Abstract:
Waterways are a vital and productive resource to our
environment. They provide a variety of amenities and
services to communities across the world such as drinking
water, food, travel, recreation, wildlife habitat, connection to
place, aesthetic appeal, economic development, etc. This thesis
project examines the importance of the Gulshan Lake to its
urban community and how lakefront design can function as
a unifying element for the city center, its neighbourhood and
its ecosystem. Over half of the world’s future population will
be living in urban environments by 2030, which will dramatically
increase the stress on a vulnerable network of water systems.
A restoration of a lake can bring awareness to people living around it
while improving physical and ecological corridor connections
(Bernhardt &Palmer, 2007)
