Badda rhizome_ remodelling the nieghbourhood

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)