Landscape Design of
Urban Dream
 

Category: Professional Consulting firm: Joljongol/ Group of Architects and Thinkers Client: UDDL Project Type: Residential Building Location: Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh TBA: 00 SFT Land area: 00 Period: 2022 - Till Date Status: Under Construction Principal Architect: Md Rabiul Islam Project Architect: Md Mostasim Billah Associates: Rajia Sultana Laboni, Talukder Ruhul Amin UDDL “Urban Dream” is a small apartment complex located in a densely populated upscale neighbourhood in the chaotic city of Dhaka, a city where diverse groups of families and individuals migrate from all over the country of Bangladesh, in search of better education, quality of life and earning opportunities to support their lifestyle and or their families back home. The landscape design for the tower block spreads vertically as an intricate web of green networks, functioning as a living breathing tree, harbouring its own ecosystem. Metal strings bind the façade like hanging roots bind a banyan tree, which is adorned with vines and creepers providing necessary shading and privacy. Fragrant plants like Belly (Jasminum sambac), Hasnahena (Cestrum nocturnum), and Kamini (Murraya paniculata), are carefully placed among the balconies, which shall elevate the mood of the residents; also leaving just enough space for an edible organic landscape, providing food production opportunity for the end-user. To soften the harsh concrete scape of Dhaka, small intimate gardens with water features are designed above the parking shade which can also be seen from the entrance, offering a shared garden experience. The entire design in unison works in harmony, rich in native plants, forming an ecosystem of its own, which can habitat neighbouring birds and bees vital to the environment, and accommodates more greeneries than was possible on a flatland of the same square footage.