Multimodal Terminal at Gabtoli

Location: Gabtoli
Client: Dhaka North City Corporation
Site area: 13.5 acres(apprx)

Course No: ARC 5106

Student ID: 16.02.01.007

Student Name: Mohammad Tanvir
Content
• OBJECTIVE
• SITE INVENTORY (DATA COLLECTION)
• PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL FEATURES
MAN-MADE FEATURES

• SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
SOCIO-CULTURAL FEATURES
AESTHETIC FEATURES

• SITE ANALYSIS & SYNTHESIS (DATA ANALYSIS)

• SITE INTERPRETATION (DATA INTERPRETATION)

Project Brief
Gabtoli bus terminal is an important transportation terminal in the outskirts of Dhaka. A cattle market, a bazar, and
CNG stands are located in the vicinity of the station location. Urban development is currently occurring near the ferry
terminal of Buriganga River. It is also a place for transportation and stocks for bricks produced near Amin bazar and
Bilamaria. High-density urban area spread to the north, whereas wetlands that belong to the Ministry of Agriculture
spread to the south of the bus terminal.
Objective:
With the station area development, it is necessary to re-organize the functions of
Gabtoli Bus Terminal. The main proposed measures are as follows:
(i) Consolidation of ticket counters into the bus terminal and the spaces along the Dhaka-Aricha Highway, to be partly
used as boarding/ alighting spaces for buses.
(ii) Expansion of bus terminal and rearrangement to distinguish boarding/alighting spaces
and bus depot.
(iii) Expansion of waiting space for the passengers to improve comfort.
(iv) Provision of amenities such as food court, restaurant and public space.
Site Location

Dhaka Dhaka City Gabtoli

Gabtoli,
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Latitude and
longitude
coordinates
are: 23.7837
26,
90.344246.
Accessibility
By road:

A. Via Mirpur Road A.Via Mirpur Road

B .Via Airport Road B .Via Airport Road

From Shadarghat From Abdullahpur
By River:

The Gabtoli Ferry Terminal was developed in 2013. It should take approximately 30
minutes to reach the Sadar Ghat, but in fact it is more like 75 minutes. In the vicinity of the
ferry terminal, medium-sized ships come and go carrying coal and construction materials,
but the river is narrow, and it is very unsafe.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT_NATURAL FEATURES
( CLIMATIC FEATURES )

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
PRECIPITATION

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WIND SPEED RANGE

Physical Environment_Natural Features
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(Circulation)
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(Traffic Analysis)

Traffic Condition around existing Gabtoli Bus Source: JICA

Study Team
Terminal
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(MRT Line-5)

MRT Line 5
Source: JICA
Study Team
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(MRT Line-5)

Source: JICA
MRT Line 5 Route Section Study Team
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(MRT Line-5)

Underground Section

MRT Line 5
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(MRT Line-5)

Source: JICA
Gabtoli Station Area Study Team
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(MRT Line-5)

Source: JICA
Gabtoli Station Area Study Team
Physical Environment_Man-made Features(MRT Line-5)

Source: JICA
Study Team
Physical Environment_Man-made Feature

Source: JICA
Study Team
Physical Environment_Socio-Cultural Feature

Source: JICA
Study Team
To Aminbazar

Gabtoli Cattle
Market

41.4 m wide
road

Sweeper
colony

Dense
residential area

Land of Ministry
of Agriculture
View

41.4 m wide
road

Site
Physical Environment_Solar Orientation & Wind Direction

Mazar Road
To Technical
Moore
Physical Environment_Socio-Cultural Feature
Existing Site Photographs
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT_SOCIO-CULTURAL FEATURES

NOTED RELIGIOUS INSTITUITIONS IMPORTANT STRUCTURES

• Coat-Bari Mosque
• Gabtoli Cattle Market
• Gabtoli Terminal Jame Mosjid
• Kallayanpur 132/33 kV Grid Substation
• Mirpur Bride ghat jame mosque
• Bagbari Tara Masjid
• Mirpur Shahi Masjid and Madrasa Complex
NOTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUITIONS
• European University of Bangladesh
• Gabtoli Government Primary School

CULTURAL INSTITUITIONS
• Parbat Cinema Hall
Existing Site Photographs
FEATURES NAMES
S W O T INTERPRETATION
Strength
• One of the most primary bus terminals
NATURAL SUNPATH
• 1.Built form should be
North-South oriented • North-South oriented site
WIND • 2. Maximum scope for
ventilation • Ferry ghat, for a better transit oriented
TEMPERATURE 3. Less vegetation should
be balanced with proper development
HUMIDITY
TOPOGRAPHY •
green area

Weakness
VEGETATION •
• Less vegetation
MAN MADE SITE BOUNDARY • 1.Circulation should be
• Driveway in the South blocks the open
SURROUNDINGS • •
improved
2. Provision of amenities
waterbody view
CIRCULATION

NOISE •
•
such as food court,
restaurant and public
space Opportunities
PEDESTRIAN • • Highway faced site
UTILITY • • Southern open area can be a great viewing
ASTHETIC WATER BODIES • 1.Highway facing built
form
opportunity
HIGHWAY • • Filling stations in the East of the site can be
MOSQUE
SOCIAL • 1. Filling stations in the
East can be
integrated with the multimodal terminal
MARKET • integrated with the

Threat
multimodal terminal
LAND OFFICE 2. Pedestrian
movement towards
POLICE STATION • Ferry Ghat increase
the transit oriented
BUS STAND • development • Current circulation pattern causes congestion
FERRY GHAT •
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