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Urban planning studio for Bangladesh

Purbo

Civic planning for public space, mobility, climate resilience, and implementation in Bangladesh's cities.

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City focus

  • Dhaka ঢাকা
  • Chittagong চট্টগ্রাম
  • Sylhet সিলেট
  • Rajshahi রাজশাহী
  • Old Dhaka পুরান ঢাকা

Grounded practice

A planning practice shaped by streets, water, and communities

We connect spatial evidence with community planning so decisions reflect how people move, gather, work, and adapt across Bangladesh's cities.

Services

Planning support from first question to practical next step

Purbo helps teams frame the right planning question, test public options, and move from spatial evidence to decisions people can act on.

Urban strategy

Area planning Spatial briefs, growth options, public-interest recommendations, and decision material for complex districts. Implementation roadmaps Phasing, governance steps, pilot scopes, policy notes, and partner-ready action plans.

Public realm

Streets and open space Public space, green space, park renewal, market edges, and safer everyday civic routes. Community planning Workshops, interviews, site walks, and synthesis that bring local knowledge into planning choices.

Resilient movement

Mobility and access Walking, transit reach, service routes, street constraints, last-mile gaps, and corridor priorities. Climate-aware neighborhoods Water, heat, shade, drainage, landscape, and adaptation choices tied to realistic delivery.

Focus and concept areas

Planning themes to turn into public briefs

These are not case studies or completed client claims. They are map-sheet focus areas for future study, partnership, and implementation planning.

Old Dhaka street life

Public planning lens
Heritage streets, mixed-use blocks, markets, small workshops, walking pressure, and public safety.
Implementation tools
Street audit, vendor mapping, access plan, pilot phasing.

Flood-aware waterfront edges

Public planning lens
River access, drainage, open space, working landscapes, and climate risk along urban edges.
Implementation tools
Risk layers, edge typologies, public realm options, maintenance roadmap.

Neighborhood park renewal

Public planning lens
Everyday shade, play, rest, gendered access, safety, and nearby civic anchors.
Implementation tools
Use mapping, concept alternatives, cost bands, stewardship plan.

Safer mobility corridors

Public planning lens
Walking, transit reach, freight pressure, school access, crossings, and last-mile gaps.
Implementation tools
Corridor sections, movement counts, quick-build pilots, delivery checklist.

Method

A practical sequence for civic planning work

Each assignment moves from listening and mapping into options, prototypes, and implementation tools that public teams can discuss and adapt.

  1. Listen

    Begin with residents, public teams, and site users before fixing the problem statement.

  2. Map

    Layer movement, water, land use, risk, public assets, and lived patterns.

  3. Plan

    Frame choices, trade-offs, responsibilities, and public value in clear language.

  4. Prototype

    Test small moves, workshop options, and make implications visible before larger commitments.

  5. Implement

    Translate the preferred direction into phases, partners, policy notes, and action tools.

Contact

Start with a planning question

Write to Purbo about a district brief, public realm idea, mobility question, resilience study, or implementation roadmap.

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