RETHINKING NILKHET BOOK MARKET,Towards development of an urban hub & retail.

Project idea

This proposed project would be an student gathering space , be an urban breathing space for the city , provide a healthy environment for the users and chance to be a solution for the node's traffic jam . The existing 200 years old mosque must be conserved. Along with many other issues the commercial complex in this iconic site must have the scope to explore and very significant project in national aspect.

Project description

The history of Nilkhet Book Market is 40 years . Four young book seller started selling second hand books and magazin on the pavement outside the Balaka cinema hall. Soon Nilkhet had became a popular market of books for the extrem demand of surrounding educational institutes. The existing market has over 1700 shops including a kuccha bazar and a 315 years Baqusha masque with graveyard inside . The location of this market is one of the highest commercial places of Dhaka and the maximum valuable land. Today the market undoubtedly is serving up a part of total population in Dhaka. The 4 to 6 feet width corridors and the catastrophe atmosphere inside the market are not efficient to serve the huge number of user. For all this circumstance it's time to Rethinking the Nilkhet Book Market.

Technical information

Sustainable, R.C.C & composite structure,