The Architecture of Inheritance

The Sense of Belongingness Through Shared Community Spaces

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211126.012How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Inheritance; Sense of belongingness; Vernacular Architecture; Shared Community Space; Technological Advances

Abstract

The first purpose of architecture is to create a habitat that fulfills society or individuals’ needs for places to work and live. It is a manifestation and expression of the cultural values of the society with which it interacts. Architectural design and perception have changed dramatically over the years, transcending through the passage of time, absorbing and reflecting the changing trends in human behavior brought about by technological advances and modernization. The entire spectrum from space to urban planning needs to follow a direction that amalgamates tradition and technology, capturing society’s mind. The rapid urbanization of Dhaka city has resulted in its fast-growing population, leading to the city’s expansion. In designing any housing project, the most important thing is not the production of housing units but building a community and organization of pace’s social life. to see the values in life and to cope with intensely painful emotions. In the modern urban communities, we lack this sense of belongingness due to the lack of social spaces among the community people. This paper investigates the necessity of community bonding through interaction within the shared social spaces, reflecting a sense of belongingness among the housing community’s peoples. The paper will compare the social life and spaces of vernacular housing of Bangladesh and Dhaka city’s modern housing in-depth. Technological advances have an important role in changing the dimension of interaction in the modern era. Findings suggest that technological advances are not only one reason for shifting the paradigm of social interaction, rather the scarcity of shared community spaces also has a significant impact on it. Therefore, this paper attempts to advocate for a perspective to revive the sense of belongingness to these migrated communities in urban areas while simultaneously show some design parameters.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zenat Islam
AU  - Sharif Tousif Hossain
AU  - Anika Tasnim Ananna
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - The Architecture of Inheritance
BT  - Proceedings of the ARTEPOLIS 8 - the 8th Biannual International Conference (ARTEPOLIS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 96
EP  - 109
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211126.012
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211126.012
ID  - Islam2021
ER  -