Site Visit with UAP students

Field trips were undertaken with students of Department of Architecture, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka; to Rayer Bazar & Mirpur respectively on 20th and 23rd October, 2008 with support of NDBUS members. The trips were lead by the Project Adviser Salma A. Shafi. The intent of the trips was to show the students existing low income settlements and examples of low cost housing projects for the urban poor undertaken by successive Governments and Donors.

The following sites were visited;
  • NHA (National Housing Authority) Project at Section – 1, 2; Mirpur.
  • Bastuhara Colony (Nucleus Housing) at Section – 1, Mirpur.
  • Baunia Bandh (Resettlement Programme) at Section – 11, Mirpur.
  • Proposed Squatter Rehabilitation Project, Kalshi at Section – 12, Mirpur.
  • Bhashantek Rehabilitation Project at Section – 13, Mirpur by North South Developers.

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