Nazifa Tabassum & Asif Hasan Zeshan
Sept 14, 2025

In a Bangladeshi village, families patch mud walls while neighbors lend a hand—vernacular architecture shaped by tradition, climate, and local wisdom. Across informal settlements like Dhaka’s Korail or Nairobi’s Kibera, people don’t just build homes—they create places alive with meaning. This is placemaking: turning streets, parks, or courtyards into vibrant public spaces. While vernacular building evolves organically over generations, placemaking often emerges intentionally. Both share a human-centered spirit—rooted in identity, adaptability, and the belief that people shape the places they call home.

Sadia Tasnim
Jul 02, 2025

In the rhythms of looms, the colors of rickshaw panels, and the quiet geometry of woven mats, Bangladesh’s crafts do more than preserve tradition—they shape the very places we live in. This essay journeys through the living relationship between local craft and public space, revealing how memory, identity, and everyday beauty come together to form the placemaking language of a nation. 

Asif Hasan Zeshan
Jun 20, 2025

Placemaking in Bangladesh is not a borrowed idea—it’s a rediscovery. From tea stalls and rickshaws to puppet shows and riverside ghats, our public life has long thrived through informal, culturally rooted practices. As the global placemaking movement grows, Bangladesh finds itself not on the periphery but at a pivotal moment—ready to reframe its urban future through the everyday rituals and spaces that have always shaped its identity.

Samantha Choudhury
Jun 19, 2022

As Bangladesh undergoes rapid urban transformation, its cities are becoming denser, faster, and more infrastructure-driven — often at the cost of public life. In this piece, Sama Choudhury explores how informal social spaces like tea stalls, ghats, and mohollas are disappearing under the pressure of development, and why that matters.