Abstract:
Cities are in a continuous process of change and readjustment of its different parts, which
are spontaneously developed or deliberatively planned under socio-economic and
political condition in different time period. With an outward expansion, the present
Dhaka City within the course of ,time expanded more than six times bigger than the
Dhaka of fifties. Over the history, the different parts of Dhaka have undergone various
physical evolutions and functional transformation in order to accommodate changing
economic needs, socio-cultural values, and spatial conditions. Within this framework, the
planned residential areas of Dhaka city, which are deliberately planned for residential
purpose, have experienced a morphological transformation of their different element with
a minor changed in the spatial layout. It is observed that in spite of several controls, the
planned residential areas of Dhaka city have undergone morphological changes to adapt
to the community need, which has lead from a need to meet the demand of the growing
population. As a result, the planned residential area tends to become transformed into an
unplanned state in relation to their physical layout and distribution of non-residential
function. The aim of this thesis is to find out the spatial logic of morphological
transformation in planned residential areas of Dhaka city. In this research, Dhanmondi,
Gulshan, and Banani Residential area are selected here as a representative cases to
investigate the type and characteristics of morphological element of planned residential
area and to reveal the relative caus,e of morphological transformation. The findings will
show that, there is a systematic relationship between spatial structure of the area and the
land-use transformation with the changing spatial pattern of the city itself
