ABSTRACT
What happens to riverside architecture when the river shifts and deviates from its path, rendering so many features corresponding to it meaningless? In the delta that is Bangladesh, the rivers are as volatile as the politics, and landscapes change dramatically over time, changing the meaning of spaces meant for riversides. This chapter looks at the evolution of spaces dictated by rivers changing course over time through specific case studies in Bangladesh, which is traversed by 800 rivers and their tributaries. What do architectural features designed specifically to correspond to riverine environments begin to mean in the eventual absence of their raison d’être?
