Kawran Bazar is a wholesale market in Dhaka, Bangladesh established in the late 18th century. It currently covers 13.5 hectares and provides work for 20,000 people. The market handles approximately 50 million taka in daily transactions. There have been proposals since the 1990s to relocate the market to reduce congestion and pollution, but they have not been implemented. The document analyzes the existing conditions of Kawran Bazar, including land use patterns, building typologies, transportation networks, environmental pollution, and waste management systems. It finds issues like lack of zoning, mixed uses, traffic congestion, low greenery, and an inadequate sewerage system.

1. REPORT ON
EXISTING SITUATION OF
KAWRAN BAZAR

2. Acknowledgement
The study of architecture has often been confronted with a number of problems. One of
the most important of these is the problem of understanding, describing and classifying
buildings. Understanding the characteristics of buildings is important because buildings
constitute points of historical reference as well as the context for training future
architects. Understanding the differences between the architecture of buildings which
serve different functions may not be so difficult. The problem comes when trying to
understand and describe the architecture of buildings which serve the same functions. It
is often said that it is easier to describe an object by what it is not than by what it is. Many
questions need to be answered when trying to understand the architecture of a group of
buildings, which serve the same functions. The motive of this report is to re-design
Kawran bazar into a well function business trade center, after relocating it to proposal
areas. For re-design all the reasons are briefly included in this report.
The agenda of this report is to re-design Kawran Bazar by relocating it to proposed areas.
As a re-design of Kawran bazar we are focusing on a well function business area cum
wholesale market. We are interested in this specific case as the plans for better networking
of Kawran bazar to all part of Bangladesh as people can well served relocating and
decentralizing the market are by now already 20 years old, but have not as yet actually been
implemented. In the public discourse, the explanation for this relocation remaining in limbo
is often grounded in the narrative of planning failures and a general lack of capacity on the
part of the municipality to take decisive action.
Design Approach

3. WORK SAMPLE
DIRECTORY
I Acknowledgement
History
Present Situation
Site Analysis
Zoning
a. Land Use Pattern
b. Housing Typology
II
III
IV
V
VI
Land Pollution
Temperature Analysis
VIII
X Noise Intensity Analysis
Vegetation Map
Activity
1. Day Activity
2. Night Activity
IX
XI
XII Sewerage And Garbage disposal
VII Road Conjunction
a. Road network
b. Traffic conjunction
c. Traffic Types
XIII Shadow Analysis
XIV References

4. EXISTING SITUATION OF
KAWRAN BAZAR

5. Farmget
Square of
Seven routs
Hatirjhill
Kawran bazar, a wholesale market place near the
Farmgate area which is in the center of Dhaka city There
are hundreds of small temporary shops in and around the
market. It has separate blocks for wholesale trade in fish,
vegetables and rice. Different types of products are
brought from all over the Bangladesh. Every night
hundreds of trucks bring goods to the various shops of
the market. Every day's transaction volume of this market
is almost 50 million taka.
Since 17th century Karwan bazar is being known as the
biggest whole sale market of Bangladesh, but theoretically
it may sustain approx. 20 years more from now. So
depending on this situation, we are proposing are- design
in this area.
Kawran Sing, a Marwari merchant originally established it in the late eighteenth century. In the late nineteen century, the place was developed as a market for selling
pottery, crockery and other household products. These products were earlier sold at a market near the Ambar Shah Mosque by the side of the rail line that passed across
the city. Later, the market grew in size and was shifted to a neighbouring large and open area, which was at some distance from the rail line. The market got a new name
Kawran Bazaar. On the west of it passes an important street of the city, the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue. Offices of many government agencies, autonomous bodies and big
companies are now located in the area surrounding the market. Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon, a five-star hotel is located at one end of the market.
There are hundreds of small temporary shops in and around the market. The market has separate blocks for wholesale trade in fish, vegetables and rice. There is also a
permanent shade for rows of shops that sell grocery items and toiletries. Fish, vegetable and other products are brought to the market from all over Bangladesh. Some
goods are imported from abroad. Every night hundreds of trucks bring goods to the various shops of the market. Indigenous means of transport like the vans or
pushcarts also carry goods to the shops or from them to purchasers' addresses. Traders of this market export vegetables, fish and other agricultural goods not only to
different medium and small markets of the Dhaka city or of the suburbs but also to foreign markets, especially in the Middle-East. Most shops in the market are of the
sole proprietorship type, while some are partnerships. Every day's transaction volume of the market is almost 50 million taka. [Md Masudur Rahman]
INTRODUCTION
Green Road
Panthapath Signal

6. Kawran Bazaar a wholesale market place near the Farm Gate area of Dhaka city. Kawran
Sing, a Marwari merchant originally established it in the late eighteenth century.
HISTORY
The plan to develop Kawran Bazar was adopted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Development
Plan (DMDP) and the market, along with adjacent areas, became a designated Commercial
Business Zone (CBZ) (RAJUK 2006: 46).2 In the course of this process the use of the land
around Kawran Bazar changed from being that of a marketplace with single-story houses
made of tin roofs to a modern business center with high-rise office buildings and shopping
malls
The market was relocated to an area along part of the railway line, where it continues to be
located to this days. The railway was realigned in the late 1950s, now just clipping the edge
of the bazar. Trade is, therefore, in part conducted on the tracks themselves. As more trains
are running now, business has become extremely hazardous for traders and customers.
INTO THE MIDDLE OF 90
UNTILL THE 1970
Most goods were transported by boat to the market as Dhaka was crisscrossed by
navigable waterways linking the Buriganga with the Balu River. One of these waterways still
begins right at Kawran Bazar, which is the area that has recently been restructured under
the title “The Hatirjheel Project”.
IN 1995

7. Kawran Bazar became gradually enclosed by the city and is today located in the very center of Bangladesh’s
capital. At present it is the distribution center for more than one-quarter (27.3 percent) of all the vegetables,
fish, and fruits consumed in Dhaka, and represents the most important market in Bangladesh.
The market provides work for approximately 20,000 people and covers an area of 13.5 hectares.
The wholesale enterprises, officially numbered at 1,782, were to be divided and relocated to three preselected
locations: Aminbazar (549 wholesalers), Jatrabari (895 wholesalers), and Mohakhali (360 wholesalers).
PRESENT SITUATION OF
KAWRAN BAZAR

8. 1. Commercial space surround the site
2. Water body on south-east side
3. Node on south west side
4. 100 ft Kazi Nazrul Islam road (Farmgate to
Kawran bazar mor)
5. 80’ Primary Road on south (Moghbazar to
Kawran bazar mor)
6. 80’ Panthopath Road on west ( Kalabagan to
Kawran Bazar)
7. 80’ Primary Road on west
8. Banglamotor to Kawran
9. 30’ Primary Road one way (Katabon to
Kawran bazar)
10. 25’ Maghbazar Flyover one way (Malibagh to
Kawran bazar Bot tola)
11. Double Rail tracks on east (Mohakhali
Railgate to Malibagh railgate)
12. Panthokunjo Park on South side
13. Projapoti Guha ( Under Pass)
14. FDC on North- east
15. Testuri Bazar on top north
16. Shonargaon Pan Pacific Hotel on South
SITE ANALYSIS

9. KAWRAN BAZAR

10. Private Commercial Zone
Religious Zone
Government Building
Planned Market Place
Expanded Market Area
Vacant Space
Currently there is no appropriate zoning
system in the wholesale kitchen
markets of Dhaka city. . Lack of planning
guide, authority’s concern, owner’s
concern and proper zoning have been
observed in the markets which create
problems in waste management, human
resource management, trading, loading
unloading system, unit details etc.
ZONING

11. COMMERCIAL SPACE
AROT
MIXED USED
PARKING
KAVHABAZAR
MARKET
VACANT LAND
RELIGIOUS
RAILTRACK
WORKSHOP
SHOPS
RESIDENCE
Whereas previously cities had been places where people worked and lived side-by-side, in modern times residential areas were define and separated from business
centers — which were separated out from recreational spaces, which were separated out from religious places, and so forth. From this spatial order, family life, political life,
work, and leisure came to be experienced as disconnected elements, whereas before they had not been clearly separated from each other.
In consequence, people’s everyday lives became sequences of different thematic programs
enacted in places separated out from each other. Through their functional partitioning cities
became more and more fragmented, while at the same time they became homogenized, from a
global point of view, in accordance with the generalized principles of an “abstract space” that was
quantified, measured, and planned in order to produce the aspired to new order of the powerful
(Lefebvre 1972, 2012).
LAND USE PATTERN

12. HIGHRISE
MIDRISE
LOWRISE
SLUM
RAILTRACK
SEMI PACCA
TEMPORARY CONS.
EMPTY LAND
Buildings have been analyzed and categorized from various perspectives.
1. All buildings are column beam construction system.
2. There are no setback between hhigh-rise building.
3. Semi pacca building construct with brick on wall & roof with CI steel.
4. Slum are made with all waste materials which is collected by slum people.
5. Empty land are occupied by land owner are planted trees
HOUSING TYPOLOGY

13. VEGETATION MAP OF
KAWRAN BAZAR

14. VEGETATION MAP
ONLY 7% AREA CAN BE
CONSIDERED AS
GREEN

15. ROAD CONJUNCTION WITH
KAWRAN BAZAR
PAVED ROAD
UNPAVED ROAD
WALKWAY

16. PRIMARY ROAD
SECONDARY ROAD
TIRTIARY ROAD
ROAD NETWORK

17. TRANSPORT TYPES
Transportation system of a Wholesale kitchen market is very critical as different
types of vehicle approach here every day for loading unloading.
•Both heavy and light vehicles are involved with the operation of wholesale
kitchen market.
•Heavy vehicle like, truck, pickup, covered van etc.
•Light vehicle like, auto rickshaw, rickshaw van, rickshaw (a local non-motorized
vehicle) arrive here in parallel, which create traffic congestion and conflicting
situation.
•Poor and inadequate parking facility is one of the major problems of wholesale
markets in the city.
•
•There is no separated space for loading unloading. As a result loading unloading
system occupies the entire road which creates traffic congestion.
SYSTEM:
Incoming traffic Parking Unloading Auction Shop
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PRIVATE TRANSPORT

18. a. Traffic are controlled by traffic police
b. Traffic behaves in a complex and nonlinear way
c. The interactions of a large number of vehicles.
d. Speed: 40 to 80 kmph. Shockwaves will generally travel upstream at a
rate of approximately 20 km/h.
e. Most busiest road in day time .
f. At night all trucks are moved on karwan bazar for unplanned load &
unload system.
PARKING AND LOADING UNLOADING
SURFACE PARKING
ILLEGALSURFACE PARKING
LOADING UNLOADING

19. During the day, there are nearly 200 stalls that sell vegetables and fruits in Karwan bazar.
Around night, these perishable goods are sold in bulk.
The wholesale sellers during the night have temporary spaces which they buy at Tk 500 to 700
daily. These spaces are owned by nearby wholesale storage owners. You can identify the
porters from the ‘tupri’ on their heads.Getting the best spot where the most buyers can be found
is another expertise of daily night sellers in this market. While talking to the sellers of the market
it was learnt that there is no fixed price here, price fluctuates everyday and even every hour. The
amount of profit and loss is not also fixed. The profit margin can be hampered by the weather.
‘Rain can bar buyers from coming to the market at night. On any such night, the loss will be high
for sellers,’ says a seller. A recent statistic about Karwan bazar claimed that the pulse of people
per second is about 10,000.
Most of these buyers are traders at kitchen markets across
the city. The buying process starts around 4:00am and ends
by 9:00am when no more fish are left to sell in the markets
here. Most of the fishes that come into the market are kept
on ice after they are caught from different rivers of the
country, haors and the Bay of Bengal.
As one passes the fish markets and goes towards Petro
Bangla building, trucks can be seen lined up to drop off their
crates at the market. The rickshaw vans compete with each
other to be first few in line for new stocks that they can
transfer quickly and go for a second run.
Recently, there are some covered vans that take the crates
from the big trucks on the main roads and transfer these to
the bazar. The road, stretching from Petrobangla building to
Tejgaon railway, has allocated sections where vehicles are
unloaded.
DAY ACTIVITY

20. As dusk settles over Dhaka, the bustle of the metropolis seems to wane with every passing
hour till around 10:00pm, after which most streets become empty. As most shops and stores
close down for the day, hardworking professionals return home after a tiring day and after
dinner, get ready for bed. By midnight, most areas of Dhaka become vacant, in stark contrast
to their traffic-filled state during the day.
But a particular part of the capital manages to stay awake even at night. This area is Karwan
Bazar, the market that seems to wake up from its seeming slumber just after 10:00pm. As we
moved from Tejgaon toward Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) a bit after
10:00pm, the waft of fresh fishes hit my nostrils. Five large fish markets in Karwan bazar,
placed beside each other, begin to get their stock of fishes from all across the country from
10:00pm till 4:00am
Trucks filled with fishes in boxes, drums, packets and
buckets carry the fishes into Dhaka. Hundreds of
workers unload the fishes from the trucks and transfer
them to different spots in the market. These boxes are
then taken to different sections of the market where they
are sorted through the night. Around dawn, buyers from
all around the city throng Karwan bazar to buy these fish
at wholesale prices.The night life in Karwan bazar can
teach anyone about the tough living standards that most
people from the lower strata of society battle against to
survive in the concrete jungle of Dhaka.
NIGHT ACTIVITY

21. TEMPERATURE OF
KAWRAN BAZAR
TEMPERATURE
TAKEN ON
DECEMBER 20

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NOISEINTENSITYANALYSIS

24. DECREASE IN LAND
VALUE DUE TO FISH
MARKET SETTLEMENT
DECREASE IN LAND
QUALITY DUE TO
VEGETABLE MARKET
SETTLEMENT
LAND POLLUTION MAP OF
KAWRAN BAZAR

25. RELEASEOFSEWERAGE&DRANAGE
LINESINTOLAKEWATER

26. LAND POLLUTION

28. MANHOLE
STORM SEWER LINE
BRICK SEWER
PIPE DRAIN
200MM SEWER LINE
It is very important to identify the volume and type of wastes
generate in different spaces to introduce rapid removal system.
From the survey, it is found that highest percentage of wastes are
collected from the unloading bay and second highest percentage
from unloading bay parking. The shops, loading bay and retail area
produce relatively lower percentage of waste than the unloading
bay. If the waste can be removed systematically from the source
then it will not spread away to create unhygienic environment.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM

29. Existing system of waste collection
Waste dumping on road or corridor
Kuli of DCC workers gathered them
Dump in suitable place
DCC trucks collect the waste
DCC either sell to waste concern or dump them to their
land fill project or dumping on river
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM

30. DECEMBER 10.00 A.M. DECEMBER 4:30 P.M.
SHADOW ANALYSIS ON
KAWRAN BAZAR

31. JANUARY 10.00 A.M. FEBRUARY 4:30 P.M.
SHADOW ANALYSIS ON
KAWRAN BAZAR

32. 10 : 00 A.M. 01: 00 P.M.
WHEN THE VACANT
LANDS GET
OCCUPIED BY
TYPICAL HIGH RISE
BUILDINGS
04 : 30 P.M.
SHADOW ANALYSIS ON
KAWRAN BAZAR

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SUMMARY
Kawran bazar is already 2O years old, but have
not as yet actually been implemented. In the public discourse, the explanation for this
relocation remaining in limbo is often grounded in the narrative of planning failures
and a general lack of capacity on the part of the municipality to take decisive action.
In contrast, in this paper we develop an argument for understanding the case of
Kawran Bazar as the result of a conflict between a newly emerging “globalized elite”
that works toward bourgeois urban renewal and a well-established “localized elite”
that seeks to protect the rents brought in from the spaces that it controls. With this
argument we strive for contributing to the current debate on the “entrepreneurial city”
in South Asia, which is currently polarized as to how to best interpret contemporary
dynamics of power and resistance there.
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