Abstract
This study examines the transformation of house plans from the early to late 20th century over the periods of British, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in relation with family structure represented by household composition and women's status in Old Dhaka city. The transformation of interior-exterior relation through these periods has also been studied. The old part of Dhaka city, popularly known as Old Dhaka. The study is based on a synthesis of relevant literature review, previous research, actual field survey, interviews, and data analysis. House and apartment plans are analyzed through space syntax methods. The comparison of the house plans of different periods of 20th century revealed that the transformations in house types and spatial organizations were parallel to the changes in the household types (complex family to nuclear family), and the improvement of women's status; and the interior-exterior relation of Old Dhaka's houses has gradually become less integrated or segregated.
