Forty-eight households, one plot of land, and a building commissioned by the people who will live in it.
Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka48 residencesConstruction from December 2026
The site
On the water’s edge
Plots 3078 I, J, K and L on Block I-Extension, held jointly by the members. The lake wraps the western, north-western and southern boundaries; two 25-foot roads front the rest.
Nature’s Edge began the way few buildings in Dhaka do — with the residents first. A group of families pooled their means, bought four adjoining plots in Bashundhara Residential Area outright, and now hold the land jointly in their own names.
There is no developer between them and the building. The society commissions the design, approves the drawings, and procures the principal materials itself, with a contractor engaged for construction. Every decision about what gets built is made by someone who will live with it.
The result is a modest ambition, carefully pursued: forty-eight well-proportioned homes on a quiet residential block, built to last rather than to sell.
At a glance
The project in eight lines
Location
Bashundhara R/ADhaka 1229, Bangladesh
Land
22.081 kathaPlots 3078 I–L · 1,477.8 m² · 15,901 sq ft
Residences
48 homesThree per floor — types A, B and C
Levels
16 + GF + MOver two basement parking levels
Code framework
BNBC 2020Under RAJUK approval
Ownership
CooperativeA members’ society, not a developer
Construction
December 2026Programme start
Build programme
Four yearsHandover targeted 2030
The building
Three homes to a floor
The plan is deliberately unstacked. Rather than crowd a floor plate with small units, each level carries only three homes — types A, B and C — turned around a single central lobby so that every residence reaches daylight on more than one face.
Each home has a formal living room, a family living and dining space, and verandas on more than one side. The core holds two lifts and a fire stair, serving three doors and no more.
Typical floor
Schematic of the typical floor, simplified from the architect’s drawing and not to scale. Three residences pinwheel around one lobby; each turns a different way, so no two homes share an outlook.
Levels
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
09
08
07
06
05
04
03
02
01
MMEZZANINE
GFGROUND FLOOR
B1PARKING
B2PARKING
Type A
Type B
Type C
Sixteen residential floors over a mezzanine, ground floor and two basement parking levels. Areas are confirmed at design freeze.
Appointed by the society
Who does the work
With no developer in the chain, the society appoints each consultant itself and holds the contract directly.
Overall consultancy
SRZ Engineers
Consultancy across the project as a whole, from design review to delivery on site.
Geotechnical investigation
Geoscape
Subsoil investigation and the bearing recommendations the foundation design rests on.
Plan & design
Wedesign
Architectural design, the approval drawings, and the detailing carried through to site.
Deployment support
Edison
Construction delivery and support on site across the build programme.
Programme
Where the project stands
Done
Plot amalgamation
RAJUK has approved plots 3078 I–L as one site of 22.08 katha.
Done · Oct 2026
Land-use clearance
RAJUK planning permit issued for residential flats, valid for two years.
Done · Oct 2026
Subsoil investigation
Fifteen boreholes drilled to about 39 m by Geoscape; the investigation report is in.
Under way
Building design
Wedesign’s first floor plans are in hand and under review by the society.
01
Design & approvals
2026 — underway
Architectural design under review against BNBC 2020, with the RAJUK approval process in progress.
02
Design freeze
Late 2026
Unit layouts, areas and the bill of quantities fixed before any work begins on site.
03
Construction
From December 2026
A four-year programme. The society procures principal materials directly; a contractor delivers the works.
04
Allocation & handover
Targeted 2030
Homes allocated by lottery, parking drawn separately, and the building handed to its residents.
The setting
Bashundhara Residential Area
Bashundhara R/A is a planned residential district in eastern Dhaka, laid out on a regular grid of blocks and internal roads rather than grown around older streets. It is one of the few parts of the city where a building can be planned with its setbacks, light and approach known in advance.
The Nature’s Edge plots sit together on a single block, which is what makes a three-homes-per-floor plan possible at all.
Nature’s Edge
Elevated Living, Naturally
Bashundhara Residential Area · Dhaka 1229 · Bangladesh
