Urban Vernacular Design

Abstract
Contemporary cities are a complex organism; it is a space of heterogeneous relationships competing claims. Dhaka-the 9th largest city in terms of population and the capital of Bangladesh is not only has a complex organism in terms of planning but also has a unique phenomenon and pattern in its own life style and culture. Millions of individual pursuits constantly church together into a frenzy of collective activity – it is an urban melting pot bubbling over and like a city which is forever changing and never finished. Though it has a rational and institutional urban planning, but still temporary, informal and non-designer’s design have a big role in its urban context. This paper tried to focus on this temporal, mobile and non designer’s

Development of this urban vernacular is quite strong and has some similarities with the rural vernacular in terms of material and form. Its development is process biased like rural vernacular and also has an unbiased development where economic affordability and crisis of land are the main factor behind it. Both of them are tested by time and perform respecting their surroundings, climate, topography, culture etc. Vernacular in rural area mostly depend on natural and local materials but Urban Vernacular recycle and reuse urban product, use by product of factories and explore transformation. Where vernacular express a marginal; group identity where Urban Vernacular deals with individuality where experience with the context is the root of its creation. It has a ever changing attitude where city is ever changing. Urban vernacular which is designed without architects creates a noteworthy pattern in the city which is not designed by the architects or educated designers but eventually blended with the city. It is an emerging factor of the city.We can theorize it from Christopher Alexander- “We began with that part of the language which defines a town or community. These pattern can never be ‘designed’ or ‘built’ in one fell swoop- but patient piecemeal growth, designed in such a way that

• In the conceptual level this urban vernacular conveyed total harmony with urban life style, unifying socio cultural aspirations of the individual and the entire community.
• The thought process for architectural design in “Urban Vernacular” will open up few realities so that they are appropriate for the changing social order of the present.
5. CASES
Streets in a city are the most happening grounds of perceiving a culture and its people. Street vendors are main catalyst of such cultural amalgamation. From eatables to fruit juices, soft toys to stone, garments to iron tools –whatever we name the products all we can find from street vendors. Street vendors are important parts of a city and an integral part of economies in many countries. They distribute affordable goods and services by providing consumers with convenient and retail options. They also form vital parts of economy and social life of city. Kind of vibrant public spaces also ensures by these private endeavors. Interestingly in their pattern of arrangements and formulation contextual innovative responses always been notified. An emergent need to optimal solution always comes as an alternative to such innovative physical