Karail Beyond the "slum": An Assemblage in the Center of Dhaka

Karail Beyond the "slum": An Assemblage in the Center of Dhaka

Placed in the center of the Dhaka’s urban agglomeration, the informal settlement of Karail represents one interesting case that we could analyse as an assemblage, a complex mix of different actors, architectures and artefacts.

View of Karail

Below, some of the graphics we elaborated for the analysis:

Authors: Tanzil Shafique and Paco Mejias Villatoro

in: Dhaka Totem published by Altrim Publishers with the cooperation of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

Available at: https://altrim.net/books/dhaka-totem-guide-book-capital-city-bangladesh/

ISBN: 978-84-942342-7-9

REPORTING FROM KARAIL: করাইল থেকে বলছি

REPORTING FROM KARAIL: করাইল থেকে বলছি

The Socio-pol-ethical Confluence of the Architect: The Idiot, the Activist and the Dreamer

The Socio-pol-ethical Confluence of the Architect: The Idiot, the Activist and the Dreamer