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)

Source: JICA
Traffic Condition around existing Gabtoli Bus Terminal Study Team
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
SUNPATH
NATURAL • 1.Built form should be
North-South oriented • North-South oriented site
2. Maximum scope for
WIND • ventilation
3. Less vegetation should
• Ferry ghat, for a better transit oriented
TEMPERATURE be balanced with proper
green area development
HUMIDITY
TOPOGRAPHY • W eakness
• Less vegetation
VEGETATION •
MAN MADE SITE BOUNDARY • 1.Circulation should be • Driveway in the South blocks the open
improved
SURROUNDINGS • • 2. Provision of amenities waterbody view
such as food court,
CIRCULATION

NOISE •
• 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
SOCIAL MOSQUE • 1. Filling stations in the
East can be integrated integrated with the multimodal terminal
MARKET with the multimodal
• terminal

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