WOHA has revealed its plans to overhaul a polluted wasteland in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to create a public park and facilities for BRAC University.
The BRAC University campus will have a 13-storey building that will feature green walls and a giant photovoltaic roof canopy.
Singapore architecture studio WOHA's aim is to create "a liveable, tropical, and sustainable inner-city campus and public park" that sets a precedent for other cities.

"The new BRAC University will serve as a unique model for new campuses worldwide by upcycling inner city wastelands into social aggregators for the next generation," said WOHA's co-founder Richard Hassell.
"Our goal is to make it among the most inviting, open and inclusive public spaces and a model learning environment for other cities and institutions."
WOHA's plans to transform the rubbish dump into a campus aims to reflect the intentions of BRAC University ? a private university run by international development organisation BRAC that aims "to instil in its students a commitment to working towards national development".

Once complete, it will measure approximately 88,000 square metres. Its division into two distinct zones ? the building and the park ? splits it into public and private areas.
According to WOHA, this is modelled on the Sundarbans, a type of forest found in the region that has separate ecosystems above and below sea level.

The public zone, named the Campus Park, will be landscaped to i...