Listen before drawing
Field observation and community knowledge shape the first planning questions.
About Purbo
Planning that respects place before proposing change
Purbo is being shaped as a bilingual planning practice for Bangladesh, with attention to evidence, public value, and careful implementation.
Learn how we workPurpose
A practice for clearer urban choices
Purbo exists to help planning conversations move from broad ambition to grounded options that communities and institutions can evaluate.
Principles
Public value, local knowledge, and spatial discipline
The work favors transparent evidence, community planning, practical public space improvements, and climate resilience that can be understood locally.
Make choices visible
Maps, diagrams, and plain language should clarify tradeoffs rather than hide them.
Method
From question to options
A typical process moves through framing, site reading, stakeholder input, option testing, and recommendations that can support action.
Partners
Built for collaboration
Purbo can work with public teams, neighborhood groups, researchers, designers, and implementation partners when a planning question needs shared attention.