Faculty Profile

Dr. Md. Mustafizur Rahman

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Architecture, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801712127544
  • Email: mustafiz-arc@sust.edu

Biography

Graduated from Khulna University Bangladesh and received B. Arch degree in the Department of Architecture in 2002. Then in the year 2005, joined as a lecturer in the Department of Architecture in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Art, Architecture and Planning, University of Palermo, Italy.
  • Masters in Urban Engineering – University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Bachelor of Architecture – Khulna University, Bangladesh
  • Higher Secondary Certificate – B.L. College, Khulna, Bangladesh
  • Secondary School Certificate – Rotary School, Khulna, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Urban Design and Planning
  • Building Conservation
  • Architectural Heritage

Active Research Project

  • 1. Settlement and Built Pattern of Tea Workers and Indigenous Community in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 2. Assessing the physical features and urban design qualities of the pedestrian segment, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

External Affiliations

  • Visiting researcher at Utsunomiya University, Japan

Journal Publications

  • 1. Assessing the urban design qualities of the urban street: A case study of Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 2. Learning From the Root - Integrating Tradition into Architecture Towards a Self-Subsistent Munda Community
  • 3. PORTRAYING THE ETHNOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE OF THE TEA WORKERS' COMMUNITIES IN SYLHET: A MORPHOLOGICAL APPROACH
  • 4. Building Pattern Technique of an Indigenous Community – Does Its Appearances a Distinctive Representation?
  • 5. Sustainable Urban Revitalization Model—A Study through Formulating and Selecting the Planning Proposal
  • 6. The Characters and Strategies of Boundary Wall within Urban Areas – Does it require?
  • 7. Sustainable Urban Revitalization within a Historical Urban Neighborhood - A useful Approach to Complete,
  • 8. Using the Lost Space – as an Urban Regeneration Strategy: A Case Study of Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 9. Barrier-Free Accessible Environment and Kamlapur Railway Station – Require to More Sustainable; Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 10. Urban Revitalization: A Case Study of Zindabazar area, Sylhet; Bangladesh,
  • 11. A Study on the Settlement Morphology of Indigenous Khasi Community in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 12. A Redevelopment Approach to a Historical Market in Sylhet City of Bangladesh
  • 13. Policies and legislations of barrier free accessible transportation for disable people of different developed and developing country – a case for literature review.
  • 14. A Case of Conservation for Historic Customs and Food Division Head Quarter Building, Sylhet.
  • 15. Barrier-Free Design for Unhindered Access for Pedestrian and Public Transportation : A Case Study on Dhaka City.

Conference

  • 1. Dutta P. and Rahman M, (2022) Learning from the root- integrating tradition into architecture towards a self-subsistent Munda Community, International Conference on STEM and the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2022 (ICSTEM4IR 2022) Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, July 01-03, 2022.
  • 2. Rahman AM, Nahyan HM, Rahman M, (2022) A study on ethnographic landscape and spatial morphology of the Tea workers communities in Sylhet, International Conference on STEM and the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2022 (ICSTEM4IR 2022) Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, July 01-03, 2022.
  • 3. Process Analysis and the Sustainable Urban Revitalization Model – An Illustration
  • 4. House form is a unique symbol”- a chronological built form technique of indigenous community
  • 5. “Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development (UPADSD)”; 2ND edition, Università di Palermo, Italy.
  • 6. Barrier free design and introducing accessible environment in pedestrian and public transportation for Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Rethinking of Folk Art and Craft Complex, Sonargaon, Naraynganj (B.Arch. Thesis, 2020)
  • 2. Waste Management Industry, Sirajganj (B.Arch. Thesis, 2021)
  • 3. Revitalization of indigenous Munda community through settlement Redevelopment, Kalinchi, Shymnagar (B.Arch. Thesis, 2021)
  • 4. Restoration the Urban Fabric Around the ‘Maijdee Court Building Dighi in Noikhali District’ (B.Arch. Thesis, 2022)
  • 5. Redevelopment ‘Maheshangan Complex’ as Cultural Heritage, Cumilla (B.Arch. Thesis, 2022)