Framing architecture as an inherently political endeavor

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    Project Entry 2014 Asia Pacific - Re-Made Fabric: Garment district intervention, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    In situ: Photo-manipulation.

Re-Made in Bangladesh is a research project investigating – through the deployment of architecture – the relationships in the global garment industry between producer and consumer nations. A catalog of potential architectural interventions is offered to improve working conditions and potentially eliminate practices of labor exploitation in the garment sector, whether in Chittagong or other locations.

Last updated: June 29, 2015 Chittagong, Bangladesh

Re-Made in Bangladesh is a research project investigating – through the deployment of architecture – the relationships in the global garment industry between producer and consumer nations. A catalog of potential architectural interventions is offered to improve working conditions and potentially eliminate practices of labor exploitation in the garment sector, whether in Chittagong or other locations.

The project seeks to enable a shift from mass production industries to forms of micro and small enterprises, with workshops distributed throughout the cities rather than confining workforces in isolated factory compounds on the periphery of metropolitan centers.

Read project feature in 4th Holcim Awards 2014/2015 (flip-book)