Department of Architecture

Teaching & Research Interest:

Architectural & Urban Design, History, Theory, Built Heritage, Conservation and Sustainable Development.

Educational Qualification:

• Erasmus mundus Masters in Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings (EMDiReB) with Major in Conservation of Architectural Heritage, from University of Seville, Spain and UNIRC, Italy, with full scholarships.
• Masters in World Heritage at Work from University of Torino, Italy with full scholarships.
• Advance International Training from Lund University, Sweden on Conservation and Management of Historic Building.
• Advance International Training from Lund University, Sweden on Urban Shelter Design with full fellowship.
• Sustainable Communities Course -Research & Action, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland with full fellowship. 
• Capacity Building Workshop on “Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific” under the theme ‘Disaster and Resilience’ with full fellowship from Tsukuba University, Japan.     
• Bachelor of Architecture from Khulna University, Bangladesh.

Academic Experience (Teaching):

• Associate Professor (Full time), Department of Architecture, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Bangladesh. February, 2018-till date.
• Associate Professor (Full time), Department of Architecture, Southeast University (SEU), Bangladesh. July 2016 – January2018.      Assistant Professor (Full time), Department of Architecture, Southeast University (SEU), Bangladesh. September 2011 – June 2016.
• Taught at Department of Architecture, State University of Bangladesh (SUB); served as a Visiting Professor, at  Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; was a  Visiting Scholar University of Padua, Italy ; andThesis Supervisor of Master’s Student, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany .  

 

Research Experience:

• Research Title: Unfolding the Military Heritage in Dhaka and Mirpur Cantonment.

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Bangladesh.

Status: Ongoing

• Research Title: Integrated Approach for Nature-Culture Linkage at Mahasthan Heritage Site.

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Bangladesh.

Duration: August 01, 2018 – September 25, 2019

Brief Description: It was partly carried out at the Tsukuba University, Japan (September- October, 2018) under the supervision of Dr.Maya Ishizawa, Prof.Nobuko Inaba and Prof.Masahito Yoshida. Afterwards, this research-based article was published at the Journal of World Heritage Studies, Special issue 2019, Disasters and Resilience, ISSN: 2189-4728, Tsukuba University, Japan.

• Research Title: Planning Conservation for Old Dhaka-A guideline for preventive intervention.

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, South East University of Bangladesh.

Duration: August 1, 2012- August 1, 2013.

Brief Description: This research-based articles were published in the ‘Journal of Research in Architecture & Planning’, Volume -13, second-Issue, Published by the NED University of   Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, 2012 and  ‘Frontiers of Architectural Research’ by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Higher Education Press Limited Company in 2013. ISSN: 2095-2635 in 2013.

• Research Title: Integrating Conservation with Development through Contextual Heritage Management – A case for Mahasthan.

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, South East University of Bangladesh.

Duration: June 1, 2012- August 1, 2013.

Brief Description: It was partly carried out as a visiting scholar at the Department of ‘Historical and Geographic Sciences and Ancient World’, University of Padua, Italy (1-15 December, 2012) with the Funding from European Union in 2012. This research-based article was published in the ‘Nakhara Journal of Environmental Design and Planning’, Volume -9, Published by the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2013.

• Research Title: Managing Urban Services in Bangladesh

Affiliation: Freelance Researcher

Duration: May-November, 2006

Brief Description: The Research was partly carried out at Vancouver, Canada, under the supervision of Mr.  Johnny Astrand (Director, Housing Development and Management) and Ms. Annette Wong Jere (Course coordinator ,HDM) with the Funding from SIDA in 2006. This research-based paper was published at the book -‘Shelter for the Urban Poor Proposals for improvements inspired by World Urban Forum   lll’ –edited by Karin Grudstorm & Annette Wong Jere, Published  by the Lund  University, Sweden in 2007.

• Research Title: Preventive Maintenance Strategy for Bara katra

Affiliation: Freelance Researcher

Duration: September, 2005-March, 2006.

Brief Description: The Research was partly carried out at Lund University, Sweden and Cambodia, under the supervision of Prof. Kerstin Barup and Prof.Mats Edstrom with the Funding from SIDA. This research-based article was published at the ‘Protibesh Journal’ by the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2008.

Administrative Experience:

• Head (B. Arch Program), Department of Architecture, MIST. January 18, 2024- Till date.
• Head, Centre for Scientific Research and Innovation (CSRI),     Southeast University, Bangladesh. March 23, 2015- January 31, 2018.
• Member Secretary, Center for Scientific Research and Innovation (CSRI), Southeast University, Bangladesh. June 29, 2014 - March 22, 2015.
• Programme coordinator of Architecture Department, SEU, December 9, 2014 to January 31, 2018.

Other Professional Experience:

• As an Architect of Centre for Advisory and Testing Services (CATS), Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Bangladesh, has been preparing the Master plan of Tangail Economic Zone for the Feasibility Report, since December2021.
• As an expert member worked at different Committees of Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Bangladesh to protect different heritage buildings and sites including Muktagacha Jamindar Bari (2019), Gol Talab(2019), Ruplal House(2021), Sonakanda, Narayanganj -Dockyard and Engineering works limited, Bangladesh Navy (2021) etc.
• Desk-Reviewed the Nomination Dossier of the ‘Historic city of Ahmadabad, India’ for inscription at world Heritage list 2017 in the framework of the ICOMOS Evaluation process. Report was submitted in September, 2016.
• Desk-Reviewed the Nomination Dossier of the “Sambor Prei Kuk Archaeological Site representing the Cultural Landscape of Ancient Ishanapura, Cambodia’” for inscription at world Heritage list 2017 in the framework of the ICOMOS     evaluation process. Report was submitted in September, 2016.
• As an expert worked for ICOMOS-Bangladesh, in “UNESCO ROK Fund- in-Trust      Project on Local Community Involvement in the Sustainable Development of the Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur World Heritage Site, Bangladesh”, May 2016-2018. 
• As an expert worked for ICOMOS-Bangladesh in “UNESCO Heritage education for the youth in Bangladesh”, from November to December 2015.
• Architect, Architectes Contemporain, Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 2002- August2011.
• Freelance Architect, February 2002- Till date.

Notable Activities:

• International Jury member, INSPIRELI Awards.2023
• International Jury member of the Rethinking the Future (RTF)- Global Architecture & Design Awards 2023.
• Section Editor, MIJST Journal, from 01-12-2019 to till date.
• Founder and editor, IAB Heritage Bulletin, 2019.
• Member of the Syllabus Committee of the Architecture Department, MIST, Bangladesh, 2024.
• Member of the Committee for the Accreditation of B. Arch Program, Architecture Department, MIST, Bangladesh. 2023-till date.
• Institute of Architects of Bangladesh (IAB) –UNESCO World Heritage Tentative Listing Coordinator, Since January 2020-2022.
• Key Organizer and Session chair of the online event ‘IAB Heritage Platform: Sharing Experiences’ held from 30-31 May 2020.
• Representative of IAB to organize the Open Heritage Week held from 6-15 December 2019 which was an event by the European National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), Alliance Française de Dhaka, British Council Bangladesh, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, EU Delegation, Embassy of Spain, Dhaka South City Corporation, and Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) to promote the cultural heritage of Bangladesh.
• Coordinated the Open Forum on ‘Conservation of Built Heritage in Old Dhaka: Challenges and Opportunities’ was held on Saturday, 7 December 2019 at the IAB Centre.
• Chairperson, Heritage Education Awareness and Research (HEAR) Committee, 23^rd EC, IAB.
• Member, Self-assessment Committee (SAC), Department of Architecture, SEU, under Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP)by Ministry of Education Bangladesh & World Bank. 2016- January2018.
• Member Secretary of the Syllabus Committee of the Architecture Department, Southeast University, Bangladesh from 2014 to 2018.
• Member of the Committee for the Accreditation of B. Arch Program, Architecture Department, Southeast University. 2014-2018.
• Member, Accreditation Standard of the Institute of Architects, Bangladesh    (ASIAB) review committee, 2017-18.
• On 20 July 2017, was a guest speaker at an event on Erasmus+ reception by EU Delegation to Bangladesh.
• Participated as a delegate (Regional representative) and chaired South Asian session at EMA General Assembly and Annual Conference, Brussels, 25-27 May 2017.
• Participated as a delegate (Regional representative) at EMA General Assembly and Annual Conference, Lugano, Switzerland, 25-27 November 2016.
• Organized the networking event & seminar on “Higher studies in Europe”     at Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh with the grant from Erasmus Mundus Alumni on 24/9/2016.
• The organizer of the 5-day Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 9 – 13 May 2016 at the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in collaboration with ICOMOS –Bangladesh in 2016.
• Key organizer & Instructor of the workshop on “Ceramic Dome” at SEU in join collaboration with New Earth, UK. February 2016.
• Key organizer & Instructor of the workshop on “21st Century Eco-village Design”, at SEU in join collaboration with New Earth, UK. March 2015.
• Key organizer & tutor of Workshop on “Heritage Conservation & Management” at the Department of Architecture, SEU in collaboration with ICOMOS & UNESCO.2015. 
• Guest Speaker, Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) on 6-8 November, 2015 at BUET campus, organized by Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) in association with UN-Habitat as part of World Urban Campaign (WUC).
• Key organizer & moderator of Round table discussion on “Preservation of built Heritage of Old Dhaka” at Department of Architecture, SEU in collaboration with ICOMOS & UNESCO. 2015.
• Participated at World Urban Forum 3, Vancouver, Canada, 2006.

Awards, Recognitions and Fellowship:

• Received Teachers Award 2017-18, Chandigarh, India in the field of Architectural education.
• Ice Today-Aqua Paint Interior Design award-2007, in Association with Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (IAB) in Residential Category.

• Received fellowship from UNESCO World Heritage Center, IUCN, ICCROM, and ICOMOS in 2018 for attending workshop and to carry out research work at Tsukuba University, Japan

• Received Erasmus Mundus fellowship to carryout scholarly activities at the University of Padua, Italy in 2011.
• Received Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to study Masters in Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings (EMDiReB), at University of Seville, Spain.
• Received full Scholarship from The International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2008 to study Masters in World Heritage at work (2008-2009) at University of Turin & International Training Centre (ITC) in Turin, Italy.
• Received fellowship from UN-HABITAT & UNEP in 2007 for training at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.
• Received fellowship from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in 2005 & 2006 for training and to carry out research work at Lund University, Sweden

1. Book :

 

1. Planning and Management for Mahasthan Heritage Site: A comprehensive development plan for a tentatively listed world heritage site, Monograph published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, 2011.

 

2. Journal Publications:

 

2. ‘Integrated Approach for Nature-Culture Linkage at Mahasthan Heritage Site’, published at the Journal of World Heritage Studies, Special issue 2019, by the Tsukuba University, Japan, 2019.
3. “Strategies to Integrate the Mughal Settlements in Old Dhaka”, published at the Journal- Frontiers of Architectural Research published by Elsevier B.V. 2013.  Print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2013.08.002
4. ‘Integrating Conservation with Development through contextual heritage management – A case for Mahasthan’, published at the Nakhara Journal of Environmental Design and Planning, Volume -9, Published by the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2013.
5. “Planning Conservation for Old Dhaka-A guideline for preventive intervention”, published at the Journal of Research in Architecture & Planning’, Volume -13, second-Issue, Published by the NED University of   Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, 2012.
6. Preventive Maintenance Strategy of Bara Katra, Published in the Protibesh Journal, Volume -12, July-2008 issue, Issue-2, Department of Architecture, BUET, 2008.
7. Traffic for the Old Cities, Published in the SUST STUDIES Journal, Vol-10 No.1, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 2008. (1^st author R. Sobhan).
8. Revitalizing the Mughal Settlements in Old Dhaka, published at the Protibesh Journal July2007 issue, Volume -11, Issue-2, Published by the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2007.

 

3. Other Publications:

 

9.  List of Modern Heritage sites in Bangladesh, Published by the Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (IAB) in 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This document was prepared by the following members of the Heritage, Education, Awareness and Research (HEAR) committee, 24th EC, Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB): Ar. Dr. Mohammed Zakiul Islam (Chairperson),Ar. Dr. Sajid Bin Doza (Member),Ar. Muhtadin Iqbal (Member),Ar. Fatema Tasmia (Member),Ar. Masudur Rahman Fahim (Member),Ar. Gourab Kundu (Member),Ar. Tanvir Hasan (Member), Ar. Anindya Pandit (Member) ,Ar. Md. Wahiduzzaman Ratul (Member),Ar. Mahammad Sazzad Hossain (Member Secretary). The list was also promoted by the Tourism Board of Bangladesh. https://tourismboard.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/tourismboard.portal.gov.bd/page/a3c70b40_263e_4d8c_9c9a_1cc0f551b041/2022-12-22-04-58-0dc12b7fbc2e5bfd2dea06b6abc0980c.pdf
10. National Assembly Complex of Bangladesh, co-authored with Sujaul Islam Khan, Kazi Kaled Ashraf, Muhtadin Iqbal,  Md.Wahiduzzaman Ratul, Saif Ul Haque, Dr. Sharif Shams Imon, Dr. Abu Sayeed. M. Ahmed, Mamnoon Murshed  Chowdhury, Jalal Amed, Ehsan Khan,  published in ‘Updating the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List of Bangladesh 2021’ by UNESCO and Dept. of Archaeology, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, GOV of Bangladesh, July 2021. ISBN 978-984-35-0831-7, Print. Page- 104-107.
11. Architectural Works of Muzharul Islam: An Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement to the South Asia, co-authored co-authored with Muhtadin Iqbal,  Md.Wahiduzzaman Ratul, Saif Ul Haque, Sujaul Islam Khan, Kazi Kaled Ashraf, Dr. Sharif Shams Imon, Dr. Abu Sayeed. M. Ahmed, Mamnoon Murshed  Chowdhury, Jalal Amed, Ehsan Khan, published in ‘Updating the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List of Bangladesh 2021’ by UNESCO and Dept. of Archaeology, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, GOV of Bangladesh, July 2021. ISBN 978-984-35-0831-7, Print. Page 108-114.
12. A Socio-economic and Anthropological Survey on the Potter Communities in the surrounding villages of Paharpur, Contributed with Sharif Shams Imon, Md.Wahiduzzaman Ratul, Mr. Hasan Shahid, Anindya andit, Md. Ataur Rahman, Rabiul Islam, Samia Sabrin, Rezoana Naznin, and Mazidul al Galib, published by UNESCO Dhaka office in conjunction with Ministry of cultural affairs, Bangladesh, World Heritage Center, ICOMOS-Bangladesh and Republic of Korea, 2017.
13.  ’Planning Conservation for Mahasthan-heritage site’, Published at the proceedings of ICOMOS Thailand International Conference 2013 – Asian forgotten heritage, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. 2013.
14. Managing Urban Services in Bangladesh, published in the book ‘Shelter for the Urban Poor Proposals for improvements inspired by World Urban Forum   lll’, edited by Karin Grudstorm & Annette Wong Jere, Published by Lund    University, Sweden, 2007.Page189-203.
15. Living Environment for Dhaka’s Urban Poor-An Analysis, Published in   the Seminar proceedings, ‘Architecture of the Economically Disadvantaged, –Published by Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Dhaka, 2007. (1^st author Prof.  Qazi Azizul Mowla).
16. Planning the Heritage Cities- a case for Dhaka. Published in the Society Architects and Emerging Issues, published by the Commonwealth Association of Architects &   Institute of Architects of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2007.

 

Leadership Role:

• Elected Secretary, Heritage and Culture, 23^{rd &} 24^th Executive Council, Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB). 2019-2022
• Member, Work Program on Heritage and Cultural Identity, International Union of Architects (UIA) .2021-2023
• Country Representative of Bangladesh to ARCASIA Heritage Preservation Group (AHPG).2021-2023.
• Elected General Secretary of National Committee of Bangladesh, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 2014-2019
• Elected President, South Asian Chapter, Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA),2018-20
• Elected information Coordinator, South Asian Chapter, Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA), 2015-18.
• Elected Country Ambassador (Bangladesh), EMA (Erasmus Mundus Association), 2011-2013.

 

Professional Affiliation:

• Full Member (H -126), Institute of Architects, Bangladesh. Since 2008.
• International member, International Council on Monuments and Sites ICOMOS, Since 2012.
• Expert Member, CIF: International committee on Training, ICOMOS. Since 2019.
• Expert member at the International Scientific Committee for 20th Century Heritage (ISC 20c) of International Council on Monuments and Sites. Since 2023.

Exhibition & Publicities:

• Group exhibition on Architectural works at Bengal Gallery, Road 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka from 12th to14th August 2007.                                         Organized   by Ice Today, Aqua Paints & Institute of Architects, Bangladesh.

• Different Articles have been published on my professional activities in the following publications:  IAB News Letter Vol 3/17, May-July 2007; ICE Today Magazine –August 2007; Design Express Magazine – 2007.

• Television Interview (Bengali) at ‘Masranga Television’ on architect’s own work in 2011.                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-ZrmtVBTQ

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8U9H3N3Lk

• Television Interview (Bengali) at ‘Bangladesh Television’ on the Development of Old Dhaka.                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcPs2vpV9sk

International visit:

Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Qatar, Saudi Arab, Canada, Uk,  Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Finland, Spain, Turkey, Switzerland, Belgium, Indonesia, Czech Republic, Japan, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.