LACK OF QUALITY OF LIVING

WHY BANGLADESH IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY A LOT OF COUNTRIES ??

WHICH IS LOST IS LOST BUT WHICH IS
STILL
THERE SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED AND
P R E S E RV E D . . . . . .

• ACHIVEMENTS
M A K I N G P R O P E R R E S T O R AT I O N O F O U R
• PROPER COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL ELEMENTS
• MAKE MORE PLACES TO REPRESE NT THE COUNTRY
• L E T T H E Y O U N G E R G E N E R AT I O N K N O W O U R H I S T O R Y
• INSPIRE THE NEXT G E N E R AT I O N TO FOLLOW OUR
C U LT U R E
HOW IT CAN BE SOLVED ????
STATEMENT
T O C R E AT E A S TA G E REPRESENTING BANGLADESH
THROUGH P R E S E RV I N G H I S T O RY AND
C U LT U R E . . . . . . .